Amanda K. Monroe is a Partner and Labor and Employment Practice Group Leader at Michelman & Robinson, LLP, based in Los Angeles. Her practice centers on representing employers in resolving workplace disputes and minimizing litigation risk, with a focus on defending management against wage and hour claims, class actions, PAGA cases, and allegations of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. She also handles administrative matters before the California Labor Commissioner, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. In addition to her litigation work, Monroe advises employers on compliance, investigations, hiring and terminations, including mass layoffs under the WARN Act, wage audits, and workforce reductions. Before entering private practice, she clerked for a federal judge and subsequently built her litigation skills at both global and boutique law firms.