
Stephanie M. White
Partner | Walnut Creek
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swhite@lozanosmith.com
Tel: 925.953.1620
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Overview
Stephanie White is a Partner in Lozano Smith's Walnut Creek office. She is chair of the firm's Community College practice area and co-chair of the firm's Title IX practice area. Ms. White represents California public school districts, county offices of education, and community college districts in all aspects of education law. She specializes in Title IX compliance, as well as conducting complex investigations into claims of sexual misconduct and harassment (including Title IX), discrimination, bullying, retaliation, and other issues that may arise in an educational setting.Experience
Ms. White has experience in a wide variety of employment matters, from investigating and overseeing investigations into discrimination and workplace harassment complaints, to providing advice and counsel to Human Resources managers on various employee relations matters. She also serves as the lead negotiator at both certificated and classified bargaining tables.Ms. White is well-versed in responding to administrative charges from DFEH and EEOC, as well as OCR and CDE for student-related complaints. She routinely drafts, reviews and revises employee and student policies on sexual harassment, discrimination, bullying, and workplace conduct. Ms. White regularly provides trainings to employees on areas that include: sexual harassment (AB 1825), employee discipline, Title IX, and investigations. Ms. White also spoke as a panelist at the 2021 Sexual Harassment in Education Conference, hosted by the UC Berkeley School of Law..