Ginger L. Grimes joined Goldstein Borgen Dardarian & Ho as a Social Justice Fellow in October 2016 and became an Associate Attorney in November 2017. Her practice focuses on class and collective actions involving wage and hour, consumer, and voting rights. Prior to joining GBDH, Ms. Grimes clerked for the Honorable Daniel R. Foley of the Intermediate Court of Appeals for the State of Hawai‛i. Ms. Grimes volunteers as a supervising attorney for Legal Aid at Work’s Workers’ Rights Clinic. Ms. Grimes was selected by SuperLawyers as a Northern California Rising Star for 2022.
Education
- J.D., cum laude, University of California, Irvine School of Law, 2015
- B.A., cum laude, Critical Theory and Social Justice, Occidental College, 2011
Bar and Court Admissions
State of California, 2015
State of Hawaii, 2016
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Awards
Michael Greenberg Student Writing Competition (National LGBT Bar Association), Second Place (2015)
UC Irvine School of Law Pro Bono High Honors (2015)
UC Irvine School of Law 3L Trail Blazer Award (2015)
Faculty Award (highest performance): Legal Profession; Advanced Torts; Immigrant Rights Clinic
Professional Associations and Memberships
- California Employment Lawyers Association
Representative Publications
Voting Rights Litigation May Become A Contradiction in Terms, (with Anne P. Bellows) Daily Journal (Nov. 23, 2022).
Practicing Law Institute (PLI) Employment Law Yearbook, “EEO Class Actions” chapter editor (with Laura Ho and William Jhaveri-Weeks) (2017 & 2018) (with Laura Ho) (2019).
Wage and Hour Laws: A State-by-State Survey, BNA treatise, 2017 Supplement (California chapter) (with Laura Ho and Katharine Fisher).
Expert Analysis, Flawed Commentary Can’t Stop Trans Rights Momentum (with Raymond Wendell), Law360 (June 20, 2017).
Note, Masking the Reemergence of Immutability with “Outcomes for Children,” 5 UC Irvine L.Rev. 683 (2015).
Support Our Vets: Why the DOJ Should Adopt a Place of Celebration Rule, JURIST – Dateline (Sept. 28, 2013).