Alan J. Leahy

Alan J. Leahy’s primary area of practice is employment law and related litigation. He also has extensive experience in civil and business litigation.

Mr. Leahy was previously a Partner at the law firms of both Bridges and Leahy, and Covington and Crowe LLP. He also has previously served as Deputy City Attorney for the City of Hesperia.

Prior to practicing law, Mr. Leahy worked as a judicial extern at the United States Bankruptcy Court in San Jose. He also studied international and comparative law at Magdalen College in Oxford, England.

Mr. Leahy has extensive experience in both the prosecution and defense of a wide variety of general civil matters for private sector clients. He has represented numerous employers and management in employment lawsuits, as well as with respect to administrative complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). Mr. Leahy also conducts and oversees employer investigations involving employee allegations of harassment, discrimination and retaliation. He has also represented the public sector in the defense of allegations brought before the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Additionally, Mr. Leahy’s specialty in employment law includes providing preventative advice to employers on various human resource and employee personnel issues for the purpose of litigation avoidance. It also includes his handling of employer investigations into allegations of employee misconduct. He provides seminars for employers on sexual harassment and discrimination related issues.

Mr. Leahy’s nearly fifteen years of litigation experience has emphasized on working with both the public and private sector providing advice and guidance on a wide variety of personnel issues including education of employees to complex employment contract disputes. His experience also includes public entity defense involving alleged personal injury, inverse condemnation, assessments, and other tort and contractual issues. Mr. Leahy has an outstanding record of success for his clients whether through litigation or negotiations.

Mr. Leahy became a member of the State Bar of California in 1994. He has been a member of the American Bar Association, as well as the Riverside, San Bernardino and Western San Bernardino County Bar Associations. He was a member of the Leo A. Deegan Inn of Court from 1997 through 2004.

Mr. Leahy received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science-International Relations from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1990. At UCLA he also received an emphasis in Business Administration. He received his Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from Santa Clara University in 1994.