Ms. Julie A Pace | Attorney

Ms. Julie A Pace

Ms. Julie A Pace

Messner Reeves LLP

Experience: 33 years

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About Julie

Julie Pace has significant experience counseling and representing businesses in a broad range of employment, litigation, construction, corporate, and government investigations, regulatory, and administrative matters. She prepares employment handbooks and policies, guides employers through difficult HR issues, she has handled more than 1,000 I-9 and E-Verify compliance investigations, and has defended employers in more than 1,000 OSHA, investigations, including more than 350 fatality cases. She has experience with independent contractors and alleged misclassification issues and defends claims of sexual harassment, employment discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower, and wrongful discharge, and matters involving the EEOC, ACRD. OSHA, ICE, OFCCP, DOL, NLRB, ADA, FMLA, ERISA, WARN, PPA, CARES Act, SIGPR Audits, COVID-19, ACA, Davis-Bacon, wage and hour laws, FAR, SCA, and government contracts. She regularly provides training to companies and conducts investigations. Her corporate experience includes guiding businesses with corporate formalities, governance, and acquisitions, ranging from family businesses to nine-figure transactions. She has received numerous awards and recognitions, including being named one of Arizona’s 10 most influential lawyers by Arizona Business Magazine.

Experience

Attorney

Messner Reeves

2022-2023

Phoenix, Arizona

Attorney

Gammage Burnham PLC

2019-2022

Senior Member

The Cavanagh Law Firm

2010-2019

Phoenix, Arizona

Admission

Verified Arizona

1992

Verified 9th Circuit

Verified 9th Circuit, US Supreme Court

Verified US Supreme Court

Education

Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University

J.D.

1992

Notable Work

Publications

What Employers Need to Know About Immigration Law, I-9s, and E-Verify



Update on New and Proposed State and Federal Laws and Interpretations


Million Dollar Mistakes: Top DOL Wage and Hour Cases and What You Can Learn from Them


DOL’s New Guidance on Independent Contractors


Interplay of ADA, FMLA, Workers’ Compensation and Paid Leave Laws


Conducting Compliance Audits: Wage and Hour, I-9s, OSHA Safety, and COVID-19


Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Policies in the Age of Medical and Recreational Marijuana


Responding to an EEO Charge


Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Wage & Hour, and New Federal Legislation


Co-editor-in-chief, Arizona Human Resources Manual Federal Employment Law: An Employer’s Guide, third through 18th editions, a 600+ page book published by American Chamber of Commerce Publishers, Chicago.


Co-editor-in-chief, Model Policies and Forms for Arizona Employers, a book published by American Chamber of Commerce Publishers, Chicago.


Co-editor-in-chief, I-9s, E-Verify and Immigration Compliance, a book published by American Chamber of Commerce Publishers, Chicago.


Editor and contributor, Arizona Employment Law, published by the State Bar of Arizona.


Co-Author, Placing SB and Racial Profiling into Context, and What S.B. Reveals about the Legislative Process in Arizona, Arizona State Law Journal, Summer , Vol. 43, Issue 2.

1070 / 1070 / 2011


Co-Contributor, Legal Briefs on Immigration Reform from 25 of the Top Legal Minds in the Country, .

2010


Enforcement of Tribal Law in Federal Court: Affirmation of Indian Sovereignty or a Step Backwards Towards Assimilation? Arizona State Law Journal 24 (Spring )

1992


Co-editor, Native American Graves and Repatriation Act Arizona State Law Journal (24 Spring )

1992