HEATHER CONNIFF
Partner
Shegerian Conniff, LLP
Heather Conniff has drafted appellate briefs and argued in front of both Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and California Court of Appeals. Her practice focuses on employment law and includes all aspects of case management from initiation through trial, with particular emphasis in law and motion, litigation, and appeals. Conniff started a women-owned law firm with business partner Cortney Shegerian in 2018. Shegerian Conniff currently has three employees and has handled hundreds of cases, including the highly publicized sexual assault/harassment case of Doe v. City of Bakersfield.
A magna cum laude graduate of Whittier Law School, Conniff worked for the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Staff Attorneys Office, as well as the Department of Justice, Office of the United States Trustees during her law school tenure. Conniff recently arbitrated a pregnancy discrimination case currently pending the arbitrator’s decision.
