Namita Brown is a partner in F3's Oakland office. In her practice, she provides legal advice and representation to school and community college boards and administrators statewide on personnel issues, employment discrimination matters, labor and collective bargaining issues, and charter issues. Ms. Brown is experienced in every aspect of litigation arising out of labor and personnel-related matters, including certificated and classified employee dismissals and certificated layoffs. She has represented the Education Legal Alliance in matters of statewide significance that impact the educational and programmatic needs of K-12 school districts, such as Hildebrant v. St. Helena. Ms. Brown has expertly represented clients in employment litigation ranging from race, gender, disability, and national origin discrimination to sexual harassment claims and has appeared before federal and state courts, the Public Employment Relations Board, Commission on Teacher Credentialing, EEOC, DFEH, and OCR on behalf of school districts.
She is a frequent speaker on issues impacting education and has presented CSBA, CASBO, ACSA Personnel Academy, ACSA Negotiators Symposium, and NSBA. She has also presented on general arbitration issues and strategies as part of education series sponsored by Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and the American Arbitration Association.
Prior to joining F3, Ms. Brown worked as an Associate City Attorney for the City of Atlanta Law Department where she successfully argued on behalf of clients before the United States Court of Appeals for Eleventh Circuit, notably Thomas v. Harvard, City of Atlanta et. al.
Ms. Brown received her J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas in 1996 where she was a Fred A. Seeman Merit Scholar. She holds a B.S., cum laude, from the University of New Mexico. She is also licensed to practice law in the state of Georgia.