The founding attorney at the ADR Office of Michelle A. Reinglass in Aliso Viejo, California, Michelle A. Reinglass serves clients in Orange County, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and throughout Southern California. She serves exclusively as a mediator and arbitrator, focusing her practice on employment law.
With 40-plus years of experience, Ms. Reinglass has handled all kinds of employment law cases, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, termination, wage and hour, and business and injury matters using alternative dispute resolution (ADR). She is widely recognized for her work in this field and lectures regularly across various platforms. In addition, she has authored and co-authored many articles on ADR methods in several journals and magazines, including The Advocate, CAALA Advocate magazine and the Los Angeles Daily Journal, to name a few.
Ms. Reinglass is a graduate of the University of California, Irvine, receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics in 1975. She later obtained her Juris Doctor from the Western State College of Law in 1978. She was licensed to practice in California in 1979 and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
Professionally affiliated with prominent legal organizations, Ms. Reinglass is a member of:
- The State Bar of California
- The Los Angeles County Bar Association
- The Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles
- The International Academy of Mediators (Distinguished Fellow)
- The Southern California Mediation Association
- The College of Labor & Employment Lawyers
- The American Board of Trial Advocates, Orange County Chapter
- The Advisory Committee for the Federal Court Civil Justice Reform Act
Ms. Reinglass has been recognized and honored for her work in the legal field, including being named Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers on numerous occasions for mediation, arbitration and employment law. She is rated “Superb” on Avvo, and she has also been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2001. Additionally, she has received the Top Gun award for employment and business litigation from the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association. She has also received an AV Preeminent* peer-review rating through Martindale-Hubbell.
*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer-review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
