
Christina G. Cordoza ’85, an attorney in the Walnut Creek office of Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has been elevated to shareholder, effective January 1, 2025. Across its U.S., Mexico and Singapore offices, the firm elevated 28 attorneys to shareholder status. Cordoza is a trusted legal adviser to business owners, in-house counsel, and human resources professionals on a broad range of HR and compliance workplace concerns, including leave and accommodation, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, terminations, and wage and hour issues. As a former in-house employment lawyer and general counsel at a number of different companies, involving a broad range of industries such as biotech, healthcare, retail, technology and food manufacturing, Cordoza has the ability to leverage her experience to advise clients on employment-related risk while balancing business realities in an ever-changing legal landscape. Her background also includes designing contingent worker programs, international law and agency claims of all types. Cordoza earned her J.D. from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco and two undergraduate degrees (economics and history) from the University of California, Berkeley.