Rebeca is a member of the firm’s Labor, Employment & Immigration Law Practice Group in the Milwaukee office. Her practice focuses on working with small, mid-size and large regional, national and international clients to address labor and employment issues that arise in their businesses. Her practice is largely dedicated to defending employers before local, state and federal administrative agencies and courts when they are faced with employee complaints relating to single plaintiff, as well as class and collective action, wage and hour, discrimination and harassment complaints. She also assist clients with day-to-day employment matters, including accommodation requests, wage and hour obligations, and internal investigations into employee complaints. Rebeca works with clients to create and implement policies and practices that foster a respectful, productive and efficient work environment.
Rebeca graduated magna cum laude from Marquette University Law School. While in law school, Rebeca served as Business Editor of the Marquette Law Review and interned in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin for Judge Lynn S. Adelman. Prior to law school, Rebeca was a Regional Coordinator and an Office Manager for a United States Senator.
Admitted To Practice
Wisconsin - 2012
Court Admissions
United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
United States District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
Professional Associations
American Bar Association
Defense Research Institute (DRI)
Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association
Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee
Professional Dimensions
State Bar of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Hispanic Lawyers Association
Activities
Milwaukee 2020 DNC Host Committee – Board Member
Centro Legal – Vice President
Marquette University Law School – Dean’s Advisory Committee
Wisconsin Hispanic Lawyers Association – Vice President
Latino Veterans Legacy of Valor Project – Board Member
Harvard Young Leaders Program 2019 – Alumni
Honors
Recognized by Super Lawyers as a Wisconsin Rising Star (2019 - present)
Named an Up and Coming Lawyer by the Wisconsin Law Journal (2019)
Named as one of Wisconsin’s 48 Most Powerful Latinos (2016)
Honored as one of the Milwaukee Business Journal's Forty Under 40 (2015)
Named to the 2015 Wisconsin Pro Bono Honor Society
Recipient of the Young Alumna of the Year Award - Alpha Sigma Nu Alumni Club, Marquette University (2015)
Lawyers of Color 2014 Hot List
Recipient of several CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
Recognized by Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch” (Labor and Employment Law — Management; Litigation — Labor and Employment, 2021)
Education
Juris Doctor, Marquette University Law School, 2012, magna cum laude, (Business Editor, Marquette University Law Review)
Bachelor of Arts, Marquette University, International Affairs, Spanish Language and Literature