Rebeca is a member of the firm’s Labor, Employment & Immigration Law Practice Group in the Milwaukee office. Rebeca assists clients with a wide variety of day-to-day and complex employment matters, including addressing disability and leave accommodation requests, wage and hour complaints, employment discrimination allegations, enforcing (and challenging) former and current employee restrictive covenant obligations, and legal issues that arise when hiring and terminating employees. Rebeca also assists clients with drafting and enforcing employment policies and agreements.
Rebeca has represented employers in matters before federal and state courts, equal rights agencies and labor arbitrators. Rebeca has assisted employers and corporate boards in conducting internal investigations into employee complaints and allegations implicating the employment relationship.
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
Wisconsin Center District – Appointed Board Member
Centro Legal – Board Member
Marquette University Law School – Dean’s Advisory Committee
Wisconsin Hispanic Lawyers Association – Board Member
Latino Veterans Legacy of Valor Project – Board Member
Wisconsin Hispanic Lawyers Association – Board Member
Honors
Named as one of Wisconsin’s 48 Most Powerful Latinos (2016)
Honored as one of The Business Journal of Milwaukee'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
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