About me
OverviewGabriela D. Flowers is a Partner in Lozano Smith's Sacramento office and is co-chair of the firm's Labor andEmployment Practice Group. Ms. Flowers also specializes in the Student and Litigation aspects of education law.Ms. Flowers routinely assists clients through both Certificated and Classified discipline and dismissal procedures, aswell as defending unfair labor practice charges. Her Labor & Employment practice also includes grievanceprocessing, contract interpretation, labor negotiations, employee leaves and responding to claims of discriminationfiled with the DFEH, EEOC and DIR.Ms. Flowers supports administrators and boards with matters concerning conflicts of interest, the Brown Act andthe Public Records Act. In addition, she gives presentations on a variety of topics, including conflicts of interest,Form 700, the Brown Act and Board Governance.Additional ExperiencePrior to joining Lozano Smith, Ms. Flowers worked as an attorney at a public entity law firm, where she gainedexperience in labor and employment issues facing school districts and county offices of education, including:employee discipline, collective bargaining, contract interpretation, grievance processing and unfair labor practices.Ms. Flowers also has experience in a variety of matters that affect the provision of public education, including:governance and litigation.EducationMs. Flowers earned her J.D. from University of California at Davis in 2010 and was recognized as a Public ServiceLaw Program scholar. She received her B.A. in English from Santa Clara University (cum laude) and her B.S. inPolitical Science with a minor in Philosophy from Santa Clara University (cum laude), both in 2007. Ms. Flowers hasreceived certification through ATIXA as a participant in Level 1 and Level 3 ATIXA Civil Rights Investigator Trainings.
