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Lindley graduated summa cum
laude from the University
of Southern California in
1998, where she was the
valedictorian for the School
of Public Policy and
Management. She received her
Juris Doctor from the
University of California,
Berkeley in 2002, where she
graduated in the top third of
her class.
Lindley began her career at
Latham & Watkins where she
focused on intellectual
property matters,
environmental law, and complex
business litigation. During
her time at Latham, Lindley
served as lead counsel on an
unlawful detainer matter,
drafted legislation for the
California Water Code,
negotiated multiple
settlements, took and defended
depositions, and worked on
multiple complex cases
involving toxic tort claims.
Lindley was also employed as
Associate Counsel for K.
Hovnanian Homes in Irvine,
California, and worked on
various real estate and
employment law matters.
Lindley then joined Payne &
Fears in Irvine, California,
where she focused on
employment and business
litigation matters. At Payne &
Fears, Lindley represented a
broad spectrum of clients,
including major retailers,
financial institutions, public
golf courses, theme park
entities, small business
owners, and individual
employees. Lindley prepared
multiple cases for trial, took
and defended over 50
depositions, prepared
dispositive motions on a
regular basis, mediated cases,
and counseled clients on
various litigation and
employment law matters.
Lindley currently works as
an employment law and HR
consultant, and mediator. In
this capacity, Lindley
provides counseling on
pre-litigation employment and
labor law matters, DFEH and
EEOC response letters,
employee handbooks and
policies, sexual harassment
training, workplace
investigations, human
resources training, and
employment law mediation
services. See
www.lindleyfraley.com.
In additional to her legal
career, Lindley is on the
Executive Board for the USC
Town & Gown Junior Auxiliary
of Orange County, which raises
scholarship funds for students
attending USC. Lindley is also
a member of the National
Association of Women Business
Owners and the Orange County
Bar Association. |
