Gabrielle Wirth

Gabrielle Wirth is Of Counsel at Dorsey & Whitney LLP who works from Southern California and Missoula and heads the firm’s Montana Labor & Employment department. Gabrielle focuses on labor and employment counseling and litigation, with additional work involving mergers and acquisitions and class action matters. The practice serves employers navigating workplace laws in California, Montana, and nationwide and includes wage and hour, whistleblower, wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, ADA accessibility, contract, trade secret, and noncompetition disputes, as well as agency proceedings.

Gabrielle earned a J.D. from the University of California, Davis School of Law in 1982 and an A.B. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1978. Her legal education provides the foundation for a practice requiring close attention to changing employment statutes, regulations, agency procedures, and business operations. That education is relevant to her work in banking & financial institutions, where careful research, precise writing, and structured analysis help frame difficult legal questions.

Gabrielle has tried a broad range of employment disputes and also works with corporate lawyers on acquisitions and startups. She represents employers before the EEOC, OFCCP, state human rights agencies, labor agencies, employment development agencies, and OSHA, in addition to courtroom litigation and counseling. That experience gives Gabrielle practical perspective on banking & financial institutions matters, including how facts, procedure, documentation, and negotiation strategy can affect the available legal options.

Gabrielle Wirth has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for employment and labor matters and has also been listed in Southern California Super Lawyers. Her leadership of the Montana Labor & Employment department reflects a practice centered on practical compliance options and defense of workplace disputes. Across these matters, Gabrielle emphasizes careful preparation, clear communication, and practical judgment while keeping the legal consequences and the client’s underlying objectives in view.

Law Office Affiliations

• Of Counsel, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
• Member, The State Bar of California
• Member, State Bar of Montana
• Member, California Society for Healthcare Attorneys
• Member, John Muir Heritage Society, Yosemite Conservancy
• Member and Breakfast Committee, Orange County United Way Women’s Philanthropy Fund
• Member, Alexis de Tocqueville Society, Orange County United Way

Licensed State

• California
• Montana

Education

• University of California, Davis School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of California, Berkeley
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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