Ellen Jean Winograd
Shareholder
DIRECT 775.688.3005
ewinograd@woodburnandwedge.com

Ellen Jean Winograd is a shareholder and practices primarily in the areas of employment law, transportation (litigation and regulatory) and commercial litigation. Her employment practice includes acting in the capacity of general counsel for an 11-state association that is involved at all levels of H-2A guest worker employment, including administrative law, class action litigation and general advisory work. Having appeared in state and federal trial and appellate courts within California, Nevada and Colorado, Ms. Winograd has litigated transportation and employment matters at all levels as well as throughout the course of alternative dispute resolution and administrative proceedings.

AREAS OF PRACTICE
  • Employer/Employee Relations
  • Business Litigation
  • General Civil Litigation
  • Regulatory Issues
  • Interstate Transport
ADMISSIONS
  • State Bar of California, 1983
  • State Bar of Nevada, 1984
  • U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, 1984
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1985
  • U.S. District Courts, Eastern, Central and Northern California, 1992
EDUCATION
    Juris Doctor, University of California - Hastings College of Law, 1983

    Bachelor's of Arts, Stanford University, 1980, including two semesters enrolled in Vienna, Austria
PUBLISHED DECISIONS
  • Green v. Robinson Nevada Min. Co., 2014 WL 880903 (D.Nev. 2014)
  • Ryan’s Express, Inc. v. Amador Stage Lines, 279 P.3d. 166 (Nev. 2012)
  • Bade v. Courtesy Oldsmobile, Inc., 2006 WL 679900 (9th Cir. 2006),
  • cert. den.127 S.Ct. 496 (2006)
  • Hays Home Delivery v. Employers' Insurance Company of Nevada, 31 P.3d 367 (Nev. 2001)
  • Ray v. Continental Western Ins. Co., 920 F.Supp. 1094 (D.Nev. 1996)
  • Bradshaw v. Golden Road, Inc., 885 F.Supp. 1370 (D.Nev. 1995)
  • Drucker v. O'Brien's Moving and Storage, 963 F.2d 1171 (9th Cir. 1992)
  • Estate of Young v. Larry Holmes, 134 F.R.D. 291 (D.Nev. 1991)
  • Drucker v. O'Brien's Moving and Storage, 745 F.Supp. 616 (D.Nev. 1990)
  • Moore v. Landmark Hotel Casino, 757 P.2d 361 (Nev. 1988)
  • Castillo v. Western Range Association, 2017 WL 1364584
  • Castillo v. Western Range Association, 2018 WL 893862
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
  • Cazadero Performing Arts Camp Board of Trustees, 2010 - Present, V.P. 2012 - Present
  • Artown Board of Directors, 2005 - 2010, Chair 2008 - 2009
  • Congregation Temple Sinai Board of Trustees, 2005 - 2008
  • North Lake Tahoe Symphony Association Board of Directors, 1993 - 1997
MEMBERSHIPS
  • Washoe County Bar Association
  • Clark County Bar Association
  • Beverly Hills Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Association of Transportation Practitioners
  • Transportation Lawyers' Association
PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
  • ”Pregnancy & Maternity Leave: Balancing Family and Work”; Panel Presentation, State Bar of Nevada 2nd ANNUAL WOMEN IN THE LAW CONFERENCE, June 2014
  • “Protected Employee Classification “Gender-Identity Or Expression.” Are Employers in Compliance?” Northern Nevada Business Law Weekly, Nov. 2013
  • “Things to Consider for Company-Paid Moves”, Northern Nevada Business Weekly, June 2012
  • “Happy Holidays: A Joyous Time for Employees or a Litigation Trap for Employers?”, Northern Nevada Business Law Guide, Sept. 2011
  • “Liability Nightmares Music Teachers Never Thought of, But Should Have. . .”, Nevada Music Educators’ Association, Annual Meeting, 2005
Ms. Winograd also speaks on CLE panels and appears before legal and lay audiences addressing a variety of topics.

Ellen Jean Winograd is a shareholder and practices primarily in the areas of employment law, transportation (litigation and regulatory) and commercial litigation. Her employment practice includes acting in the capacity of general counsel for an 11-state association that is involved at all levels of H-2A guest worker employment, including administrative law, class action litigation and general advisory work. Having appeared in state and federal trial and appellate courts within California, Nevada and Colorado, Ms. Winograd has litigated transportation and employment matters at all levels as well as throughout the course of alternative dispute resolution and administrative proceedings.





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