Estelle Sutcliffe
Employment attorney
A job is a promise to be paid, and to be treated fairly. I help people when the promise breaks.
I practice from a small office on Howard Street, and I act for employees. I do not take cases for employers and I never have both sides of a workplace as clients. That is not a pose. It is why a client can tell me everything.
Most of the people who call me are not looking for a fight. They want the pay they earned, a fair exit, or for the pressure to stop. I build the case around that.
If I do not think you have a claim, you will hear it from me on the first call, with the reason.
Where I am admitted and where I studied
Admissions are credentials, not advice. The rules vary by place and change over time.
Bar admissions
State Bar of California
1993
State Bar of Nevada
1999
Courts
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
1994
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1998
Education
Golden Gate University School of Law
J.D., 1993
San Francisco State University
B.A., 1988
Languages
English
Memberships
National Employment Lawyers Association
Bar Association of San Francisco
How I work
Three promises I can keep
I will say early, and again whenever it changes, what I think your chances are. I will not file anything you have not approved. And I will not stand between you and the settlement you want because it is less than I would like.
Whether to settle, whether to keep going and whether to stay at the job are your calls. My part is to make sure you make them knowing the facts.
Early, plain talk about the odds
Nothing filed without your say
The decision is yours
Tell me how the job went
Tell me what happened, in your own words, and I will take it from there.