Profile
Ms. Balciunas Cockrell specializes in public sector labor law, representing police officers, firefighters and other public employees in internal investigations, disciplinary and termination proceedings, grievances, arbitrations, civil litigation, collective bargaining, and in actions before the California Public Employment Relations Board.
Ms. Balciunas Cockrell also has significant civil litigation experience in the state and federal trial courts, including real estate, bankruptcy, business, entertainment and civil family issues (e.g., trusts, family partnerships, cohabitation agreements, etc).
Prior to law, Ms. Balciunas Cockrell worked for eight years in sports media, including stints with NBC Sports, NBA.com and as a local sports anchor for a CBS affiliate in New England.
Presentations and Publications
Co-author, California Supreme Court Approves Vastly Expanded Judicial Review of Arbitration Awards, AIR Waves (the newsletter of AIR Commercial Real Estate Association) (September 2008).
Panel speaker, seminar on “Choosing the Right Legal Career,” UC Davis School of Law (August 2007).
Quoted in Immigrant Detainees Are Left in Limbo, Los Angeles Times (December 26, 2007).