Stacey N. Sheston

Partner

Stacey N. Sheston is a partner in the Labor & Employment practice group of Best Best & Krieger LLP. She is also a member of the firm’s executive committee. Prior to joining BB&K in 2010, she was a shareholder, practice group leader and chief talent officer on the management committee of McDonough Holland & Allen in Sacramento.

Ms. Sheston’s practice includes day-to-day employment advice such as dealing with problem employees (including discipline and terminations), handling harassment complaints and investigations, responding to requests for disability accommodations, addressing wage and hour and leave of absence questions, responding to grievances and unfair practice charges, and drafting employment agreements, handbooks and policies. On the litigation side, Ms. Sheston represents employers in mediations, arbitrations, administrative hearings and court proceedings (including jury and non-jury trials) arising out of employment matters including wrongful termination, breach of contract, unpaid wages, harassment, discrimination, and retaliation.

Ms. Sheston is a member of the State Bar of California, the Employee Relations Policy Committee of the League of California Cities, the Sacramento County Bar Association Labor & Employment Section, Women Lawyers of Sacramento, and the California Public Employers Labor Relations Association. She is also a former editorial chair of, and contributor to, the Personnel Chapter of the Municipal Law Handbook (CEB 2010).

From 2012 to 2016, Ms. Sheston was named by her peers as a Northern California Super Lawyer for employment and labor law. 

Education

• University of California, Davis, J.D. (1996)
• Drake University, B.A., cum laude (1990)

Bar Admissions

• California (1996)

Court Admissions

• All State Courts in California
• U.S. District Court, Central & Eastern Districts of California
• United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Awards

• Northern California Super Lawyers, Employment & Labor Law (2012-2015)
• Super Lawyers Top Women Attorneys in Northern California (2014)
• Sacramento Magazine Top Lawyers, Employment & Labor (2015)
• Super Lawyers Business Edition, employment (2015)
• Sacramento Business Journal Best of the Bar (2015)

Authorships

• Co-author, "Is that Your Final Answer? Spielbauer Court Says Fifth Amendment is No Shield Against Insubordination," McDonough Public Law Bulletin, February 2009
• Co-author, “Sexting at Work: Private Messages May be Accessed by Public Employees,” McDonough Public Law Bulletin, June 2010

Stacey N. Sheston

Partner

• Presenter, “Employment Law Update,” League of California Cities Attorney Division, September 2009, May 2009, September 2008, May 2008
• Presenter, “Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder. . . Update on New FMLA Regulations,” Northern California Employment Law & HR Forum, September 2009
• Presenter, “Coping with the Firefighters Bill of Rights,” April 2008
• Presenter, “Wage & Hour Issues,” Council on Education & Management, Sacramento, 2005
• Presenter, “Workplace Harassment & Internal Investigations,” Council on Education & Management, Sacramento, 2005
• Presenter, “AB 1825 / Harassment Prevention Training,” (frequent)
• Presenter, “How to be a Better Supervisor,” (frequent)
• Presenter, “Local Agency Labor Negotiations 101” (frequent)