Central District of California
Career Highlights: Hon. Maria A. Audero's (Ret.) service on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California included a wide range of civil matters. Before her appointment to the bench, Judge Audero was co-chair of a leading global firm's Los Angeles employment law department. Her practice spanned the full range of federal and state employment disputes including complex wage-and-hour nationwide class, collective, and representative actions; multi-district litigation; discrimination, harassment, retaliation and pay equity cases; EEO pattern and practice claims; and leave and disability matters.
Law School: Southwestern University School of Law
Signature Resolution
Career Highlights: Hon. Maria A. Audero's (Ret.) service on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California included a wide range of civil matters. Before her appointment to the bench, Judge Audero was co-chair of a leading global firm's Los Angeles employment law department. Her practice spanned the full range of federal and state employment disputes including complex wage-and-hour nationwide class, collective, and representative actions; multi-district litigation; discrimination, harassment, retaliation and pay equity cases; EEO pattern and practice claims; and leave and disability matters.
Law School: Southwestern University School of Law
Signature Resolution
LOS ANGELES -- U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria A. Audero wanted to be a lawyer since she was a little girl but went down an unexpected path after getting involved with an autism project in college.
Audero became a therapist for autistic children in Argentina and the U.S., she said, "and then I burnt out. It's a really difficult job." She transitioned into business for some years after that and at 38, Audero was r... (continued)
