Danielle Fuschetti

Danielle Fuschetti is an experienced employment lawyer practicing in California and Vermont. Danielle represents workers in cases ranging from severance negotiations to high-stakes class actions, under wage-and-hour law and laws prohibiting discrimination, retaliation, and harassment. Danielle holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from the University of Michigan School of Law. She began her career at a top-tier employer defense firm, and subsequently joined an elite nationwide plaintiff-side firm, where she was promoted to partner and head of the firm's employment discrimination and harassment practice group. Danielle has also worked at a highly-regarded wage-and-hour class action firm. After gaining extensive experience, Danielle launched her own practice representing employees in 2025. Danielle's high-caliber advocacy has been recognized by Law 360, SuperLawyers, Benchmark Litigation, the National Law Journal, the Bar Association of San Francisco, Justice and Diversity Center. Danielle’s notable representations have included: Representing a female former employee in securing a $7.5 multimillion-dollar settlement on behalf of a class of women at Western Digital based on claims of sex discrimination and unequal pay Negotiating numerous multimillion-dollar severance agreements for female employees at a tech company terminated in retaliation for complaining about her employer’s hostile work environment Representing female employees in securing $19.5 million dollar settlement on behalf of a class of women at Qualcomm based on claims of sex discrimination and equal pay Representing employees in dozens of wage-and-hour class or PAGA actions, including cases resulting in seven- and eight- figure recoveries Serving as co-counsel for Beth Burns, the winningest women’s basketball coach in the history of San Diego State University, in her claim for retaliatory discharge against the university, resulting in a jury verdict of over $3.3 millions Negotiating multiple million+ dollar settlements for female attorneys who faced discrimination in pay and promotions Representing and advising executives and senior level employees in the sectors of high technology, healthcare, law, fintech, and startups Danielle also speaks and writes on issues in employment litigation and various topics that impact workers, including discrimination, disability rights, equal pay, class actions, wage and hour law, and the impact of COVID-19.