Mythily Sivarajah is an attorney with Winer, Burritt & Tillis LLP. Serving as a managing attorney, Ms. Sivarajah devotes her practice to advocating on behalf of a diverse range of clients throughout the Bay Area who are facing serious and complex legal challenges affecting their lives, their livelihoods and their futures.To this end, Ms. Sivarajah provides exceptional, aggressive representation to employees who experienced a violation of their rights as workers on the job, such as discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage issues, defamation, wrongful termination and more. Ms. Sivarajah's interest in employment law developed while she was pursuing her undergraduate degree from Cornell University. Along with conducting extensive research on workers' rights, she also became involved with unions and other employment organizations, which further bolstered her interest and resolve in making a difference in the lives of aggrieved and injured employees.In 2000, Ms. Sivarajah earned her Bachelor of Science in industrial and labor relations after only three years of study. She then attended the University of San Francisco School of Law, where she obtained her Juris Doctor in 2007 and won the Award for Excellence in the Study of Labor and Employment Law from the American Bar Association/The Bureau of National Affairs.She received her license to practice from The State Bar of California in 2007, and she is also admitted to practice before U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.While pursuing her legal degree, she completed an internship with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Legal Unit, and she served the needs of many low-wage employees through her work with a local legal clinic. After graduation, she volunteered her time and services with the Centre for Women’s Development and Research in India, focusing primarily on defending the rights of domestic violence victims.Highly active in her legal community, Ms. Sivarajah is a member of the California Employment Lawyers Association.
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