Ms. Gloria Guinto is a Partner in Garcia Hernández Sawhney, LLP’s San Francisco Bay Area’s office.
She brings 27 years of experience as an attorney at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Gloria has expert knowledge of the federal enforcement standards of Title VI, Title IX, Section 504, and Title II of the ADA and an in-depth understanding of issues arising under these laws in elementary, secondary, and post-secondary educational institutions. Gloria served as the lead attorney in complex discrimination investigations and has led several systemic reviews on racial disparities in student discipline and resource comparability. Gloria has expertise on a variety of education-related issues, including accommodations, restraint and seclusion, psychiatric emergencies, physical accessibility, race and national origin harassment, gender identity discrimination, and sexual harassment. At OCR, Gloria conducted trainings on a variety of subjects, including trauma-sensitive interviewing, sexual harassment, racial harassment, the First Amendment, language access, physical accessibility, and Section 504 FAPE.
Gloria is a member of the firm’s Education Law and Educational Equity Leadership practice groups. Gloria advises and provides training to clients on a number of issues including transgender rights, the First Amendment, policy and practice implications of recent court decisions and new state laws, FAPE issues, health and safety issues, harassment/hostile environment and retaliation matters. Gloria also conducts workplace and UCP investigations and represents clients before the EEOC, in CDE appeals and CPRA matters. Gloria continues to work on matters related to her areas of expertise in civil rights law and her experience as an investigative attorney.
Gloria is a graduate of the Northeastern University School of Law. Prior to her work at OCR, Gloria worked for Southeastern Ohio Legal Services where she represented clients in domestic violence, housing, and public benefits cases; the Asian Law Caucus where she represented immigrants on elder law issues and worked on voting rights and language rights issues; and the Language Rights Project of the Legal Aid Society of San Francisco and the ACLU of Northern California where she focused solely on language discrimination in employment and access to government services. Before Gloria began her legal career, she was an Oberlin College Shansi Memorial Association fellowship recipient and taught English as a Second Language in China and Hong Kong, and a registered nurse at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
Ms. Gloria Guinto is a Partner in Garcia Hernández Sawhney, LLP’s San Francisco Bay Area’s office.
She brings 27 years of experience as an attorney at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Gloria has expert knowledge of the federal enforcement standards of Title VI, Title IX, Section 504, and Title II of the ADA and an in-depth understanding of issues arising under these laws in elementary, secondary, and post-secondary educational institutions. Gloria served as the lead attorney in complex discrimination investigations and has led several systemic reviews on racial disparities in student discipline and resource comparability. Gloria has expertise on a variety of education-related issues, including accommodations, restraint and seclusion, psychiatric emergencies, physical accessibility, race and national origin harassment, gender identity discrimination, and sexual harassment. At OCR, Gloria conducted trainings on a variety of subjects, including trauma-sensitive interviewing, sexual harassment, racial harassment, the First Amendment, language access, physical accessibility, and Section 504 FAPE.
Gloria is a member of the firm’s Education Law and Educational Equity Leadership practice groups. Gloria advises and provides training to clients on a number of issues including transgender rights, the First Amendment, policy and practice implications of recent court decisions and new state laws, FAPE issues, health and safety issues, harassment/hostile environment and retaliation matters. Gloria also conducts workplace and UCP investigations and represents clients before the EEOC, in CDE appeals and CPRA matters. Gloria continues to work on matters related to her areas of expertise in civil rights law and her experience as an investigative attorney.
Gloria is a graduate of the Northeastern University School of Law. Prior to her work at OCR, Gloria worked for Southeastern Ohio Legal Services where she represented clients in domestic violence, housing, and public benefits cases; the Asian Law Caucus where she represented immigrants on elder law issues and worked on voting rights and language rights issues; and the Language Rights Project of the Legal Aid Society of San Francisco and the ACLU of Northern California where she focused solely on language discrimination in employment and access to government services. Before Gloria began her legal career, she was an Oberlin College Shansi Memorial Association fellowship recipient and taught English as a Second Language in China and Hong Kong, and a registered nurse at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Ms. Gloria Guinto is a Partner in Garcia Hernández Sawhney, LLP’s San Francisco Bay Area’s office.
She brings 27 years of experience as an attorney at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Gloria has expert knowledge of the federal enforcement standards of Title VI, Title IX, Section 504, and Title II of the ADA and an in-depth understanding of issues arising under these laws in elementary, secondary, and post-secondary educational institutions. Gloria served as the lead attorney in complex discrimination investigations and has led several systemic reviews on racial disparities in student discipline and resource comparability. Gloria has expertise on a variety of education-related issues, including accommodations, restraint and seclusion, psychiatric emergencies, physical accessibility, race and national origin harassment, gender identity discrimination, and sexual harassment. At OCR, Gloria conducted trainings on a variety of subjects, including trauma-sensitive interviewing, sexual harassment, racial harassment, the First Amendment, language access, physical accessibility, and Section 504 FAPE.
Gloria is a member of the firm’s Education Law and Educational Equity Leadership practice groups. Gloria advises and provides training to clients on a number of issues including transgender rights, the First Amendment, policy and practice implications of recent court decisions and new state laws, FAPE issues, health and safety issues, harassment/hostile environment and retaliation matters. Gloria also conducts workplace and UCP investigations and represents clients before the EEOC, in CDE appeals and CPRA matters. Gloria continues to work on matters related to her areas of expertise in civil rights law and her experience as an investigative attorney.
Gloria is a graduate of the Northeastern University School of Law. Prior to her work at OCR, Gloria worked for Southeastern Ohio Legal Services where she represented clients in domestic violence, housing, and public benefits cases; the Asian Law Caucus where she represented immigrants on elder law issues and worked on voting rights and language rights issues; and the Language Rights Project of the Legal Aid Society of San Francisco and the ACLU of Northern California where she focused solely on language discrimination in employment and access to government services. Before Gloria began her legal career, she was an Oberlin College Shansi Memorial Association fellowship recipient and taught English as a Second Language in China and Hong Kong, and a registered nurse at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
