Elizabeth M. Soveranez

Ms. Soveranez has represented clients in both state and federal courts, as well as in front of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the National Labor Relations Board, including:

• Investigating and litigating unfair labor practice charges in front of the National Labor Relations Board;
• Successfully obtaining a reversal in the Ninth Circuit for an airline industry employer under the Railway Labor Act;
• Defending employers in both administrative and court proceedings under Title VII, the FMLA, the ADEA, the ADA and the RLA;
• Assisting employers in combating corporate union campaigns, including training supervisors on lawful methods to interact with employees; implementing training programs for employees to educate them about unions and their employers; and working with management to improve employee morale and become more responsive to employee concerns and issues; and
• Counseling businesses on non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disclosure, and anti-raiding agreements, as well as defending and prosecuting claims arising out of such agreements.

Education

• J.D., magna cum laude, Arizona State University College of Law, 2005
• B.A., magna cum laude, Political Science, University of Arizona, 2001

Admission to Practice

• Arizona
• U.S. District Court, District of Arizona
• U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

• Arizona State Bar
• Arizona Women Lawyer’s Association, Maricopa Chapter (Former Steering Committee Member, 2009-2011)

• Labor Law Solutions Foundation Series – “The Arbitration Gauntlet—Preparation is Key!” – New Orleans – December 4, 2024
• Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “NLRB Update: 2024 in Review and 2025 Predictions” – Amelia Island – November 14, 2024
• Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Restrictions on Workplace Policies, Confidentiality Agreements, Restrictive Covenants, and More! The Latest From the NLRB” – Washington, D.C. – May 2, 2024
• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “NLRB Update: 2023 Year in Review and 2024 Predictions” – March 5, 2024
• Workplace Strategies Seminar – “(NLRB) Proofing Your Policies” – San Diego – May 11, 2023
• Labor Law Solutions – “Unfair Indeed: ULP Procedural and Settlement Challenges” – Nashville – December 8, 2022
• Workplace Strategies Seminar – “The Quickly Expanding Concept of Protected Concerted Activity” – Phoenix – May 6, 2022
• Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Responding to Union Organizing Under the New NLRB Obstacles” – Phoenix – May 4, 2022
• Ogletree Deakins Podcast – “Third Thursdays With Ruthie: Recent Developments in the Student-Athlete Versus University-Employee Debate” – February 17, 2022
• Labor Law Solutions – “Strike Back: Strategies for Work Stoppages” – Las Vegas – December 3, 2021
• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “Labor Law Foundation Series, Part I: The Law of the Land in Labor—The National Labor Relations Act” – October 8, 2021
• Workplace Strategies Virtual Seminar – “Organizing in the New World: Creative Responses to a Post-COVID, Woke Environment” – June 25, 2021
• Ogletree Deakins Podcast – “Third Thursdays With Ruthie: What to Expect From Organized Labor in 2021” – December 18, 2020
• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “Organized Labor in 2021: An Overview of Recent Trends and Predictions for the Future” – December 8, 2020
• Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “Organized Labor Overview: The Good, the Bad, and the Politics” – November 11, 2020
• Labor Law Solutions – Foundation Series – “The Law of the Land in Labor: The National Labor Relations Act” – Nashville – December 4, 2019
• Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “The Joint-Employer Quandary: Legal and Business Angles” – La Quinta – November 9, 2018
• Ogletree Deakins Seminar – “Deal or No Deal: An Interactive Panel on Dispute Resolution” – Scottsdale – October 26, 2018
• Ogletree Deakins – “Preparing For (And Hopefully Avoiding) A Class Action Before It Is Filed” – Scottsdale – October 20, 2017
• Ogletree Deakins Seminar – “Lawful or Unlawful – An NLRB Game Show Experience” – Scottsdale – October 20, 2017
• Ogletree Deakins Managing a Workforce 2015 – “Whose Employees are they Anyway? Perils, Pitfalls, and Pointers on Contingent and Temporary Workers” – Scottsdale – October 3, 2014
• Ogletree Deakins Seminar – “Whose Employees are they Anyway? Perils, Pitfalls, and Pointers on Contingent and Temporary Workers” – Scottsdale – October 3, 2014
• Ogletree Deakins Managing a Workforce 2014 – “Petitions, Elections, and ULP Charges: What to Expect in Region 28 of the NLRB” – Scottsdale – October 4, 2013

• April 2005 – Intellectual Property Today – “Nanotechnology Thriving on Patents”
• 2005 – Arizona State Law Review – “The Supreme Court of Arizona: Its 2003 – 2004 Decisions”

• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Employment Law – Management (2019-2025)
• Law Clerk to the Hon. W. Scott Bales, Arizona Supreme Court
• Order of the Coif
• Pedrick Scholar
• Managing Editor, Arizona State Law Review
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Golden Key Honors Society
• Honor’s College
• Dean’s List
• Southwest Super Lawyer (2014-present)
• Southwest Super Lawyer Rising Star (2013)