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Tracy A. Warren

Firm Member

Tracy A. Warren is a shareholder with the firm and her practice emphasizes employment counsel and litigation, sports negotiation and litigation, business litigation and medical malpractice and medical board defense. 

She has appeared before the California Court of Appeal, the San Diego and Los Angeles Superior Courts, the United States District Court Southern District of California, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA),  JAMS California and Philadelphia, Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR), the Superior Courts of New Jersey and the Circuit Courts of Maryland.  Ms. Warren is admitted to the United States Supreme Court, the California, New Jersey and Maryland courts.


Education Background

Ms. Warren received her B.A., magna cum laude, from the College of New Jersey in 1987 where she was inducted into the Academic All-American Hall of Fame.  In 1989, she earned her masters in journalism from Temple University and her juris doctor from the University of Notre Dame in 1999.

Employment Background

Ms. Warren joined Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek in 2006 following several years of practice in both Maryland and California. Prior to her legal career, Ms. Warren was an Emmy award-winning sports broadcaster.

Representative Matters

  • Defended and counseled various national and local, profit and non-profit employers in the financial, medical, educational, athletic, electronic media, social services, religious, educational, hotel and veterinary industries against wrongful termination, sexual harassment, age, sex, disability and age discrimination claims, wage and hour, trade secret and non-compete claims
  • Defended and counseled multinational non-profit entity in employment issues, harassment investigation, and residential housing matters
  • Counseled and defended religious non-profit institutions in employment, teacher/student matters, safety and abuse issues, vexatious litigant litigation, as well as general business matters
  • Defended and counseled higher education institution in Office of Civil Rights investigation
  • Successfully defended east coast and mid-west employers in wage and hour class action litigation
  • Represent and counsel over fifty collegiate coaches in the negotiation of coaching contracts, sporting manufacturer and apparel contracts, television and movie contracts as well as provide counsel related to student athlete, administration and National Collegiate Athletic Association matters, termination issues and buyouts
  • Counsel and defend medical and veterinary doctors in malpractice and medical board litigation as well as employment litigation
  • Represent various employers before the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA)

Professional Affiliations & Admissions

  • State Bar of California
  • State Bars of Maryland and New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • San Diego County Bar Association
  • Sports Lawyers Association
  • Women’s Basketball Coaches Association
  • National Fastpitch Coaches Association

Community Affiliations

  • San Diego Sports Commission
  • University of Notre Dame Alumni Club, San Diego Division
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • San Diego State University Sports M.B.A. Advisory Board Member

Publications & Speaking Engagements

  • “Negotiating a College Sports Contract” (2001-2010)
  • “Understanding California Employment Leaves” (2003)
  • “Avoiding Sexual Harassment in the Workplace” (2005)
  • “The Family Medical Leave Act for College Coaches” (2005)

Professional Awards & Honors

  • Emmy Award for Sports Broadcaster
  • Academic All American Hall of Fame
  • Athletic and Academic All American