Ms. Dermody is a partner in the San Francisco office of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP. Ms. Dermody chairs the firm's Employment Law practice group and has an active consumer protection practice. Ms. Dermody is an experienced litigator whose recent achievements include resolving the uninsured pricing class action lawsuit against California-based Sutter Health. This groundbreaking case resulted in a settlement valued at an estimated $276 million in refunds or bill reductions. The settlement required that Sutter lower its charges and end price discrimination against all uninsured patients, maintain generous charity case policies allowing the low-income uninsured to receive free or heavily discounted care, and protect uninsured patients from unfair collections practices. Similar litigation against Catholic Healthcare West, in which Ms. Dermody served as lead partner for the firm, also reached a settlement valued at $423 million.

Ms. Dermody has regularly been recognized for her outstanding legal work, including receiving a California Lawyer Attorney of the Year award in 2007 and being named a Northern California "Super Lawyer" for the past four years. She was selected as a finalist for "Trial Attorney of the Year" in 2007 by Public Justice Foundation and was also selected as a finalist for "Consumer Attorney of the Year" in 2006 by the Consumer Attorneys of California. Ms. Dermody is active in many legal and public interest organizations, including serving on the Board of Directors of the Bar Association of San Francisco, and as Vice-Chair of the ABA's Labor and Employment Law Section Annual Conference. She is a Northern District of California Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference.

Education
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D. 1993); Moot Court Executive Board (1992-1993); Articles Editor, Industrial Relations Law Journal/Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law (1991-1992); Harvard University (A.B. magna cum laude, 1990); Senior Class Ames Memorial Public Service Award.

Awards & Honors
"Litigation Star," Benchmark Plaintiff (ranked as one of the nation's top litigators for plaintiffs' employment/labor law); "California Litigation Star," Benchmark Plaintiff (ranked as of of California's leading litigators in consumer protection and employment/labor law); The Best Lawyers in America (published by American Lawyer Media), based on peer and blue ribbon panel review, selected for list of "San Francisco's Best Lawyers," 2010-2011; “Women of Achievement Award,” Legal Momentum (formerly the NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund), 2011; "Florence K. Murray Award," National Association of Women Judges, 2010 (for influencing women to pursue legal careers, opening doors for women attorneys, and advancing opportunities for women within the legal profession); "Top California Women Litigators," Daily Journal, 2007, 2010; "Irish Legal 100" Finalist, The Irish Voice, 2010; "Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America," Lawdragon, 2010; "Northern California Super Lawyer," Super Lawyers, 2004-2011; "Top 50 Female Northern California Super Lawyers," Super Lawyers, 2007-2011; "Lawdragon Finalist," Lawdragon, 2007-2009; "Top 100 Northern California Super Lawyers," Super Lawyers, 2007, 2009, 2011; "Community Service Award," Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, 2008; "Community Justice Award," Centro Legal de la Raza, 2008; "Award of Merit," Bar Association of San Francisco, 2007; "California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Award," California Lawyer, 2007; "Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiffs' Lawyers," Lawdragon, Winter 2007; "Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalist," Public Justice Foundation, 2007; California's "Top 20 Lawyers Under 40," Daily Journal, 2006; "Consumer Attorney of the Year" Finalist, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2006; "Living the Dream Partner," Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, 2005.

Bar Associations & Memberships
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section (Governing Council, 2009-present; Co-Chair, Section Conference, 2008-2009; Vice-Chair, Section Conference, 2007-2008; Co-Chair, Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Legal Profession, 2006-2007; Co-Chair Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity); Bar Association of San Francisco (Board of Directors, 2005-present; President-Elect, 2010-Present; Treasurer, 2009-2010; Secretary, 2008-2009; Litigation Section; Executive Committee, 2002-2005); Northern District of California Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference (2007-2010); Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (Board of Directors, 1998-2005; Secretary, 1999-2003; Co-Chair, 2003-2005); National Center for Lesbian Rights (Board of Directors, 2002-2008; Co-Chair, 2005-2006); National Association of Women Judges (Resource Board, 2005-present. Co-Chair, 2009-present); Carver Healthy Environments and Response to Trauma in Schools ("HEARTS") Project (Steering Committee, 2007-present); Pride Law Fund (Board of Directors, 1995-2002; Secretary, 1995-1997; Chairperson, 1997-2002); Equal Rights Advocates (Litigation Committee, 2000-2002); National Employment Lawyers Association; Consumer Attorneys of California; Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom; Public Justice Foundation; State Bar of California.

• "Class Actions: Latest Developments in Litigating and Settling Employment Discrimination Class Actions" American Bar Association Labor and Employment Section Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (Mid-Year Meeting 2001)
  
  
• "A Road Map to Discovery in Employment Discrimination and Wage/Hour Class Actions," with James M. Finberg, Glasser Legal Works Seminar (2000)
  
  
• "Employment Discrimination Class Actions in the Wake of Allison v. Citgo Petroleum Corp. and Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(f)," Federal Bar Association Convention (1999)
  
  
• Co-Author with James Finberg, "Discovery in Employment Discrimination Class Actions," Litigation and Settlement of Complex Class Actions (Glasser Legal Works 1998)