About Julia

Julia is a shareholder and founder of Scheppach Bauer PC.  Julia has been practicing for nearly 10 years, representing clients in a wide range of civil matters and specializing in employment law.  Julia's breadth of legal experience gives her a unique and well-rounded approach to employment law and a sensitivity to the various legal issues that her clients may encounter.

Julia has a wealth of experience representing clients in civil litigation, transactional matters, and alternative dispute resolution.  Julia has provided critical litigation support on numerous types of cases, including employment law matters, common interest development law, family law matters, and civil forfeiture proceedings.  Julia drafted governing documents and bylaws for homeowner's associations and provided day-to-day advice and counseling to their board members, worked with hundreds of clients on tax-related matters, from negotiating structured resolutions with the Internal Revenue Service to removing levies and garnishments, mediated landlord-tenant disputes with the fair housing commission in Sacramento, California, and provided legal counseling and public seminars on housing rights. 

In addition to practicing law, Julia also maintains an interest in legal scholarship and has been published multiple times, including co-authoring an article with Michael J. Bazyler, which appeared in Loyola Law School's International and Comparative Law Review in 2012.

Prior to forming Scheppach Bauer PC, Julia was a partner and founder of Scheppach Law, Inc.  Julia is admitted to practice before all courts in the State of California and speaks Spanish fluently.

Education

Julia graduated with distinction from McGeorge School of Law, where she was a member of the Robert J. Traynor Honor Society and an editor of the McGeorge Law Review.  Julia earned her B.A. in Philosophy (Pre-Law Option) with a minor in Political Science from California State University, Fresno.

During law school, Julia externed for the Honorable Oliver W. Wanger, federal district judge in the Eastern District of California.

Publications
The Strange and Curious History of the Law Used to Prosecute Adolf Eichmann, 34 Loy.L.A. Int'l & Comp L. Rev. 417 (2012).

Chapter 2: Criminal Background Checks for Recipients of In-Home Supportive Services, 40 McGeorge L. Rev. 591 (2009).

Chapter 38: Gang Related Nuisance Proves Costly For Gang Members, 40 McGeorge L. Rev. 467 (2009).

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: A Short-Lived Decision?, 28 Whittier L. Rev. 1303 (2007).