Oppenheimer Investigations Group LLP, 1300 Clay Street, Oakland, CA (2026)

06/02/2026

What does it take to build a lasting legal career and become the kind of attorney-investigator whom clients trust with high-stakes problems?

In this recent Law.com “How I Made Partner” feature, OIG Partner and Attorney-Investigator Tracey Merwise reflects on the lessons that shaped her path from law firm partnership to an in-house counsel role in tech, to conducting workplace investigations full-time.

Some of the advice she shares with those just starting their legal careers:

- Develop deep expertise in your field so you become a go-to resource

- Bring creative, practical solutions to the table

- Seek out mentors and mentor others

- Nurture professional relationships

- Treat the client’s problems as your own

That last point applies to investigations work in a way that is very different from advocacy work. In investigations, clients navigating difficult workplace situations need impartiality most of all. In her work at OIG, Tracey provides clients with independent investigations that give them new insights into workplace dynamics and a basis for sound remedial action.

Tracey’s broad experience across tech and corporate workplaces, working with C-suite teams, and within complex organizational dynamics continues to inform her thoughtful and impartial approach to investigations for our clients at OIG.

Read the full Law.com feature here: https://www.law.com/2026/03/11/how-i-made-partner-treat-the-clients-problems-as-your-own-says-tracey-merwise-of-oppenheimer-investigations-group/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

05/28/2026

Many ADA disputes begin not with hostility, but with process failures: delayed responses, inconsistent treatment, and incomplete investigations.

In “Two Places ADA Compliance Breaks Down — and How to Fix Both,” published in Corporate Compliance Insights, OIG attorney Rachel Reddick, and her industry colleague Jennifer Robins, examine two common points where disability accommodation processes more often fail in practice - failure to recognize an ask for accommodation, and mishandling of those early requests.

The piece comes at a moment when courts continue to closely examine how employers respond to accommodation requests, including in the recent Husband v. Target Corporation decision, where a California appeals court affirmed summary judgment for the employer after finding the company had reasonably responded to the employee’s accommodation requests and participated appropriately in the interactive process.

Rachel’s practice spans workplace investigations and trainings for organizations across both the West Coast and East Coast, where she investigates matters including those involving disability accommodation, responsiveness, documentation, and fair process.

Read the article here: https://www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com/2-placed-ada-compliance-breaks-down-fix-both/

05/20/2026

We’re glad to support Transgender Law Center, the nation’s largest trans-led legal organization and a longtime force in impact litigation, policy advocacy, and civil rights work. Their work spans employment, healthcare, education, immigration, and protections against discrimination. They are considered leading advocates for improving legal protections and ensuring the human rights of transgender and gender non-conforming people across the U.S.

We’re glad to support organizations like TLC. Their work helps strengthen legal protections, expand access to justice, and push institutions toward more equitable treatment in workplaces, schools, healthcare systems, and public life more broadly.

At OIG, we’re honored to support organizations that help create workplaces, schools, and communities where people can participate fully and safely as themselves. We’re also proud to say that OIG’s Ilona Turner served as Legal Director for the organization from 2012-2018.

05/19/2026

Our firm founder, Amy Oppenheimer, was recently featured in "Conversations with Investigators" with investigator, attorney, and former AWI President Keith Rohman.

In the conversation, Keith asks Amy what made her choose workplace investigations as a field, the history of her founding AWI and her current passion, theatre and her one woman show. Keith asks Amy about neutrality, one of the central tensions in investigative work:

“No one is neutral. But that does not mean we can’t be impartial. We can learn about biases and override them.”

Amy and Keith also discuss the evolution of the field, the responsibility investigators carry in high-stakes matters, and why credible investigations require far more than procedural box-checking.

It’s a thoughtful conversation between two people who have each spent decades doing and shaping this work at the highest levels. And we hope you will enjoy it.

Read the full interview here: Conversations with Investigators interview with Amy Oppenheimer: https://oiglaw.com/news/amy-oppenheimer-interviewed-by-conversations-with-investigators/

05/05/2026

We’re proud to sponsor the Equal Rights Advocates 2026 Gala Luncheon on June 2 in San Francisco.

For decades, ERA has advanced civil rights through litigation, policy, and advocacy that expand how the law protects workers. That emphasis on accountability and outcomes aligns with our role: providing an independent, credible process to understand what happened so leaders can make informed, fair decisions about what comes next.

As a woman-founded, woman-run firm, this is one of our favorite events of the year. We’re especially glad to be in the mix with this year’s honorees: Michele L. Jawando, Bernice Yeung, Janiece Evans-Page, Erwin Chemerinsky, Anna Brooke, and Catherine Lhamon.

We’ll be there in force, once again; if you’ll be there, we hope to see you.

05/01/2026

Please join us in welcoming Jean Perez to OIG.

Jean joins us as part of our growing East Coast practice, building on the momentum of our work with Beth Gramigna and the expansion of our team in the region. She comes to us from Beth’s team, and we’re especially glad she chose to continue her work with us.

Jean, who is based on the East Coast, brings a thoughtful, steady approach to complex, sensitive matters, and her addition strengthens our ability to support clients across jurisdictions with the care and judgment they expect from OIG.

Welcome, Jean. 🙂

Ps. See our web site for open positions. www.oiglaw.com

05/01/2026

Please join us in welcoming Jean Perez to OIG.

Jean joins us as part of our growing East Coast practice, building on the momentum of our work with Beth Gramigna and the expansion of our team in the region. She comes to us from Beth’s team, and we’re especially glad she chose to continue her work with us.

Jean, who is based on the East Coast, brings a thoughtful, steady approach to complex, sensitive matters, and her addition strengthens our ability to support clients across jurisdictions with the care and judgment they expect from OIG.

Welcome, Jean. :)

Ps. See our web site for open positions.

04/29/2026

We’re glad to see our own Danielle Drossel, AWI-CH teaching a workshop on Workplace Investigations Credibility with the Association of Workplace Investigators. With Kate Nearpass, Danielle will facilitate the workshop from both an external and internal investigation perspective.

The session will use realistic evidence scenarios in small group break out rooms to educate attendees on what makes an investigation credible - as well as hold up under legal scrutiny and, increasingly, in a polarized public environment.

As a partner at Oppenheimer Investigations Group and an attorney investigator, Danielle has written extensively on the issues that advance what she calls "peaceful workplaces," where organizations and employees thrive. Her thought leadership often examines AI in investigations, retaliation and how organizations rebuild trust after an investigation, and the complexity of mixed-motive cases.

At Oppenheimer Investigations Group, we are proud to contribute to the profession through teaching like this and to support the continued development of investigators within our firm and across the field.

More information: https://lnkd.in/g5zYd263

04/27/2026

We’re proud to sponsor the Impact Fund via their Annual Gala 2026. The Impact Fund supports impact litigation that addresses economic, racial, environmental, and social injustice. Through grants, training, and direct case support, they help civil rights lawyers bring complex, high-impact cases, including class actions, that aim to create change at a systemic level.

We are looking forward to hearing this year’s keynote speaker, Karla Gilbride, Deputy Director of Litigation at Public Citizen and former General Counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She led the EEOC’s national litigation program, leading enforcement of federal employment discrimination laws across the country. She also previously argued and won a unanimous case before the U.S. Supreme Court that strengthened workers’ ability to challenge forced arbitration.

Gilbride is the first blind lawyer to argue before the Supreme Court and the first person with a known disability to serve as EEOC General Counsel, bringing a career-long focus on civil rights enforcement, access to justice, and accountability.

Our work conducting impartial investigations into workplace misconduct is driven by the desire to help preserve civil rights and help organizations make fair, informed decisions. As such, we’re always glad to support a legal organization working to strengthen accountability and expand access to justice. If you’re attending, we hope to see you there.

TIckets: https://www.impactfund.org/gala/p/ifgala26

04/16/2026

Our clients are seeing an increasing number of workplace complaints drafted with AI.

In her new piece for the Society for Human Resource Management, Rachel Reddick focuses on the core challenge: how investigators stay neutral and evaluate allegations on their merits when the narrative itself may be AI-shaped.

The work is to slow it down. Separate what’s being alleged from how it’s being told. Stay grounded in evidence.

A timely, practical read for HR leaders and counsel navigating complaints in an AI-shaped workplace.

🔗 https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/stay-neutral-with-ai-drafted-workplace-allegations

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