Michelle Lamy pursued a career in law so she could have a meaningful impact on people’s lives. And she says that litigating employment cases and working with her clients toward the common goal of changing the workplace for the better is “truly satisfying.”

Specializing in employment and antitrust litigation at Lieff Cabraser, Lamy says she is proudest of her work representing a class of 11,000 female former employees who allege Alphabet Inc.‘s Google violated the California Equal Pay Act by paying them less than comparable male employees.

The women, mostly software engineers, also allege that company policy of asking job candidates their salary histories perpetuated lower pay for women, who historically were paid less than men.

Lamy helped the plaintiffs over a major hurdle last May, playing a significant role on the team that won class certification before Judge Andrew Y.S. Cheng of the San Francisco County Superior Court, who said their pay discrimination claims can be decided using common evidence.

The class consists of women who worked at Google after 2013.

“It’s a very good signal” that equal pay issues can be addressed on a class basis moving forward in other cases, Lamy said.

“We do a lot of work in industries that can feel tight-knit,” Lamy said,...

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