Xiaoqing Zhang

• Xiaoqing Zhang is an attorney at Valerian Law, where she is dedicated to advancing civil rights and advocating for underrepresented communities and immigrants. Her work focuses on employment law, workplace discrimination, and wage-and-hour class actions, with a particular emphasis on serving Chinese-speaking clients.
• Before joining Valerian Law, Xiaoqing worked as a Legal Assistant and Litigation Fellow at a national plaintiff-side employment law firm, where she contributed to a complex employment litigation, a wage-hour class action, and settlement negotiations involving claims of workplace discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination. During this time, she supported mediations and court hearings, and prepared mediation briefs, demand letters, and EEOC position statements to advance clients’ claims. Her bilingual fluency in English and Mandarin enabled her to effectively communicate with clients, helping to uncover critical evidence and support litigation strategy.

Xiaoqing’s passion for social justice lawyering is deeply rooted in her personal journey as an immigrant and her early advocacy work in China. She led the public relations team for the International Youth Summit on Energy and Climate Change and challenged discriminatory hiring practices. Xiaoqing earned a law degree in China before coming to the United States to earn a Masters of Laws (LLM) degree at Northwestern University and then a law license in California. 

Outside lawyering, Xiaoqing is a landscape and astrophotographer.

Bio (Chinese Version):

• 张晓卿是 Valerian Law 的一名律师，致力于捍卫公民权利，为弱势群体与移民发声。她的执业重点包括劳动法、职场歧视以及薪酬和工时集团诉讼等领域，尤其擅长为华语客户提供法律服务。
• 在加入 Valerian Law 之前，晓卿曾在一家全国性劳动法律师事务所担任法律助理和律师。期间，她深度参与了复杂的劳动诉讼、薪酬和工时集团诉讼，处理涉及职场歧视、报复及非法解雇的争议，并协助客户成功推进调解与和解谈判。她协助调解与法院庭审，并撰写调解摘要、索赔函及 EEOC（美国平等就业机会委员会）立场声明，多次为客户争取到有利结果。凭借流利的中英文沟通能力，晓卿律师能够准确理解客户需求，挖掘关键证据，并支持诉讼策略。   晓卿律师对社会公平正义的追求源自她作为移民的个人经历以及早年在中国的公益倡导工作。她曾领导“国际青年能源与气候变化峰会”公关团队，并挑战不公平的招聘歧视行为。在中国取得法学学位后，晓卿赴美于西北大学获得法学硕士学位，并在加州取得律师执照。

在法律事业之外，晓卿热爱自然，是一位风光与星空摄影师。