Hali Michelle Anderson

Hali Anderson has been litigating wage and hour class actions as well as single plaintiff employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation cases since 2008. After 10 years of representing employers, Hali has finally found her home representing workers at GrahamHollis. Hali uses her insider knowledge to predict and shut down employer delay and defense tactics. Hali is originally from Wilmington, Delaware and moved to Washington D.C. to attend American University Where she obtained her Bachelor's degree in Sociology with a minor in Special Education. She then moved to Philadelphia to help recipients of federal assistance find employment. Always knowing that she was a California girl at heart, Hali moved to San Diego to attend the University of San Diego School of Law in 2005. She graduated Order of the Barristers at the top of her class, representing USD Law on its mock trial team for 3 years. During law school, Hali interned at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and externed for the Honorable John A. Houston of the Southern District of California, before joining the employment group at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP. Hali spent 9 years at Sheppard Mullin and one year at Wilson Turner Kosmo, LLP, before joining the team at ARCH Legal, P.C. She describes herself as a well-rounded employment litigator with a passion for social justice. Her dedication and excellent work paid off and she became one of ARCH Legal, P.C. Shareholders in 2021. Hali is on the Board of the Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association and is a San Diego LEAD IMPACT graduate, as well as a graduate of the Black Women's Institute of Leadership Development. She is also a Leadership Council on Legal Diversity fellow (Class of 2014). In her spare time, Hali enjoys spending time with her husband, three children, and the family dog. She enjoys all things Peloton, and, above all, music, dancing, and karaoke. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Hali Michelle Anderson included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Included in the list of Super Lawyers, 2022 - 2025 Selected to Rising Stars: 2015 - 2018, 2020 - 2021 Other Sources of Feedback About Hali Michelle Anderson Included on the 2026San Diego Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 San Diego Super Lawyers list 2024 San Diego Super Lawyers list 2023 San Diego Super Lawyers list 2022 San Diego Super Lawyers list 2021 San Diego Super Lawyers list 2020 San Diego Super Lawyers list 2018 San Diego Super Lawyers list 2017 San Diego Super Lawyers list 2016 San Diego Super Lawyers list 2015 San Diego Super Lawyers list

• Shareholder/Partner

• Honorable John A. Houston, United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, Extern, - 2007
• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Intern, - 2006
• Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, 2007-2017
• Wilson Turner Kosmo, 2017-2018

• New Labor & Employment Laws for 2009 - San Diego, Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer, February 19, 2009

• California
• Washington
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. District Court of Pennsylvania

• Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association (Member)
• San Diego County Bar Association (Member)
• Earl B. Gillian Bar Association President’s Award, 2020