Julie A. Pace

Julie Pace concentrates her practice at Messner Reeves LLP in the fields of employment, immigration compliance, OSHA, litigation, construction, healthcare, and corporate and business transactions.  She defends claims of sexual harassment, employment discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower, and wrongful discharge, and against charges filed at the EEOC and ACRD. She handles matters involving OSHA, ICE, OFCCP, DOL, NLRB, Davis-Bacon, Service Contract Act (SCA), FAR, ADA, FMLA, FFCRA, Cares Act, PPP, and wage and hour audits and debarment issues.  Julie has extensive experience counseling, investigating and handling a full array of employee grievances, arbitration, contract negotiations, elections, administrative hearings, and litigation in both union and non-union settings.

Julie frequently conducts investigations and provides training to managers and employees, including respect at work, anti-discrimination, anti-harassment, I-9 and E-Verify audits. She regularly represents employers in dealing with ICE and E-Verify and has handled over 1,000 I-9 audits.  Julie is one of ten attorneys awarded the Centers of Influence Award  by the Arizona Business Magazine and was described as the “go to” lawyer for employer immigration compliance in Arizona.

Julie has handled over 1,000 OSHA inspections, audits, and proceedings throughout the country, including more than 285 fatalities in the workplace, with emphasis on fall protection.

Julie also handles issues involving Healthcare, HIPAA , the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and negotiations involving healthcare contracts. Her Davis­ Bacon and prevailing wage practice includes counseling and training on federal, state, county, municipal and school prevailing wages and benefits requirements, coverage and applicability of prevailing wage laws, coverage exemptions, worker classification and pay issues, addressing wage determinations, wage conformances wage surveys, and representation of employers before the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division and similar state agencies.

Ms. Pace counsels employers on non-compete contracts, confidentiality agreements, employee discipline, drug testing, accommodation of disabled individuals, leaves of absence, workplace violence, safety policies, and other human resource policies and procedures. She also handles contract disputes, business torts, trade practices, and construction matters. She regularly prepares and reviews employee handbooks and safety manuals.

She is the presenter and narrator of an award-winning video on respectful conduct in the workplace. She is the co-editor or primary author of three books on employment law. She has conducted over 1,000 training programs for clients and industry groups.

Julie also handles contract disputes, business torts, trade practices, healthcare and construction matters. She has represented companies in government contracting disputes and numerous commercial litigation matters involving contracts, trade practices, financing, acquisitions, and other matters. Julie is known for creative, practical solutions to businesses’ legal challenges.

Julie regularly coordinates crisis response plans for clients to deal with workplace accidents, government investigations and other matters.

Julie is a fourth generation Arizonan and serves as an elected Council Member of the Town of Paradise Valley.  Julie is listed in the Best Lawyers in America and is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America.  Julie is recipient of the Arizona Business Magazine’s Centers of Influence Award, recognizing the leading attorneys in Arizona.  She has served as Judge Pro Tem for the Arizona Court of Appeals and is a former judicial law clerk to the Honorable Joe W. Contreras of the Arizona Court of Appeals.