Rae-Anna M. Sollestre

Rae-Anna Sollestre is an associate in the Orange County office of Messner Reeves, where her practice focuses on labor and employment issues including harassment claims, discrimination, wage and hour disputes, and wrongful termination cases.

Prior to joining the Messner Reeves team, she served clients in employment law claims, business litigation claims, construction defect cases, personal injury cases, and property damage claims. She has extensive experience drafting and arguing motions, developing discovery strategy, settling claims, providing liability analysis and defense strategy, and conducting and defending depositions.

She holds bar admissions to practice in Wisconsin and California. She is also admitted to practice before the Northern District of California Court, the Southern District of California Court, the Central District of California Court, and the District of Colorado Court.

She received her bachelor’s degree in Political Science and American Studies with a concentration on race and ethnic studies from DePaul University and her juris doctorate from Marquette University Law School. While in law school, she also received a Sports Law Certificate from the National Sports Law Institute; served as an editor of the Marquette Sports Law Review; received the Risk Management in Sport Writing Award for her essay on youth and high school coach liability for concussions or CTE before the NFL; and published her article, titled Wrongful Death: Does the NCAA Have an Affirmative Duty to Protect its Student Athletes?, 30 MARQ. SPORTS L. REV. 393 (2020).