Faith A. Alejandro

Faith represents companies and local governments in a broad spectrum of management, operation, and planning issues. Throughout her complete legal support, she offers quick and efficient responses to daily HR management issues and diligently dives deep into regulations and case law. In every step, her goal is to craft successful defenses that help you and your business or locality succeed.

Further, Faith’s practice benefits from her prior work in the field of mediation and dispute resolution services. She can bring petitions for the appointment of guardians and conservators, including undue influence and a person’s legal and mental ability to make a valid will. She has also represented a social service department in cases involving child abuse and neglect, children in need of services, foster care, and adoption petitions.

As a collaborative partner, Faith can thoroughly guide, support, and train you regarding a variety of employment issues. From addressing disability accommodations and discrimination claims to unemployment benefits and more, she can serve as your complete legal guide. As she supports you, she pays close attention to your business’ unique legal needs and goals in order to help you build the outcomes you desire. Faith joined Sands Anderson in 2011.

Faith can advise and defend employers in:

• Wage and hour claims
• Wrongful termination claims and employee grievances
• Discrimination and harassment charges
• Unemployment insurance claims
• Contract disputes, including non-compete and non-solicitation agreements

She offers counseling on compliance with:

• Family and Medical Leave Act
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Fair Labor Standards Act
• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

Faith was the National and Regional Champion of the American Bar Association Representation in Mediation Competition while in law school. She was Executive Editor of the University of Richmond Law Review, and won the 2010 Family Law Book Award and the CALI Excellence Award. While at University of Virginia, she was chosen as a member of the Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society and recipient of the Richard Heath Dabney Award.

In addition to being named among Virginia Business 2016 Legal Elite “Young Lawyers”, Faith was featured in a profile piece . Each year, the magazine profiles a representative from each of the 18 categories, selected from the top 10 vote getters in each group.

Faith enjoys supporting the firm’s literacy community efforts, and her favorite book is “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” by Zora Neale Hurston.