Shealene Mancuso

Shealene Mancuso is a senior counsel with Capstone Law, specializing in employment class action litigation. Her practice is devoted to wage-and-hour class actions and Private Attorneys General Act litigation on behalf of employees for the failure to pay overtime and minimum wages, failure to provide meal and rest breaks, failure to provide compensation for off-the-clock work, claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and other California Labor Code violations.

Prior to joining Capstone Law, Shealene was a Partner at a California maritime law firm, representing employers in federal claims brought by domestic and foreign civilian employees for benefits for injuries sustained while working on U.S. military bases for government contractors. She also has extensive litigation experience representing individuals in federal vaccine injury, personal injury, and family law matters. She served on the Board of Directors of a Philadelphia domestic violence organization and as a pro bono attorney assisting low-income families with custody and grandparent’s rights matters. In 2020, she was recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers.

Shealene graduated from Temple University, Beasley School of Law in 2014, where she was a Fellow in the Rubin Public Interest Law Honor Society, served as the Volunteer Chair of the Women’s Law Caucus, Women’s Rights Chair of the National Lawyers Guild, Membership Coordinator of the American Constitution Society, and board member of the School to Prison Pipeline, and volunteered with the Domestic Violence Assistant Project. She began to develop her litigation skills through the Integrated Trial Advocacy Program at Temple Law, as a certified law clerk with the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, and through internships with non-profit organizations. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Riverside, where she majored in Sociology: Law and Society. Shealene is admitted to practice law in California.