Mandy D. Hexom is a Partner and Office Co-Chair in Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP’s San Diego office and is Vice-Chair of the firm’s Class Actions, HOA, and Western Employment practice teams. Mandy has a broad legal background and currently focuses her practice on labor and employment and civil litigation.

Ms. Hexom hit the ground running in her first decade of practice by handling a broad range of business litigation, medical malpractice, employment, real estate, and contract matters. She continued the second decade of her career expanding her general civil litigation and employment practice to include advising employer clients on risk management and policies and procedures while continuing to work in employment, real estate, and professional liability areas. Ms. Hexom also represents clients in corporate governance disputes, business and employment litigation, construction litigation, and commercial and community association disputes. Ms. Hexom regularly handles wage and hour class actions, PAGA claims, as well as discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower, and harassment claims. She has handled all aspects of civil litigation and administrative claims through dispute resolution, trial, and appeal in California state and federal courts.

Ms. Hexom understands the layers and complexities of legal disputes and litigation. She is committed to excellence in her work while developing trusted and transparent relationships with clients and colleagues.

Ms. Hexom has worked in the legal field since undergraduate college at UC Santa Barbara. In 1994, she was an intern with the Santa Barbara District Attorney’s Office and during law school, she served as a law clerk for the Oregon Department of Justice and Marion County District Attorney’s Office. At Willamette University College of Law, Mandy served as the Editor-In-Chief of Willamette Law Online, a novel case summary service that began in 1999 provided to the Pacific Northwest legal community. During law school, she was a member of the moot court trial team, received honors in legal research and writing, and was an Order of the Barristers honoree upon graduation.

U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit

U.S. District Court Central District of California

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

U.S. District Court, Southern District of California

• San Diego County Bar Association

• “Best of the Bar,” San Diego Business Journal (2015)

• “Wage and Hour Series Part II: PAGA Update” – FMG Webinar co-presented with Michelle Covington and John Rubiner, September 25, 2025
• “Worker Classification: Employee or Independent Contractor?” – FMG Webinar co-presented with Daniel Parker Jett and John Rubiner, Oct. 19, 2023