Hailey Simpson

Hailey Simpson is a member of the Employment Law Division in Rafii & Associate’s Las Vegas office. Her deep commitment to workers’ rights is informed by her work experience in a variety of different fields. Prior to law school, she worked in music journalism, food service, customer service, music rights and licensing, and non-profit contracts administration.

During her time in law school, Hailey served as a research assistant to Professor Ruben J. Garcia, an extern at the Nevada Office of the Labor Commissioner, a law clerk at Nevada’s largest labor union, and the Finance Chair of Boyd’s chapter of If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice. She also worked at a local firm, focusing on civil rights, media law, and employment law. In recognition of her academic achievements, Hailey was named to the Dean’s Honor List, received CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in the subjects of Resort Hotel Casino Law, Labor Law, and Health Law and was awarded the Ann C. McGinley Award in Workplace Law.

Hailey was a semi-finalist in the Policy & Legislation Society’s 2025 Making the Law Competition and a winner of the 2025 Nevada Law Journal Scholarly Writing Competition. Her Note, “The Worker Fight Against Compelled Listening: The Past, Present, and Future of Captive Audience Meetings in the Wake of Amazon.com,” was published in Volume 26, Issue 1 of the Nevada Law Journal.

Originally from California, Hailey earned her B.A. in Media Studies with a Minor in Linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley. She earned her J.D. with a concentration in Workplace Law from the William S. Boyd School of Law.

Outside of work, Hailey enjoys spending time with her partner and cats, and seeing concerts and professional wrestling shows.