Employment / Wage & Hour

Representative Cases

  • Wrongful termination claim by manager of NBA team against owner.

  • Sexual harassment claims against A-list producer by his employees in the entertainment industry.

  • Disability discrimination claim by an employee with multiple sclerosis, who was terminated upon return from medical leave.

  • Age discrimination claim by Assistant Controller employee of 33 years at a fruit grower cooperative.

  • False Claims Act claim by a whistleblower, senior engineer in top secret space program, for unlawful use of proprietary information.

  • Disability discrimination and wrongful discharge in food display sampling business.

  • Misappropriation of trade secrets by former employee in oil/greases business and claim for commissions.

  • Wage and hour employment claim plus retaliation for termination of computer tech after complaining about a labor code violation.

  • Claim of membership interest in LLC of a gym business for the former Director of Performance.

  • Disability discrimination and wrongful discharge in food display sampling business.

  • Multitude of claims involving FEHA, Federal TITLE VII, EEOC for discrimination based on sex, age, race, religion and disability.

  • Wrongful termination claim of elderly employee in fashion industry due to age discrimination.

  • Various sexual harassment and hostile work environment claims against financial institution, restaurant chain, movie studio, among many others.

  • Claim by hearing impaired for failure to accommodate.

  • Failure to hire claim by African Americans against city agency whose hiring committee was composed of Latinos.

  • Hundreds of claims for labor code, wage and hour violations for overtime, rest and meal breaks in wide-ranging industries, ranging from multi-nationals to single restaurants.

  • Claims of misclassification of employees as independent contractors in international, technology company.

  • Class action alleging employment violations brought by Federal Secretary of Labor on behalf of car wash employees against chain.

  • Class actions in diverse industries alleging employment misclassification, wage and hour and other labor violations.

  • Class action alleging labor code violations by limousine drivers.

  • Class action for compensation for time spent by employees doffing and donning uniforms.

  • Wrongful termination cases which include issues of retaliation, whistleblowing, discrimination and public policy.

  • Claims in various industries in which employees were wrongly treated as exempt.

  • ‘Of Counsel’ to a law firm terminated by law firm following his obtaining LA’s highest medical malpractice verdict of the year.