Attorney
Attorney, Self-Employed, 2023-Present; Partner/Chair, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, 1987-2022; Partner, Rutan & Tucker LLP, 1985-1987; Partner/Associate, Musick Peeler & Garrett LLP, 1978-1985; Law Clerk, Honorable E. Avery Crary - U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1977-1978.
Arbitration, mediation and litigation (labor and employment law). Over 44 years of experience in arbitration, mediation and trial and appellate employment litigation in state and federal courts, including wrongful discharge and employment discrimination/retaliation; sexual harassment; breach of employment contract; employment-related torts (defamation, invasion of privacy, fraud, infliction of emotional distress); Americans With Disabilities Act and state and federal family leave acts; grievance and arbitration proceedings; employee handbook and personnel policy issues; unfair labor practice and representation proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board; collective-bargaining negotiations, contract administration, strikes and picketing, including TRO and injunction proceedings; administrative matters before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Department of Labor, the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and the California Civil Rights Department (formerly the Department of Fair Employment and Housing); federal and state wage and hour compliance matters, including class actions, under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the California Labor Code (including PAGA) and the California Wage Orders; and OFCCP audits. Previously guest lectured on employment law at USC Law School.
Extensive mediation experience, primarily as an advocate, in employment law cases.
Representative matters handled (primarily as an advocate to date) include wage and hour claims, employment discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, disability issues (reasonable accommodation and the interactive process), wrongful termination, and breach of contract.
My extensive experience as an advocate in mediating and settling cases has provided an accurate gauge of case valuation, as well as an ability to connect with all sides of a dispute. I appreciate concise mediation briefs a week before the mediation, as well as introductory calls with the attorneys, so that the mediation process itself is efficient and focused.
University of Southern California (JD-1977); Stanford University (BA, departmental honors-1974).
Admitted to the Bar: California (1977); US District Court: Central, Northern, Eastern, and Southern Districts of California; US Courts of Appeals: 3rd and 9th Circuits; US Supreme Court.
State Bar of California (Labor and Employment Law and Litigation Sections); Orange County Bar Association (Labor Law Section, Past Chair); American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section).
Many speaking engagements over the years for such groups as the Council on Education in Management, the Employers Group, Strategic HR Solutions, National Human Resources Association, PIHRA, the American Bar Association, and the Labor and Employment Section of the Orange County Bar Association.
$5,000 Per Day
English
United States of America
Irvine, CA
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