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Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

Labor & Employment: The Elite

USA Guide 2026 : California


Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

Rankings

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Labor & Employment: The Elite - California

Band 2

Band 2


What the Team is Known For

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP is a high-quality firm noted for defending employers in high profile individual and class actions. The team works with clients from a range of industries, including financial services and retail. It is particularly proficient in misclassification matters, and also offers expertise in harassment, retaliation and wrongful termination disputes.

Work Highlights

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  • Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP represented BlackBerry in a discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a former executive.

Strengths

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  • The firm is fantastically creative, smart and experienced.

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  • Munger, Tolles & Olson is really strategic and can really get in the weeds on complex issues. The firm is very practical, very helpful and comes up with very creative solutions to challenging problems.

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  • Munger, Tolles & Olson is really savvy, always able to provide quick practical guidance and is so strategic in everything it does.

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  • The team is very detail-oriented, knowledgeable and responsive.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 1Malcolm Heinicke
    Band 1Malcolm Heinicke

    Malcolm Heinicke

    Malcolm Heinicke has notable expertise in large-scale wage and hour matters, including class and collective actions. He is also very adept at handling trade secret, misclassification and executive termination disputes.
    • He is creative, smart and experienced.

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    • Malcolm has incredible foresight, provides practical advice and interacts extraordinarily well with our executives and employees.

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  • Band 2Katherine M. Forster
    Band 2Katherine M. Forster

    Katherine M. Forster

    Katherine Forster represents clients in a range of high-stakes disputes such as wrongful termination claims, as well as advising on internal and external investigations.
    • Katherine is an incredibly skilled expert who provides excellent work product.

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Ranked Individuals at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP (2)

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