Christina Tellado

Practice Areas

Tina Tellado represents employers in all aspects of employment and labor law. Her focus includes wage-and-hour complex collective, class and representative litigation as well as discrimination and harassment claims. With over a decade of experience, she has served as first and second chair in federal, state and arbitration matters nationwide.

Tina’s extensive experience involves defending employers in nationwide class and collective actions and complex employment litigation. This includes disputes concerning alleged overtime, minimum wage, off-the-clock work, exempt or nonexempt status, independent contractor misclassification and meal and rest break claims. She directs teams through fact development, discovery, class certification and trial involving large-scale employee groups. Tina also manages eDiscovery processes to efficiently handle extensive data and documents.

In addition to litigation, Tina provides counsel to employers on compensation plans, wage-and-hour compliance, compensable time, wage deductions, commissions and employer classification issues. She advises on workforce reductions, workplace investigations, hiring practices, disability accommodations, medical leaves, termination decisions, senior management contracts, severance negotiations, employee handbooks, policies, arbitration agreements and other workforce matters.

Tina contributes extensively to the field of labor and employment law through her writings. Her articles have appeared in Law360, The National Law Journal, Bloomberg Law, The Practising Law Institute, The Daily Journal and The Legal Intelligencer. She has also authored pieces on emerging legal issues, including a notable article in The National Law Journal titled "Continued Emphasis on Diversity & Inclusion on the Horizon, but Not Without Its Challenges," published in February 2020.