Heather Sager

Practice Areas

Labor & Employment

Class-Action Defense

Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Law

Data Centers and Digital Infrastructure

Retail & Consumer Products

Technology & Communications

Financial Services & Investments

Apparel & Footwear

Sports

Digital Media & Entertainment, Gaming & Sports

Music, Film & Television

Interactive Entertainment

Immersive Technology

Regulated Gaming

Career

Heather Sager is an accomplished litigator with extensive experience in complex wage-and-hour matters under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state laws, including California's Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). Her practice has been at the forefront of wage-and-hour class and collective actions.

Heather emphasizes proactive risk management to prevent litigation and employs efficient, aggressive strategies to minimize exposure for her clients. She has a particular focus on the luxury retail, gaming, and sports industries, frequently presenting on labor and employment issues and participating at industry conferences such as the Games Industry Law Summit, the Video Gaming Bar Association, the Game Developers Conference, and the annual Sports Law Association meeting. Heather provides tailored advice and solutions to address her clients' unique challenges, including risk assessments, policy and procedure audits, and due diligence for mergers and acquisitions.

Heather is also active in counseling and training employers on workplace harassment prevention and unconscious bias. She conducts thorough investigations into allegations of inappropriate workplace conduct and helps startup establish compliant policies and practices from the outset. She frequently advises on leave issues, employee classification, independent contractor status, and strategies to prevent and address misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition.

In the traditional labor realm, Heather has a strong track record of helping clients prevail in elections, obtain injunctive relief against inappropriate union conduct, and defeat organizing campaigns. She has appeared before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on numerous occasions.