Labor & Employment | USA

Lynne Hermle is esteemed throughout the market for her strength in industry-changing employment law disputes. She frequently handles high profile matters for household names in the technology sector.

Apalla Chopra is a fine choice of counsel for large-scale internal investigations into allegations of misconduct, as well as acting in litigation such as discrimination claims. She is regularly called upon by clients in the education sector.

Andrew Livingston often takes on wage and hour class actions for clients in a range of industries, as well as handling disputes such as wrongful termination and fraud claims.

Erin Connell has developed a strong practice in the area of discrimination litigation, with notable expertise in defending large scale pay equity disputes.

Jennifer Rubin of Mintz handles a wide array of employment matters, including trade secret misappropriation, wage and hour, and discrimination claims. She regularly advises clients in the technology and healthcare sectors.

Robert Siegel is a go-to labor lawyer for market-leading airlines. He handles matters such as collective bargaining and high value claims brought under the Railway Labor Act.

Adam Karr is noted for his experience in handling significant wrongful termination disputes, as well as large-scale class actions.

Judith Keyes represents clients in sexual harassment and discrimination claims as well as providing counsel on the employment aspects of M&A. She also acts as a mediator.

Katherine Roberts represents employers in a range of contentious matters including wage and hour, retaliation and discrimination disputes, as well as traditional labor law.

Melinda Riechert is experienced in a range of high-profile employment law disputes, including defending against discrimination, wrongful termination and whistleblower claims. Her clients include technology companies and service providers.

Christina Tellado is a labor and employment attorney based in both the Los Angeles and Philadelphia offices of Polsinelli PC. She focuses her practice on collective actions relating to discrimination and harassment. She also has experience in both wage and hour and PAGA matters.

Heather Sager is firmwide chair of the Perkins Coie LLP labor and employment practice. She has experience in both wage and hour and collective class actions.

Laura Maechtlen advises employers on single and multi-plaintiff employment disputes concerning allegations of discrimination, harassment and retaliation, among other matters.

Based in San Francisco, Sabrina Beldner has experience in wage and hour class and PAGA actions. She also advises across a wide range of discrimination matters.

Thomas Kaufman is a fine choice of litigator for state and federal wage and hour actions arising in a range of industries, as well as claims involving breach of contract, charges of fraud and wrongful termination.

Amanda Sommerfeld has a strong track record representing corporate clients in class and representative wage and hour and PAGA claims.

Andrew Satenberg has notable experience representing employers in wage and hour class actions.

Chris Boman of Fisher Phillips regularly handles a wide range of employment disputes, including wage and hour class actions and PAGA representative actions.

Daniel McQueen is highly regarded for his representation of employers in wage and hour class actions, as well representative and collective actions brought under the PAGA and FLSA.

Holly Lake frequently advises employers on sensitive workplace investigations, as well as disputes in relation to discrimination and retaliation claims.

Jennifer Terry is best known for defending employers in class and collective actions relating to wage and hour claims. She regularly advises clients in the retail and food and beverage sectors, among others.

Pankit Doshi represents employers in a wide variety of labor and employment matters, including breach of restrictive covenant and trade secrets claims.

Paul Cowie is noted for his representation of employers in high-profile employment class action claims relating to wage and hour, discrimination and missclassification issues.

Shareef Farag regularly defends employers in wage and hour and PAGA claims. He co-leads the firm's employment and wage and hour class actions team.

Ute Krudewagen regularly advises multinational clients on the labor and employment aspects of M&A transactions and global workforce matters. She is especially active in the technology sector.

Anne Villanueva regularly advises national and international clients on the labor and employment aspects of M&A transactions, as well as experience in matters concerning noncompete and non-solicitation agreements. She splits her time between the firm's New York and California offices.

Christian Keeney is based in the firm's Orange County office. He has experience in class actions, wage and hour, trade secrets and wrongful termination matters.

Eric Gitig represents his clients in a wide range of employment disputes, including class and representative PAGA and wage and hour claims.

Erin Bass enjoys a growing reputation for her experience in wage and hour class actions. She also advises employers on matters concerning discrimination and retaliation claims.

Hannah Jones is a partner in Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP's San Francisco office. She has experience in both individual and class action suits, as well as discrimination, wage and hour, and wrongful termination matters.

Margaret Maraschino of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP is best known for her representation of employers in wage and hour class actions.

Philippe Lebel assists employers with an array of contentious mandates, including wage and hour class actions as well as harassment and discrimination claims.