Labor & Employment Law Blog

Christopher Andre is a seasoned civil litigator who focuses his practice on civil litigation and advising and representing employers. Mr. Andre is an editor of and frequent contributor to the firm’s Labor and Employment Law ...

Cindy Strom Arellano is head of the firm's business and tax team.  Her practice focuses on employee benefits and executive compensation, qualified and non-qualified deferred compensation and retirement plans, health and welfare ...

William Betley practices in all areas of employment law, including unlawful harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination, employee classification, and wage and hour. He also counsels and represents architects, engineers ...

Michele Collender represents private entities in complex litigation matters in federal and state courts. She has a unique background in defending independent contractor structured businesses against allegations of ...

Kevin Dale provides legal services to both public and private sector clients.  Mr. Dale provides services to various public agencies including school districts, housing authorities, cities, counties, water agencies, and other ...

Scott Dauscher is Chair of the firm’s Commercial and Complex Litigation Practice Group. He also serves as Chair of the firm’s Class Action Defense Group, managing AALRR’s extensive class action practice and its team of ...

Alexandria Davidson represents California school and community college districts in general education, providing advice and counsel on hiring practices, certificated and classified employee discipline, certificated ...

Bill Diedrich represents school districts, community college districts, and other public agencies in all aspects of labor and employment law.

Having served for more than a decade as Chief Negotiator for school districts and ...

Alfonso Estrada works with public and private sector clients on various matters, including employee discipline and claims alleging discrimination, harassment, retaliation, First Amendment violations, and breach of privacy ...

Cathie Fields represents school districts, community college districts, and other educational agencies in labor and employment matters, general education issues, and governance matters. She advises clients on employment ...

Paul Fleck is Chair of AALRR's Employment Practice Group, covering nine offices throughout California.

Mr. Fleck represents management exclusively in all aspects of employment litigation, including defending claims for wage ...

Robert Fried serves as defense counsel, mediator and expert witness, he maintains an extensive regulatory and policy practice on state and federal issues at the agency level. His practice includes representation at the United ...

Brent Garrett exclusively represents management in labor and employment matters. He is also a frequent contributor to the firm’s Labor Relations Blog, providing analysis and commentary about new developments in the area of ...

Carol Gefis has over 25 years of experience representing and advising employers in all areas of labor and employment law, including alleged wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, unfair competition, and wage and hour ...

Amber Healy has extensive experience litigating class actions and complex matters in state and federal courts throughout California. Her practice focuses on the defense of employers and management in class action ...

Jonathan Judge advises employers in various labor and employment law matters, including drug testing, mass layoffs (WARN), disparate impact analysis, immigration compliance, trade secrets, privacy, technology in the ...

Nate Kowalski is Chair of the firm’s Public Entity Labor and Employment Practice Group. He is an accomplished litigator who represents employers in both the private and public sectors. Mr. Kowalski has litigated hundreds of ...

Thomas Lenz handles all aspects of labor and employment law issues and heads the firm’s traditional labor and National Labor Relations Board practices. He works with employers in all major industries across California and the ...

David Lester represents and advises private employers on a variety of labor relations, corporate, and litigation matters including class action wage and hour, trade secrets and unfair competition, sexual harassment and sexual ...

Martin Li represents private sector employers in employment related issues, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful terminations, wage and hour litigation, and alleged civil rights violations. Mr. Li ...

Beth Lind is an experienced labor and employment attorney who regularly works with both private and public sector clients. 

In the private sector, Ms. Lind has extensive experience representing unionized employers, many of whom are ...

Mia Lomedico handles all matters related to private labor and employment. She has litigated employment cases in arbitration and civil court involving the Fair Employment and Housing Act, the California Family Rights Act, the ...

Jorge Luna has been practicing law since 1996 in a variety of areas, including employment, construction, business litigation, intellectual property and entertainment.  For the past 12 years, Mr. Luna has focused his practice ...

Ronald Novotny has been representing employers in labor and employment matters in federal and state courts and administrative agencies in California since 1981. He has extensive experience involving union and employer unfair ...

Aaron O'Donnell represents California community college districts, universities, and school districts in education and employment-related matters. He provides experienced advice and counsel to clients in all aspects ...

Shawn Ogle is a seasoned litigator in the firm’s Commercial and Complex Litigation Practice Group with a proven history in a broad range of commercial, class action defense, and high-profile trust & estate matters.  Mr. Ogle prides ...

Sharon Ormond represents California public sector employers in labor relations and personnel matters. She has almost 20 years’ experience handling cases including certificated and classified discipline, reductions in ...

Chesley Quaide focuses on education law and labor relations and employment/labor law. He served as General Counsel of the Merced County Office of Education from 1991-2004, and has served as General Counsel of the Stanislaus ...

Todd Robbins represents public school districts in the areas of education law, certificated and classified employee discipline, certificated layoffs, harassment and discrimination complaints, and contract ...

Irma Rodríguez Moisa is an experienced litigator, labor negotiator, and trial attorney representing public and private entities in labor and employment matters. She is recognized as one of the top Labor and Employment lawyers ...

Allison Scott represents employers in labor law and various employment litigation matters, defending clients against allegations of wrongful termination, discrimination, wage & hour violations, harassment and other claims ...

Casandra Secord represents employers in all aspects of employment litigation, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, failure to accommodate, wrongful termination, single-plaintiff and class action wage and ...

Jon M. Setoguchi has a strong background in single-plaintiff and class action lawsuits for alleged wage and hour violations, under both federal and state law.  His clients cover a wide variety of industries, including ...

Amber Solano is an accomplished litigator who represents employers in both the private and public sector in all areas of labor and employment law, including wrongful discharge, wage and hour (including class actions ...

Susan Steward counsels and represents public and private sector employers in all employment-related matters, including defending against claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination ...

April Szabo focuses her practice on employment matters, with an emphasis on practical, cost-effective client counseling and litigation. She specializes in providing clients with Human Resources guidance, including wage/hour ...

Jay Trinnaman specializes in the representation of both public and private sector employers in all aspects of labor relations and employment law matters, including disciplinary and grievance arbitrations, unfair labor practice ...

Chelsea Trotter specializes in commercial and employment litigation. When issues escalate into litigation, Ms. Trotter handles all stages of the litigation process through trial. Ms. Trotter focuses her practice on employment ...

Jonathan Vick is a member of the Facilities, Construction, and Property Practice Group and has more than 30 years of experience in state and federal courts and administrative agencies. He started his career working for the United ...

Robert Wenzel represents a diverse clientele which includes health care providers, residential construction companies, manufacturing concerns, restaurants and hotels, retail establishments, food processing companies ...

Tim Wojcik has broad experience representing clients in all types of matters in both state and federal courts, and before administrative agencies. Mr. Wojcik represents employers against claims of unlawful discrimination ...

Lisa Zaradich practices primarily in the areas of business transactional law, advising both nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and resolution of tax controversy, including audits and assessments by the IRS, EDD, FTB, and ...