Employment - Labor

Representative Cases

• Labor Code class action/PAGA lawsuit against a producer of organic food that was settled.

• The plaintiff accused the Company of discriminating against him because he was Chinese. The case settled with a mediator's proposal.

• Sexual harassment case involving 5 male victims who were subject to sexual assaults.

• Settled a sexual harassment case where a medical assistant charged a doctor with sexual abuse.

• Settled a disability discrimination case and whistleblower lawsuit (heath violations including water pollution) involving a company from Mexico with a plant in the San Joaquin Valley for just under 1 million dollars.

• Mediated and resolved a discrimination lawsuit filed against four Monterey County restaurants.

• Resolved an age discrimination case filed against a large pharmaceutical corporation.

• Provided neutral evaluation to parties involved in an age discrimination lawsuit filed against a large social club.

• Settled a disability discrimination action filed against a large HOA.

• Resolved a gender discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit filed against a large auto dealership.

• Settled a sexual orientation discrimination dispute filed against an automobile service corporation.

• Arbitrated a race and gender discrimination lawsuit filed against one of the two largest United States exercise franchises.

• Has handled numerous labor code violation actions including one against a popular San Francisco restaurant, and a class action lawsuit filed against a large private California transportation company.

• Settled an age discrimination claim filed against a large California county.

• Mediated and resolved a large number of wage and hour disputes involving overtime, meal and rest break, and proper documentation issues filed against a wide variety of businesses.

• Arbitrated wrongful discharge case based on religious discrimination.

• Hearing Officer in personnel discipline appeal. Conducted a four day evidentiary hearing and made recommendation to County Personnel Board.

• Arbitrated a wrongful discharge action against a car dealership with allegations of retaliation for reporting law violations.

• Settled a disability discrimination action filed against a mid-­‐size corporation.

• Settled an employment discrimination and labor law action against a health care corporation.

• Settled a wrongful discharge action against one of the top three US oil companies based on allegations of race and age discrimination.

• Settled a multiple-­‐plaintiff labor code violation action filed against motel chain.

• Settled a wrongful discharge action based on discrimination, pregnancy.

• Settled a violation of state health and labor law case alleged against a private health care provider.

• Settled a misrepresentation to induce acceptance of employment and breach of employment contract case filed against a top three pharmaceutical corporation.

• Settled a sexual harassment action filed against a large private health care provider.
  
• Settled an age discrimination action filed against a large medical research corporation.

• Selected to arbitrate a class action lawsuit filed against a transportation company for California labor Code violations.

• Settled a wrongful termination claim against a California State agency.

• Settled a discrimination and retaliation claim against a Multi-National Information Technology Corporation.

• Mediated an employee discrimination case alleged against Stanford University.

• Arbitrated an employee disability discrimination and failure to accommodate case against a National Restaurant Chain.

• Settled a lawsuit filed against a Santa Cruz County Hotel by an employee alleging race and gender discrimination.

• Settled a disability and age discrimination case alleged against a large hostile chain.

• Settled a matter involving allegations of discrimination based on gender and physical disability for close to 1 million dollars.