Employment litigation and wage-and-hour matters. Any trial or appellate engagement requires separate agreement on scope and court admission. Start with the limited information on the contact page; availability, fees, and costs must be agreed separately.
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Your work. Your wages. Your rights.
Employment & wage-and-hour litigation. We represent workers in complex employment disputes, including class actions and PAGA representative actions.
The issues
Unpaid overtime? Missed breaks? Retaliation? Off-the-clock work? Wage theft, misclassification, unpaid overtime, meal and rest breaks, off-the-clock work, retaliation, discrimination, PAGA actions, class actions, workplace policies, investigations, compliance. These are employment-law topics; accepting any engagement depends on conflicts, availability, and agreed scope.
01 / Wage & hour
We handle claims involving unpaid overtime, minimum wages, meal and rest breaks, misclassification, and off-the-clock work. Learn more.
02 / Class actions & PAGA
We litigate class actions and representative actions to enforce the Labor Code and hold employers accountable. Learn more.
03 / Workplace claims
We represent employees in retaliation, discrimination, and other unlawful workplace practices. Learn more.
How we approach the case
The facts: We listen, ask the right questions, and document what happened. The record: We obtain the evidence—pay records, policies, communications, and testimony. The law: We apply the law, develop a strategy, and pursue the strongest case possible. These describe an approach, not a guarantee.
Tell us what happened
Initial inquiries: see contact terms. Start with the limited information requested on the contact page.
Statements of purpose
Work should be fair. The law requires it. Real workers. Real problems. Real accountability. Same work. Same rules. A fair paycheck.
Practice
California employment matters, informed by experience representing workers and employers. Each page reads like a primer because that is the point.
Areas
- Wrongful termination.At-will has exceptions, and the exceptions are the practice.
- Discrimination.Proof by pattern, comparator, and paper — not by slur.
- Harassment.What 'severe or pervasive' means after section 12923.
- Retaliation.You raised something; things changed. Sequence is the case.
- Whistleblower & qui tam.Lawson's framework, and the cases under seal.
- Wage and hour, in depthThe quiet violations: rounding, premiums, the regular rate.