Affiliations

• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section
• State Bar of California
• Claremont McKenna College Alumni Association Board of Directors
• Selected As Southern California Super Lawyers - Rising Star 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012
   

Representative Engagements

• Yousefian, et. al. v. 21st Century Insurance Co. (FLSA collective action involving insurance sales representatives alleging off-the-clock work and meal and rest period violations)
• Grigorian, et al. v. 21st Century Insurance Co. (California wage and hour class action involving insurance sales representatives alleging off-the-clock work and meal and rest period violations)
• Tran et al. v. 21st Century Insurance Co. (California wage and hour class action involving insurance adjusters alleging off-the-clock work and meal and rest period violations)
• Wilson, et al. v. Farmers Insurance Exchange (California wage and hour class action involving insurance adjusters alleging misclassification and unlawful business practices including denial of overtime compensation and failure to provide workers with meal and rest breaks)
• Robles, et al. v. General Environmental Management, Inc. (California wage and hour class action involving industrial services employees and truck drivers alleging violation of PAGA, unpaid business expenses, off-the-clock work, and failure to provide meal and rest breaks)
• Fry v. Philip Services Corporation Industrial Outsourcing, L.P. (California wage and hour class action involving industrial services employees and truck drivers alleging off-the-clock work, failure to provide meal and rest breaks, failure to reimburse business expenses, violation of PAGA, and unfair business practices)
• Lowell, et al. v. Walz Enterprises, Inc., d.b.a. La-Z-Boy Furniture (California wage and hour class action involving furniture salespersons alleging misclassification and unlawful business practices including denial of overtime compensation and failure to provide workers with meal and rest breaks)
• Chambers, et al. v. White Memorial Medical Center, Glendale Adventist Medical Center (California wage and hour class action involving hospital employees alleging numerous violations of the California Labor Code including failure to properly calculate the regular rate of pay, off-the-clock work, failure to provide meal and rest periods, and failure to reimburse business expenses)
• Perez, et al. v. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC (California wage and hour class action involving hotel employees alleging failure to properly calculate the regular rate of pay, off-the-clock work, failure to provide meal and rest periods, and unfair business practices)
• Urrego v. Kerr Corporation, et al. (California wage and hour class action involving dental office employees alleging failure to pay accrued vacation upon termination of employment)
• Rochin v. RadioShack Corporation (California wage and hour class action involving retail sales managers alleging failure to reimburse business expenses)
• Amaya, et al. v. Beverly Hospital (California wage and hour class action involving hospital employees alleging failure to provide meal and rest breaks and off-the-clock work)
• Wilson v. The Vons Companies, Inc., Safeway Stores, Inc. (California class action involving grocery store employees alleging violation of PAGA for failure to provide suitable seats)
• Knapp v. Safeway Stores, Inc. (California class action involving grocery store employees alleging violation of PAGA for failure to provide suitable seats)
• Holloway, et al. v. Best Buy Company, Inc. (Nationwide class action lawsuit involving employees of electronics retailer alleging discrimination based on race and gender)
• Tse v. Best Buy Company, Inc. (California class action involving alleging employees of electronics retailer alleging discrimination based on age)
• Janicki v. Charming Shoppes/Lane Bryant (California wage and hour class action involving retail employees alleging failure to reimburse business expenses)
• Page, et al. v. CSK Auto, Inc. (California wage and hour class action involving auto parts store employees alleging unpaid overtime and off-the-clock work)
• Johnson, et al. v. Freshpoint, Inc. (California wage and hour class action involving truck drivers alleging off-the-clock work and failure to provide meal and rest periods)
• Mobley, et al. v. Servisair, LLC (California wage and hour class action involving bus drivers alleging failure to provide meal and rest periods and off-the-clock work)
• Adoma, Juric v. Apollo Group Inc, University of Phoenix (Wage and hour class action involving college enrollment employees alleging various violations o California Labor Code and the FLSA)
• Morales, et al. v. ARAMARK Corp. (Wage and hour class action involving food service workers alleging various violations of the California Labor Code)

Other Representative Cases

• Lee, et al. v. J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (obtained complete summary judgment of wage and hour action brought by four former loan officers and secured attorneys’ fee award in excess of $600,000 against plaintiffs)
• Al-Agha v. Cephalon, Inc. (obtained summary adjudication of claims brought by pharmaceutical sales representative alleging whistleblower claims for purported off-label marketing of drugs)
• Stefanson, et al. v. St. John’s Well Child and Family Center (obtained complete summary judgment of retaliation and whistleblower claims brought by former CFO and Controller of community health network)
• Maney, et al. Entercom Communications Corp. (obtained complete summary judgment of claims brought by former disk jockeys alleging breach of contract following their termination of employment)
• Preciado v. Freshpoint, Inc. (obtained complete summary judgment of retaliation, discrimination and invasion of privacy claim brought by order selector)

Presentations

• “Legislative And Wage & Hour Update For California Employers” Seyfarth Breakfast Briefing Series (January 25, February 3, 2011)

Publications

• Chapter Contributor, “Chapter 8 - Discovery Issues in Collective and Class Actions,” Wage & Hour Collective and Class Litigation, ALM Law Journal Press (2012). Definitive treatise on wage and hour litigation.
• Author, “The Limits of Seeking Statistical Discovery in a Single-Plaintiff Discrimination Action,” Benders California Labor & Employment Bulletin (August 2008)
• Author, “California Court of Appeal Makes Two Significant Rulings Regarding Overtime Issues,” Seyfarth Management Alert, March 4, 2011
• Author, “California Court of Appeal Clarifies Ruling To Hold That An Employer May Designate Workweek/Workday that Differs From An Employee’s Assigned Schedule If A Legitimate Business Reason Exists,” Seyfarth Management Alert, April 21, 2011
• Author, “California Employees Can’t Sue For Tip Violations,” Seyfarth Management Alert, August 12, 2010