Jeffrey A.Wortman

Partner

Jeff partners with clients to reach their business and employment related compliance objectives and is trusted by clients to defend them in a wide range of individual, collective and class action employment disputes.


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Jeff has represented employers in discrimination and wage and hour class actions, as well as cases regarding allegations of wrongful discharge, retaliation, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, national origin, disability, filing of workers' compensation claims, sexual harassment, whistleblowing, and related matters. He has years of experience in managing client portfolios and successfully navigating single-plaintiff litigation matters. Jeff has also represented clients in traditional labor matters under the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act, and has experience litigating claims of retaliation for employees exercising their statutory right to choose union representation, advising clients with regard to collective bargaining negotiations and union organizing campaigns, drafting employment contracts, and defending employers in arbitration of claims under collective bargaining agreements. He appears regularly in state and federal courts, as well as before administrative agencies.

Jeff also has extensive experience advising employers with regard to personnel policies and procedures, pay equity issues, reductions in force, employee privacy rights, wage and hour issues, drug and alcohol testing, employment agreements, independent contractor issues, and protection of employer trade secrets and noncompetition issues. He frequently conducts training seminars on diverse employment law issues, including sexual harassment, discrimination, workplace violence, and supervision and discipline of employees.

  • JD, University of Texas School of Law

    With honors

  • MA, Baylor University
  • BS, Northwestern University
  • California
  • US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • US District Court, Central District of California
  • US District Court, Southern District of California