People: John R. Giovannone, Associate
Biography
John R. Giovannone is a senior associate in the Los Angeles office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Mr. Giovannone represents employers in the entire range of employment law matters ranging from traditional labor to single plaintiff and class-based wage/hour, contract, discrimination, harassment, and licensing litigation. Specifically, Mr. Giovannone has litigated class actions and single plaintiff matters on behalf of employers in a wide array of industries including financial services, defense contracting, aeronautics, commercial baking, manufacturing, education, childcare, retail, pharmaceutical, construction, telemarketing, information technology, package delivery, and uniform services.
Mr. Giovannone has represented management before federal and California state courts, as well as federal and California administrative agencies, including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the California Public Employment Relations Board, and the California Labor Commissioner. He has both first- and second-chair trial and arbitration experience in labor and employment matters, as well as substantial mediation and collective bargaining experience. Mr. Giovannone has successfully opposed numerous class certification attempts and has successfully brought motions for summary judgment, preemptive denial of class certification, reduction of the size of purported classes (by as much 90%), terminating sanctions and to recover attorneys’ fees. Mr. Giovannone also provides advice and counsel services to management regarding state and federal labor and employment law, including human resources training, policy drafting, and workplace investigations.
John R. Giovannone is a senior associate in the Los Angeles office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Mr. Giovannone represents employers in the entire range of employment law matters ranging from traditional labor to single plaintiff and class-based wage/hour, contract, discrimination, harassment, and licensing litigation. Specifically, Mr. Giovannone has litigated class actions and single plaintiff matters on behalf of employers in a wide array of industries including financial services, defense contracting, aeronautics, commercial baking, manufacturing, education, childcare, retail, pharmaceutical, construction, telemarketing, information technology, package delivery, and uniform services.
Mr. Giovannone has represented management before federal and California state courts, as well as federal and California administrative agencies, including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the California Public Employment Relations Board, and the California Labor Commissioner. He has both first- and second-chair trial and arbitration experience in labor and employment matters, as well as substantial mediation and collective bargaining experience. Mr. Giovannone has successfully opposed numerous class certification attempts and has successfully brought motions for summary judgment, preemptive denial of class certification, reduction of the size of purported classes (by as much 90%), terminating sanctions and to recover attorneys’ fees. Mr. Giovannone also provides advice and counsel services to management regarding state and federal labor and employment law, including human resources training, policy drafting, and workplace investigations.
Education
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J.D., Loyola Law School at Los Angeles (2005)
with honors
Editor & Published Author, Loyola Law Review -
B.A., University of California, Berkeley (2002)
with honors
Admissions
- California
Courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Central, Eastern and Southern Districts of California
