Christopher A.Crosman

Partner

Labor & Employment

ccrosman@seyfarth.com

Los Angeles - Century City

+1 (310) 201-1528

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Christopher represents employers in all facets of litigation, from inception through trial or arbitration, as well as on appeal.

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Christopher is a California wage and hour defense attorney who represents employers in class action, collective action, and PAGA (Private Attorneys General Act) litigation. For 20 years, the core of his practice has been defending companies against wage and hour claims—including allegations of employee misclassification, unpaid overtime, off-the-clock work, meal and rest break violations, and related California Labor Code and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations—in state and federal court.

Christopher argued and won a bellwether appeal before the California Court of Appeal, obtaining a precedential ruling that PAGA plaintiffs cannot pursue "non-individual" (or "headless") PAGA claims to avoid being compelled to individual arbitration—a decision with significant implications for employers defending PAGA actions statewide. He has defended numerous large, complex wage and hour class and collective actions, as well as representative PAGA claims, has defeated class certification in numerous matters in both state and federal courts, and has won jury and bench trials in state and federal courts.

Christopher represents employers across a wide range of industries, including pharmaceutical, banking, transportation, medical, retail, travel and leisure, hospitality, food service, grocery, manufacturing, aerospace, logistics, senior living, media, and internet startups.

Christopher is the editor-in-chief of Seyfarth's industry-leading treatise, Litigating California Wage & Hour Class and PAGA Actions, and for the past 10 years, has presented an annual webinar on recent developments and trends in wage and hour class and PAGA litigation. These roles keep him at the forefront of evolving California wage and hour law, class certification standards, arbitration, and PAGA developments.

In addition to his wage and hour class and PAGA defense practice, Christopher handles the full range of employment litigation, including wrongful discharge; discrimination based on race, age, disability, gender, and national origin; workplace harassment; retaliation; breach of contract; privacy rights; trade secrets; employee raiding and unfair competition; independent contractor and arbitration agreements; and employee benefits disputes.

Christopher has taken more than 20 matters through arbitration to final award before JAMS and the American Arbitration Association—including numerous wage and hour matters—prevailing in all but one. He also routinely represents employers before administrative agencies, including the California Civil Rights Department (formerly the Department of Fair Employment and Housing) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and regularly counsels employers on wage and hour compliance and class action risk avoidance. He has won numerous employment lawsuits at the summary judgment stage in both state and federal courts.  He drafts employment agreements, arbitration and class-waiver agreements, severance agreements, and employment policies and procedures.

  • JD, UCLA School of Law
  • BA, Brown University
  • California
  • US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • US District Court, Central District of California
  • US District Court, Eastern District of California
  • US District Court, Northern District of California
  • US District Court, Southern District of California
  • California Supreme Court
  • California Courts of Appeal
  • California Superior Court

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