JonathanPearce
Associate
Labor & Employment
jpearce@seyfarth.com
Jonathan works alongside employers to tackle the tangled issues that come with wage and hour litigation—especially the unique procedural and substantive challenges of California class actions and PAGA matters.
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California employers operate under some of the nation's most demanding employment laws. Jonathan helps clients navigate evolving workplace requirements, manage risk, and defend employment claims with strategic litigation counsel and practical business insight.
Jonathan represents employers in all phases of complex employment litigation, with a particular emphasis on California wage and hour class actions and PAGA representative actions. He also defends employers against individual claims involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and related workplace issues. Jonathan assists employers with evaluating compliance risks and defending workplace practices that are challenged in litigation. His experience handling matters from initial case assessment through resolution enables him to provide practical guidance that accounts for both legal and operational matters.
Clients trust Jonathan because he is a responsive, thoughtful advocate who is committed to understanding their businesses as thoroughly as he understands the law. He learns about the practical realities of each client’s operations so that legal strategies are grounded in business considerations as well as legal principles.
Jonathan represents employers in all phases of complex employment litigation, with a particular emphasis on California wage and hour class actions and PAGA representative actions. He also defends employers against individual claims involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and related workplace issues. Jonathan assists employers with evaluating compliance risks and defending workplace practices that are challenged in litigation. His experience handling matters from initial case assessment through resolution enables him to provide practical guidance that accounts for both legal and operational matters.
Clients trust Jonathan because he is a responsive, thoughtful advocate who is committed to understanding their businesses as thoroughly as he understands the law. He learns about the practical realities of each client’s operations so that legal strategies are grounded in business considerations as well as legal principles.
- JD, University of San Francisco School of Law
Labor and Employment Law
Labor and Employment Certificate with Honors
- California
- US District Court, Central District of California
- US District Court, Eastern District of California
- US District Court, Southern District of California
Jonathan works alongside employers to tackle the tangled issues that come with wage and hour litigation—especially the unique procedural and substantive challenges of California class actions and PAGA matters.
More About Jonathan
California employers operate under some of the nation's most demanding employment laws. Jonathan helps clients navigate evolving workplace requirements, manage risk, and defend employment claims with strategic litigation counsel and practical business insight.
Jonathan represents employers in all phases of complex employment litigation, with a particular emphasis on California wage and hour class actions and PAGA representative actions. He also defends employers against individual claims involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and related workplace issues. Jonathan assists employers with evaluating compliance risks and defending workplace practices that are challenged in litigation. His experience handling matters from initial case assessment through resolution enables him to provide practical guidance that accounts for both legal and operational matters.
Clients trust Jonathan because he is a responsive, thoughtful advocate who is committed to understanding their businesses as thoroughly as he understands the law. He learns about the practical realities of each client’s operations so that legal strategies are grounded in business considerations as well as legal principles.
Jonathan represents employers in all phases of complex employment litigation, with a particular emphasis on California wage and hour class actions and PAGA representative actions. He also defends employers against individual claims involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and related workplace issues. Jonathan assists employers with evaluating compliance risks and defending workplace practices that are challenged in litigation. His experience handling matters from initial case assessment through resolution enables him to provide practical guidance that accounts for both legal and operational matters.
Clients trust Jonathan because he is a responsive, thoughtful advocate who is committed to understanding their businesses as thoroughly as he understands the law. He learns about the practical realities of each client’s operations so that legal strategies are grounded in business considerations as well as legal principles.
- JD, University of San Francisco School of Law
Labor and Employment Law
Labor and Employment Certificate with Honors
- California
- US District Court, Central District of California
- US District Court, Eastern District of California
- US District Court, Southern District of California