MandanaMassoumi

• Won over $23 million dollars in verdict for financial institution client, based on claims of misappropriation of trade secrets and fraud filed against competing mortgage company for pouching clients and employees; obtained dismissal of all counterclaims filed by former employees. Listed as one of the top 50 jury verdicts in California for 2016.
• Represented client on age and disability discrimination claims; obtained defense verdict at arbitration.
• Obtained defense verdict on claims of gender discrimination.
• Obtained summary judgment for defendants on all claims, including those based on wrongful termination, race and medical leave discrimination, for a national restaurant client.
• Obtained summary judgment on complaint with claims of failure to pay wages, failure to provide meal breaks, paystub violation, waiting time penalties and unfair competition for a national restaurant client.
• Obtained summary judgment on complaint with claims for wrongful termination and sexual harassment for a national retail client.
• Won demurrer and motion to strike on plaintiff's claims for emotional distress, and national origin, race, age and sex discrimination, for a national retail client.
• Won motion to dismiss on complaint of failure to pay overtime wages, failure to pay wages, failure to provide meal and rest breaks, and PAGA and unfair competition claims.
• Obtained summary judgment on plaintiff's claims for intentional infliction of emotional distress and constructive termination and resolved remaining claims for nominal value for a financial institution client.
• Represented client in unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets and interference with prospective economic advantage claims. Obtained favorable resolution after start of trial.
• Obtained summary judgment on all complaint of sexual harassment, discrimination, battery, wrongful discharge and unfair competition for retail client.

Class-Action Litigation

• Extensive experience in defending against class-action litigation, including but not limited to collective action claims asserted under the FLSA, hybrid actions involving joint claims asserted under state and federal law, class-action and representative claims under California state law and representative claims asserted under the California PAGA.
• Effectively defeating class certification claims of misclassification, off-the-clock work, failure to pay overtime wages, failure to provide meal and rest breaks, and dress code, paystub and other employment-related claims alleged pursuant to California wage and hour laws, California Business and Professions Code Section 17200, et seq., and the FLSA, for a purported national class of field technicians.
• Won motions to strike and motions to dismiss all class and representative claims at the pleading stage for a national publishing company client, where complaint alleged claims of failure to pay wages, failure to provide meal and rest breaks, and waiting time penalties.
• Obtained summary judgment of all class and representative claims in action alleging claims of misclassification for a national financial institution client, based on alleged claims of failure to pay wages, failure to provide meal and rest breaks, and alleged wage statement violation for purported class of financial institution consultants, and compelled arbitration of the individual claims in multiple cases.
• Won summary judgment and obtained dismissal of class action and representative action claims for a national healthcare client, including those asserted under the PAGA, alleging claims of misclassification, failure to pay wages, failure to provide meal and rest breaks, and alleged wage statement violations, and compelled arbitration of the individual claims for a purported class of healthcare providers.
• Defeated class certification of alleged claims of failure to provide wages, alleged meal and rest break violations, and related wage and hour claims for financial institution client.
• Obtained dismissal of class and representative claims for a national retail client, where the complaint’s allegations also included claims asserted under the PAGA for claims of alleged joint-employer liability (including assertions of misclassification, failure to pay wages and failure to provide accurate wage statements) for a purported class of security guards.
• Obtained dismissal of class and representative claims for a national retail client, where complaint alleged claims of failure to pay and dress code violation, including those alleged pursuant to the PAGA, for a purported class of sales associates.
• Obtained dismissal of claims asserted under the PAGA for failure to provide accurate wage statement, premised on allegations of joint-employer liability for a purported class of temporary workers.