Petersen D.Walrod
Associate
Labor & Employment
pwalrod@seyfarth.com
Petersen helps employers navigate complex workforce challenges by delivering strategic litigation solutions and proactive compliance guidance that protect their business and bottom line.
More About Petersen
Petersen works with employers to resolve the legal and compliance challenges that come with managing a dynamic workforce. With a deep understanding of employment law and administrative law, Petersen combines legal insight with strategic thinking to help clients and their organizations thrive in an increasingly complex regulatory environment.
Drawing on his experience as a former US Department of Labor policy advisor, Petersen develops strategies to resolve disputes efficiently—whether through early resolution or trial—and advises businesses on anticipating and mitigating risks before they escalate. Petersen guides clients through wage and hour class actions and PAGA cases, single-plaintiff discrimination claims, and high-stakes litigation by taking creative, detail-driven approaches.
Petersen deeply cares about the bottom-line consequences for his clients’ businesses. He helps employers not only identify and address legal issues, but also mitigate risk before they get to litigation.
Drawing on his experience as a former US Department of Labor policy advisor, Petersen develops strategies to resolve disputes efficiently—whether through early resolution or trial—and advises businesses on anticipating and mitigating risks before they escalate. Petersen guides clients through wage and hour class actions and PAGA cases, single-plaintiff discrimination claims, and high-stakes litigation by taking creative, detail-driven approaches.
Petersen deeply cares about the bottom-line consequences for his clients’ businesses. He helps employers not only identify and address legal issues, but also mitigate risk before they get to litigation.
- JD, UCLA School of Law
Masin Family Academic Excellence Gold Award for Policy Analysis and Advocacy
- California
- Texas
- US District Court, Central District of California
- US District Court, Eastern District of California
- US District Court, Northern District of California
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Petersen helps employers navigate complex workforce challenges by delivering strategic litigation solutions and proactive compliance guidance that protect their business and bottom line.
More About Petersen
Petersen works with employers to resolve the legal and compliance challenges that come with managing a dynamic workforce. With a deep understanding of employment law and administrative law, Petersen combines legal insight with strategic thinking to help clients and their organizations thrive in an increasingly complex regulatory environment.
Drawing on his experience as a former US Department of Labor policy advisor, Petersen develops strategies to resolve disputes efficiently—whether through early resolution or trial—and advises businesses on anticipating and mitigating risks before they escalate. Petersen guides clients through wage and hour class actions and PAGA cases, single-plaintiff discrimination claims, and high-stakes litigation by taking creative, detail-driven approaches.
Petersen deeply cares about the bottom-line consequences for his clients’ businesses. He helps employers not only identify and address legal issues, but also mitigate risk before they get to litigation.
Drawing on his experience as a former US Department of Labor policy advisor, Petersen develops strategies to resolve disputes efficiently—whether through early resolution or trial—and advises businesses on anticipating and mitigating risks before they escalate. Petersen guides clients through wage and hour class actions and PAGA cases, single-plaintiff discrimination claims, and high-stakes litigation by taking creative, detail-driven approaches.
Petersen deeply cares about the bottom-line consequences for his clients’ businesses. He helps employers not only identify and address legal issues, but also mitigate risk before they get to litigation.
- JD, UCLA School of Law
Masin Family Academic Excellence Gold Award for Policy Analysis and Advocacy
- California
- Texas
- US District Court, Central District of California
- US District Court, Eastern District of California
- US District Court, Northern District of California
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Blog Post
Jun 16, 2026
US Department of Labor Publishes Three Pro-Employer, One (Somewhat) Pro-Worker, Opinion Letters
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Legal Update
Apr 23, 2026
Same Filling, Different Chocolate Coating – the DOL’s New Proposed Joint Employer Rule
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Legal Update
Feb 27, 2026
DOL Proposes to Readopt the 2021 Independent Contractor Rule with Minor Variations