PRACTICE AREA · 04 — CORE LITIGATION

Employment Defense.

Single-plaintiff and select multi-plaintiff defense for California employers — wage, discrimination, retaliation, and whistleblower claims, including trade-secret-tied executive departures.

Scope.

The firm represents California employers in single-plaintiff and select multi-plaintiff matters. The practice does not undertake class-action plaintiff work and does not undertake wage-and-hour class certifications on the plaintiff side.

Particular focus is given to trade-secret-tied executive departures, where the employment-defense and IP-enforcement workstreams converge, and to PAGA representative actions where early procedural posture materially affects exposure.

Representative Engagements.

  • Defense of a PAGA representative action filed against a California services employer.
  • Defense of an executive departure involving trade-secret allegations and competing-business claims.
  • Whistleblower-retaliation defense in a single-plaintiff matter venued in federal court.

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How engagements proceed.

Engagements begin with a confidential intake conducted personally by the principal. A brief written matter summary follows. Where the firm proceeds, the engagement letter sets a defined initial scope — typically through pleadings or early discovery — with milestones at which fee and strategy are jointly reassessed.

The firm communicates by direct phone and email. Document exchange is conducted through encrypted channels. Inquiries receive a substantive response within one business day.

Fee arrangements.

The firm offers hourly representation with monthly caps, fixed-fee engagements for defined matter phases, and hybrid contingent structures where appropriate. The firm does not engage on contingency alone in defense matters.

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