California Labor Lawyers

Labor Law

801 S Garfield Ave, 101, Alhambra, CA 91801-4440

Labor Law

2164 Brittan Avenue, San Carlos, CA 94070

Rebecca Stuart is a partner in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's employment law practice. Rebecca represents employers in federal and state court litigation and before administrative agencies regarding discrimination (including race, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, and disability), harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, wage and hour, wrongful termination, and numerous other types of employment law matters. In addition to her litigation practice, Rebecca consults with human resources professionals, executives, and board members on a daily basis regarding all aspects of the employment relationship. These issues include preventive personnel practices, enforceability of covenants not to compete, hiring practices, employee classification issues, employment contracts, wage and hour matters, independent contractor audits, family and medical leaves, workplace investigations (including those involving sexual harassment), terminations, and reductions in force. She also routinely advises companies on trade secret misappropriation issues—including employee raiding and solicitation matters and anti-competitive activity by former employees or company competitors—as well as counsels clients with respect to preventive measures designed to minimize the risks associated with hiring competitors' employees or addressing those employees who are leaving to join a competitor. She has reviewed and drafted numerous employment policies, including employee handbooks, vacation policies (both traditional and "unlimited" time off policies), and family and medical leave policies, as well as other standard employment documents, such as employment, release, and confidentiality agreements. In addition, Rebecca has considerable merger and acquisition experience, assisting clients in structuring corporate transactions to minimize employment-related risks and maximize the value of the transaction from an employment perspective, and has advised on more than 500 transactions ranging in value from $20 million to $19 billion. Her merger and acquisition practice consists of representing both buyers and sellers in large and small transactions, including cross-border and other complex transactions. Her practice includes mergers, acquisitions, IPOs, asset purchases, and financing. Rebecca also has significant international experience pertaining to employment issues in the M&A context, and she regularly represents buyers and sellers in transactions involving non-U.S. employees. Rebecca is a frequent speaker on employment matters, routinely providing training for clients and local bar associations on matters such as anti-harassment, bias in the legal and technology sectors, use of social media in employment, general management skills, and employment law in the M&A context.

Labor Law

9845 Erma Rd, San Diego, CA 92131, USA

Rene Potter is an attorney at PotterHandy – Employment Law Group, LLP, where she has dedicated her entire legal career to the representation of employees who have been discriminated or retaliated against, harassed, or otherwise denied their rights in the workplace. She received her B.A. in Psychology locally from California State University, San Marcos with a 4.0 before attending California Western School of Law on scholarship and earning her law degree, Magna Cum Laude, in 2014, winning oral argument competitions and receiving many honors and awards along the way. Ms. Potter has successfully litigated numerous cases, including: discrimination and harassment (involving race, gender, age, pregnancy, and others), sex harassment and assault in the workplace, retaliation, violations of medical leave law, disability discrimination in the workplace, wrongful termination, unfair business practices, and wage and hour (including unequal pay and PAGA).She is a member of NELA and CELA.

Labor Law

44 Montgomery Street, 38th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104

Mr. Robert Carrol is a partner at Arent Fox and specializes in California Labor & Employment with an emphasis on several areas including the defense of complex wage-hour class actions, employment discrimination, unlawful harassment, unfair competition and non-competition, ADA Title III access, and trade secret and restrictive covenant matters. Mr. Carrol is affiliated with many professional associations and organizations including the International Wine Laywers Association (AIDV) where is a Board Member, as well as the Bar Association of San Francisco. In addition to being recognized for excellence in the practice of law by Lawyers of Distinction, Mr. Carrol has also earned any honors, awards and accolades including being acknowledged in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for his employment and labor work and has earned an AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale Hubbell. Mr. Carrol is admitted to The State of California Bar, The State of Texas Bar and The State of Washington Bar. He received his Juris Doctorate degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law.

Labor Law

27001 Agoura Rd suite 350, Calabasas, CA 91301, USA

Robert began his career by championing the rights of California employees as a Plaintiff’s-side employment law litigator. After gaining numerous years of experience as a litigator, winning numerous jury trials as a prosecutor, and recovering millions of dollars for California’s working class, Robert founded Payaslyan Law, P.C. in order to offer and provide a personalized approach to employment law litigation.