Representative Experience

• Represented a nonprofit provider of home attendants in two hybrid class and collective actions relating to issues that arose from overtime exemptions for certain domestic employees under federal and state law.
• On behalf of a health care system, obtained dismissal of all state overtime claims for unionized class members on federal labor law preemption grounds in hybrid collective action and class action filed by a nurse on behalf of all non-exempt employees.
• Defended a publicly held medical supply manufacturer in a series of FLSA actions (individual and collective). Successfully negotiated notice, achieving an opt-in rate of only 8%.
• On behalf of a diagnostics service provider, successfully negotiated a favorable settlement agreement for a wage and hour class action filed on behalf of pickup and delivery drivers who alleged failure to pay overtime. Majority of the settlement amount was funded by joint defendants based on the client’s position that it was not the principle employer of the putative class members.
• On behalf of the world’s leading provider of HR solutions, obtained dismissal of plaintiffs’ overtime claims in wage and hour lawsuit alleging nonpayment of overtime and training time wages to temporary pickup and delivery drivers who claimed joint employment by temporary staffing agency and logistics services company.
• On behalf of a security solutions provider, obtained dismissal of hybrid collective action and class action alleging failure to comply with state tip statute by establishing that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendant.
• Represented a leading investment and advisory firm in dismissal, arbitration, and favorable settlement of hybrid collective action and class action alleging misclassification and failure to pay overtime to executive assistants.
• On behalf of a health insurer, negotiated and sought approval of class action and collective action settlement for alleged failure to pay overtime.
• Represented an oil industry manufacturer, successfully limiting class size in collective action claiming misclassification under professional exemption, and at trial, significantly limiting the amount of recovery.
• Defended a global oil equipment manufacturer in federal class and collective action and successfully limited class to a single plaintiff.
• On behalf of a global real estate services provider, devised strategy that led to dismissal of wage and hour class action before the class was certified and before any briefing or discovery took place with respect to class certification.
• On behalf of a health care company, substantially limited class size through successful negotiation and advocacy relating to terms of notice to potential class members, exponentially reducing recoverable damages.
• On behalf of an insurance company, mediated and favorably settled a class action alleging violations with compensation of auto damage appraisers.