Experience

Justice Law Corporation

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Attorney

  • Oct 2021 - Present



Michael Sullivan & Associates LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • Oct 2020 - Oct 2021

  • Represent employers in a variety of matters related to employment and labor law, including wage and hour class actions, PAGA representative actions, FEHA and wrongful termination actions. • Litigate cases from inception to resolution, including conducting discovery, preparing motions, participating in hearings and engaging in settlement negotiations. • Argue dispositive motions before the court.• Conduct depositions of parties and witnesses in litigation. • Advise employers on employment policies, including policies related to trade secrets and non-disclosure agreements.• Advise employers on pre-litigation employment disputes.• Advise employers on legislative changes to California employment law.• Prepare non-disclosure agreements, arbitration and separation agreements.• Counsel employers on workplace issues related to COVID-19.



LightGabler

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • Jul 2020 - Oct 2020

  • Responsible for all aspects of legal actions, including fact investigation, legal research, law and motion, discovery, settlement negotiations, and hearings.• Defense counsel in employment and wage and hour class actions.• Advised businesses on pre-litigation matters concerning employment disputes.• Represent entities in employment law and civil litigation.• Propound and respond to discovery requests, argue dispositive motions before the court, engage in meet and confer negotiations with opposing counsel.



Hunt Ortmann Palffy Nieves Darling & Mah, Inc.

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Attorney

  • Mar 2019 - Mar 2020

  • Responsible for all aspects of legal actions, including fact investigation, legal research, law and motion, discovery, settlement negotiations, and hearings.• Lead counsel in defense of putative wage and hour class actions.• Advised businesses on pre-litigation matters concerning employment and contractual disputes. • Represent entities in employment law matters, civil litigation and contractual disputes. • Propound and respond to discovery requests, argue dispositive motions before the court, engage in meet and confer negotiations with opposing counsel.• Conduct depositions of parties, persons most knowledgeable, and key witnesses in litigation matters.



Law Office of Daniel J. O'Neil-Ortiz

• Managing Attorney

  • Feb 2013 - Feb 2019

  • Responsible for all aspects of legal actions, including fact investigation, legal research, law and motion, discovery, settlement negotiations, and hearings.• Estate planning, including wills, revocable trusts, funding assets in trust, irrevocable life insurance trusts, durable power of attorneys, health care proxies, and HIPAA release authorizations. • Advised businesses on pre-litigation matters concerning employment and contractual disputes. • Represent entities in employment law matters, civil litigation and contractual disputes. • Propound and respond to discovery requests, engage in meet and confer negotiations with opposing counsel, argue motions before the court.• Conduct depositions of parties, persons most knowledgeable, and key witnesses in litigation matters.



Law Offices of Thomas W. Falvey

• Associate Attorney

  • Oct 2009 - Jan 2013

  • Prepared law and motion briefs, interviewed key witnesses, propounded and responded to discovery requests, took and defended depositions. • Obtained declarations from class members and witnesses re. wage and hour violations; deposed witnesses. • Performed legal research on complex issues regarding employment law; drafted motions for class certification. • Argued motions before the court, negotiated discovery issues with opposing counsel. • Prepared law and motion briefs, interviewed key witnesses, propounded and responded to discovery requests, took and defended depositions. • Obtained declarations from class members and witnesses re. wage and hour violations; deposed witnesses. • Performed legal research on complex issues regarding employment law; drafted motions for class certification. • Argued motions before the court, negotiated discovery issues with opposing counsel.