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Mountain View, Ca

Prosecute mid-level and senior executive compensation claims for severance wages, vested equity interests, owner/investor carried interests, earned commissions, and entitlements to incentive compensation and profit sharing distributions. Address wide range of executive compensation claim issues, including for cause and good reason termination, contractual and statutory indemnification rights, double-trigger change of control employment termination, for-cause termination and notice of cure rights, claimed executive misuse or procurement of proprietary and confidential information, enforceability and scope of non-compete and non-solicitation provisions of executive employment contracts, enforceability and scope of arbitration agreements, and corporate governance and shareholder duties impacting executive compensation and indemnify protections. Negotiation of employment agreements for executives of Silicon Valley/Bay Area publicly traded and closely held companies addressing compensation issues, including stock option vesting, incentive compensation, change of control, for cause and good reason termination, ownership and control of proprietary information, and non-compete and non-solicitation provisions.

San Francisco, Ca

California wrongful termination, employment discrimination, and wage and hour class action practice. Appointed as class counsel in more than 35 cases in state and federal court. Procured class settlements for more than 50,000 California employees, totaling more than $65 million. Appellate practice includes reported wage and hour class action decisions in Reyes v. Macy’s, Inc., 202 Cal. App. 4th 1119 (Cal. App. 1st Dist. 2011); Kullar v. Foot Locker Retail, Inc., 191 Cal. App. 4th 1201 (Cal. App. 1st Dist. 2011); Bufil v. Dollar Financial Group, Inc., 162 Cal. App. 4th 1193 (Cal. App. 1st Dist. 2008); and Kullar v. Foot Locker Retail, Inc., 168 Cal. App. 4th 116 (Cal. App. 1st Dist. 2008).

San Francisco

Partner, 1990 – 1996 | Associate, 1984 – 1990 |Head of Litigation Group (1990-1996) Responsible for prosecuting civil actions from inception to trial. Cases prosecuted included actions for breach of contract, fraud, and employment actions on behalf of former employees. Trial verdicts obtained include a $12 million plaintiff’s verdict for general and punitive damages against a title insurer for fraud and bad faith following a 6-week jury trial, a $1.2 million plaintiff’s verdict for general and punitive damages against the granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst for wrongful termination, sexual harassment/FEHA claim following an 8 week jury trial; and a $2.4 million plaintiff ‘s verdict against TY Lin, International, Inc., for breach of contract following a 4-week jury trial.

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Bachelor’S Degree, History