Labor & Employment: The Elite
USA Guide 2024 : California
Band 4
About
Provided by Perkins Coie LLP
Perkins Coie's Labor & Employment practice, one of the largest in the West with more than four dozen lawyers, represents employers in all facets and at all stages of labor and employment relations. With sweeping geographic reach and substantive depth, our lawyers routinely confront some of the most challenging issues facing employers in the modern workplace.
We represent clients in a wide range of industries, from industrial manufacturing, transportation, forest products and construction, to retail, healthcare and high technology. Serving as trusted counselors and adviser to in-house law departments or human resource professionals is a role we deeply value. In addition, our range of experience in a variety of industries allows us to provide relevant, efficient, and practical advice to accomplish business objectives expeditiously. Our lawyers understand that, as counselors and advisers, their role is to help our clients achieve their business goals, not to prolong disputes or complicate issues.
While our lawyers offer a full range of services, we are first and foremost trial lawyers with formidable experience trying cases, small and large, in federal and state courts throughout the country. Our lawyers are among the handful of lawyers anywhere in the nation who have taken employment class actions to trial – and prevailed. We have a unique depth of experience with negotiating and administering collective bargaining agreements for some of the largest union employers in America.
Chambers Review
Perkins Coie's broad team is skilled in the full range of employment law single-plaintiff and class action mandates. The practice acts on a range of issues, from wage and hour disputes to wrongful termination and discrimination claims. The team is increasingly active in independent contractor disputes, frequently representing clients in the technology, telecommunications and media arenas.
Work Highlights
- Perkins Coie represented Amazon in a case alleging racial and religious harassment discriminatory behavior. The action was dismissed.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Perkins Coie always present as professional and experienced in the employment matters we deal with. They provide concise advice."
"The entire team is very knowledgeable in both depth and breadth of the law, providing coverage of the areas we need."
"Perkins Coie always present as professional and experienced in the employment matters we deal with. They provide concise advice."
"The entire team is very knowledgeable in both depth and breadth of the law, providing coverage of the areas we need."
Notable Practitioners
Heather Sager is a partner at Perkins Coie based in its San Francisco office. She has experience in both wage and hour and collective class actions.
"She has really good business judgment and exceptional legal skills while always taking the business into consideration."
"Heather is highly sophisticated and experienced in her field. She is exemplary in her legal foresight, advice and execution with an appreciation for commercial business needs."
"She is truly part of our team and brings the resources of Perkins to the table. We avoid countless legal issues thanks to her counsel."