Speaker:  Jim Hart is a shareholder in the Irvine office of Littler Mendelson, the largest U.S.-based law firm exclusively devoted to representing management in employment and labor law matters. Jim has specific expertise with:

• Class action and wage and hour laws and regulations, including those that cover classification, overtime, off-the-clock, and meal and rest policies and the Private Attorney General Act (PAGA)
• The Americans with Disabilities Act and corresponding state disability and leave laws
• Privacy laws
• Appellate procedure

Jim is also licensed as a Solicitor in England and Wales.  Prior to joining Littler, Jim practiced criminal law as a deputy attorney general in the California Attorney General’s Office.

More recent notable litigation for Jim includes:

• Successfully challenging a remand motion, transferring venue out of California, defeating class certification and compelling arbitration in a class action alleging misclassification.
• Prevailing on multiple wage and hour claims by various former employees challenging a client’s commission plan.
• Having summary judgment granted on a claim brought under the Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) against a client.
• Obtained defense verdicts for wage and hour claims of multiple remaining defendants after defeating class certification.