Get Ready for our December Meeting Event Celebration. This Meeting is a “Live” event. RSVP now and reserve early — Before it fills up as seating is limited.
Bring a friend – Bring 2 Friends or Co Workers – Network and earn 2 RCHs. Try something new and Celebrate our payroll community. Please note that registration is required for Members and Non Members in order to attend this event.
[Registration for this limited-seating event has closed]

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.

