Cases
Experience: Internships: Law Clerk, California Department of Justice, 2019
Legal Intern, San Francisco City Attorney's Office, 2019
Legal Intern, Bolder Advocacy Initiative, Alliance for Justice, 2018
NALEO Educational Fund, 2016-2017
Fellow, 2016-2017
Intern, 2016
Representative Matters: For a large media company, both successfully defended against claims of religious discrimination
wrongful termination
leveraged counterclaims to put the plaintiff on the defensive, which ultimately resulted in plaintiff paying to resolve a lawsuit they had filed - an extreme rarity for an employment action. Obtained damning documentary
deposition evidence to support counterclaims including fraudulent concealment
intentional misrepresentation, which resulted in plaintiff agreeing to pay client to resolve the lawsuit they had initiated.
Ongoing defense of fast casual restaurant chain from putative class
PAGA claims alleging unpaid overtime, unpaid minimum wages, failure to provide accurate wage statements, failure to pay wages due at termination,
failure to reimburse business expenses.
Obtained dismissal with prejudice of PAGA representative action. Compelled plaintiff's individual wage
hour claims to arbitration. In arbitration, secured dismissal of all Counts with prejudice following multiple rounds of strategic discovery
pleading challenges. Judgment was then entered in favor of client in Superior Court
plaintiff's PAGA representative claim was dismissed with prejudice due to lack of st
ing.
Represented logistics service provider company in putative wage
hour class
PAGA action
obtained early settlement.
Represented senior living management company in complex wage
hour class, collective,
PAGA action involving over 20,000 individuals across the United States.
Represented food
environmental testing laboratory company in wage
hour class/PAGA actions involving claims for unpaid wages, meal
rest period violations, non-compliant wage statements,
unreimbursed business expenses.
The above representations were h
led by Mr. Peralta prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
