Brooke Blanchard Tabshouri

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Special Counsel

  Firm Name

  Duane Morris LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Represented
  defended manufacturing client against a wage-hour audit brought by Department of Labor.
  Represented multiple employers before the Division of Labor St
  ards Enforcement in settlement conferences
  hearings.
  Drafted position statements in defense of claims brought against employers by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the California Department of Fair Employment
  Housing,
  the Division of Labor St
  ards Enforcement's Retaliation Complaint Investigation Unit, resulting in a dismissal of claims by the agencies.
  Conducted investigations of harassment, discrimination,
  retaliation
  provided recommendations regarding appropriate corrective action.
  Conducted in-house training for clients in various industries, including m
  atory sexual harassment training for supervisors in California, discipline
  discharge procedures, wage
  hour compliance, leave of absence administration
  effective internal investigations.
  Represented multiple professional employer organizations against allegations of wage
  hour violations under a theory of joint employer liability.
  Represented large manufacturing company in multi-million-dollar class action involving allegations of unpaid vacation time, unpaid wages, off-the-clock work, failure to properly calculate overtime compensation,
  failure to provide meal
  rest periods.
  Advised
  counseled clients regarding options for compensating employees paid on a commission or productivity basis in compliance with state laws, including how to navigate
  meet all requirements for California's inside sales exemption.
  Obtained a defense verdict at trial on allegations of sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation,
  wrongful termination.
  Drafted compensation
  commission agreements (including productivity bonus pay, commissions,
  incentive pay) for employees across a wide variety of industries.
  Drafted employee h
  books, st
  alone policies, employee acknowledgements, employment applications, required employee notices,
  employee onboarding
  offboarding documents.
  Assisted clients in complying with alternate workweek election requirements, including drafting all required notices
  ballots.
  Conducted labor
  employment due diligence on international mergers
  acquisitions.
  Provided training
  instruction regarding calculation of rest break pay in compliance with the California Labor Code.
  Provided ongoing advice to clients regarding employee discipline, employee disputes over pay
  enforcement of policies,
  regarding high-risk
  executive separations to avoid litigation
  achieve business objectives.
  Pro Bono: Successfully obtained a T visa for a transgender woman from Mexico who was a victim of sex trafficking.