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Charles O. Thompson
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Charles O. Thompson

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4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 3000, San Francisco, CA 94111-5983

Labor & Employment, Wage & Hour Class and Collective Litigation, Employment Litigation & Trials and 2 more

About Charles O. Thompson

Charles Thompson is a dynamic and creative trial lawyer serving national and global clients in high-stakes litigation. He focuses his practice on employment litigation and counseling representing clients through all phases of Class Actions and Single Plaintiff cases. Charles has wide-ranging experience litigating employment-related issues for public and private companies, having handled over 1,000 employment matters for clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to Silicon Valley startups. He has tried employment, commercial, and professional liability cases to verdict and directed verdict, has litigated and appealed cases from California State Courts to the United States Supreme Court, and is a fellow of the prestigious College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

Charles represents employers in wage and hour cases, as well as EEOC class actions, in state and federal courts across the United States and has broad experience appearing before the California Civil Rights Department, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, the Employment Development Department, and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Labor.

In addition to his trial and counseling work, Charles serves as a private and judicial mediator and arbitrator, and has acted as a pro-tem judge upon request of the court. He has broad experience in binding arbitrations and trial. He has taught trial advocacy, diversity, employment and substance abuse to clients and industry organizations.

Throughout his career, Charles has been a champion for diversity and has served on the Executive Committee of the board of Directors for the Justice & Diversity Center of The Bar Association of San Francisco. He actively supports and promotes diversity efforts and collaborates with clients on diversity issues.

Concentrations

•Class Action
•Americans with Disabilities Act
•Sexual harassment
•Discrimination and wrongful termination matters
•Sexual assault
•Wage and hour
•Catastrophic cases

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
•Six Sigma Greenbelt
•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation - Labor & Employment, 2025-2026
•Listed, The Legal 500 United States, Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions): Defense, 2021-2024
•Listed, Benchmark Litigation, 'Labor & Employment Star,' 2020-2024
•Recognized, National Law Review, 'Go-To Thought Leader,' 2020
•fellow, American Bar Foundation

 

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Areas of Law

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    • Labor & Employment
    • Wage & Hour Class and Collective Litigation
    • Employment Litigation & Trials
    • Workplace Compliance & Counseling
    • Corporate Restructuring & Employment Due Diligence

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Representative Matters: Social Media.: Represents international short form platform clients in state
    federal courts
    has won terminating sanctions motions in federal court.

    Insurance: .: Won a three-week trial in San Francisco in February 2020 recovering $2.5m for a transportation client.

    Agribusiness.: Defense of two class
    collective class actions
    PAGA actions on behalf of an agribusiness in Merced County for a high-profile client. Class size is 450 workers with 22 causes of action
    PAGA.

    Food Service Company.: Defense of two class
    collective class actions
    PAGA actions on behalf of a food service company in San Diego Superior Court. Class size is 400 workers.

    Telecom.: Defended a class
    collective class action
    PAGA action for class of 200 with settlement after law
    motion.

    Agribusiness.: Defended a PAGA only action for large agribusiness with early mediation.

    Hi-tech: Defended a very large national class
    collective class action
    PAGA action. Resolved for five percent of exposure.

    Cosmetic/Beauty Industry.: Defended a class
    collective class action
    PAGA action for 300 workers. Settled for 10 percent of exposure.

    Hi-Tech.: Defended a class
    collective class action
    PAGA action. Resolved in mediation.

    Steel Industry.: Defended a class
    collective class action
    PAGA action with settlement post law
    motion at seven percent of exposure.
    The above representations were h
    led by Mr. Thompson prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
  • Additional Links
    https://www.gtlaw.com/en/professionals/t/thompson-charles-o

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1989, California
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •Member, American Health Lawyers Association, 2017-Present
    •Vice Chair, Labor and Employment Practice Group, 2018-2021
    •Member, Association of Corporate Council, 2004-Present
    •Volunteer Arbitrator, San Francisco and Marin County Courts, 2000-Present
    •Member, International Association of Defense Counsel, 2000-Present
    •Member, Multinational Committee, 2000-2006
    •Member, Employment Committee, 2000-Present
    •Member, Risk and Insurance Management Society, 2000-2014
    •Member, Professional Liability Underwriting Society, 2000-2012
    •Member, Defense Research Institute, 2000-2010
    •Member, Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada, 1995-2005
    •Member, Board of Directors, 2000-2005
    •Member, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1990-Present
    •Executive Committee, Board Member, and Finance Committee Member, The Bar Association of San Francisco, 2021-Present
    •Executive Committee & Board Member, Justice & Diversity Center 2018-2020
    •Member, American Bar Association, 1989-Present
    •Member, State Bar of California, 1989-Present
    •Board Member, Labor and Employment Section, 1989-2018

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Golden Gate University School of Law
    Class of 1988
    J.D.
    Other Education
    University of San Francisco
    Class of 1983
    B.S.
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1959
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 14, 1959

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