By: Leah Lively and Alexandra Shulman The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) mandates that employers compensate employees for each hour worked. Nonetheless, the Department of Labor guidance permits rounding of employee time punches so long as, among other things, the rounding is conducted in a neutral manner and, if any favor is shown, it benefits the employee. For example, using rounding, if an associate clocked in any time from 7:53 a.m. to 8:07 a.m., the company would round the employee’s time to 8:00 a.m. and pay the employee for hours worked based on an 8:00 a.m. start time...
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Buchalter is a full-service business law firm that has been teaming with clients for eight decades, providing legal counsel at all stages of their growth and evolution, and helping them meet the many legal challenges and decisions they face. Our clients are engaged in a diverse global economy governed by complex laws and regulations, and they trust us as advisers and business partners because we are involved in their world. They rely on our forward-thinking to help them resolve problems before they arise.
At Buchalter, we practice in that spirit.
Our founding principle-providing our clients with the best business solutions-continues to lead us. We value each client relationship, recognizing that their success is our success. Our overarching goal-getting the best results for the client in a timely manner with sensitivity to cost-has engendered client loyalty, and the firm has grown from that loyalty.
Our lawyers are accessible, resourceful, skillful and adept at responding to change. Our technological capabilities keep case law and rule changes at our fingertips and client communications current, enabling us to create efficient, superior outcomes.
We strongly believe that technology is a tool that furthers the practice of law and have used that belief to develop a cutting edge platform for our firm. We use a meshed (NVPN) network to facilitate work among offices, Cisco VoIP telephony and Video-over-IP conferencing. Sharing documents is seamless through FileSite, which is also utilized to create our Client Extranets. To support our litigation matters, we use Concordance and Opticon, as well as LiveNote and Sanction. Unlike many firms, we have the capacity to process e-Discovery in-house, reducing client costs.
Buchalter lawyers are also active members of the communities in which they live and work. Leadership is a value the founding partners practiced and passed on to the current generation of attorneys. Our lawyers sit on the boards of prominent organizations, teach and lecture frequently. We actively participate in many associations and groups including the Public Law Center, San Francisco Legal Aid Society, Practicing Law Institute, California State Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the LACBA Domestic Violence Project, the Sojourner Center, the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Phoenix and many others.
Buchalter is consistently ranked among the leading law firms by Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers, The Daily Journal and the Los Angeles Business Journal. It is also ranked among the leading firms nationally by American Legal Media and the National Law Journal.
Buchalter's commitment to reflecting and enhancing the rich diversity of the clients and communities in which we practice is more than eight decades strong. The firm's diversity of attorneys and staff provides clients with a greater array of creative talent and alternative thinking, benefiting all.
Year this Office was Established: 1933
Lawyers Worldwide: 476
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Partners
Robert S. Addison Jr.
ShareholderKalley R. Aman
ShareholderPaul S. Arrow
ShareholderFarhad Bahar
ShareholderAdam J. Bass
ShareholderAriel A. Berrios
ShareholderFarah Bhatti
ShareholderOren Bitan
ShareholderBernard Bollinger
ShareholderMark A. Bonenfant
ShareholderWilliam S. Brody
ShareholderJed Burton
ShareholderHarry W. R. Chamberlain II
ShareholderLee C. Cheng
ShareholderArthur Chinski
ShareholderJohn Clough
ShareholderRick Cohen
Partner EmeritusRobert S. Cooper
ShareholderA. Blake Cooper
ShareholderMark T. Cramer
ShareholderJason Croft
ShareholderRobert J. Davidson
ShareholderSteven Di Saia
ShareholderJosh Escovedo
ShareholderDouglas P. Farr
ShareholderJoseph K. Fletcher, III
ShareholderTerry Freeman
ShareholderRobert S. Gillison
ShareholderJason E. Goldstein
ShareholderGabriel G. Green
ShareholderJulian Gurule
ShareholderBrian T. Harvey
ShareholderHarumi Hata
ShareholderRobert B. Hinckley Jr.
ShareholderDavid Hitchcock
ShareholderPeter V. Hogan
ShareholderWillmore (Bill) Holbrow III
ShareholderJohn L. Hosack
ShareholderPeggy Hosking
ShareholderSuzanne Cate Jones
ShareholderJeffrey H. Kapor
ShareholderDaniel Katz
ShareholderMatthew W. Kavanaugh
ShareholderEric Kennedy
ShareholderMitchell Kim
ShareholderLance Lehnhof
ShareholderRobert Collings Little
ShareholderCheryl M. Lott
ShareholderCarol K. Lucas
ShareholderDavid E. Mark
ShareholderMercedes O. Martin
ShareholderDamaris L. Medina
ShareholderMichael L. Meeks
ShareholderWilliam M. Miller
ShareholderRobert Miller
ShareholderJennifer Misetich
ShareholderMasahisa Mitsunaga
ShareholderJoshua Mizrahi
ShareholderTerese A. Mosher Beluris
ShareholderMichael Muse-Fisher
ShareholderPhilip Nulud
ShareholderC. Tyler Ohanian
ShareholderRichard P. Ormond
ShareholderR. Chad Pugh
ShareholderRajnish Puri
ShareholderJosiah R. Reid
ShareholderPeter Rho
ShareholderJoshua M. Robbins
ShareholderMary H. Rose
ShareholderKeven Rowe
ShareholderDaniel M. Rygorsky
ShareholderJoel G. Samuels
ShareholderWilliam Schoenholz
ShareholderAndrew Selesnick
ShareholderMatthew L. Seror
ShareholderDaniel H. Slate
ShareholderScott O. Smith
ShareholderBarry A. Smith, Esq.
ShareholderPooya E. Sohi
ShareholderSteven M. Spector
ShareholderThomas J. Speiss, III
ShareholderRyan D. Staley
ShareholderLarry Steinberg
ShareholderGeorge Stephan
ShareholderStephen J. Strauss
ShareholderBlake Terry
ShareholderJoseph Vargas
ShareholderTanya Viner
ShareholderMichael L. Wachtell
ShareholderPamela Kohlman Webster
ShareholderJeremy Weitz
ShareholderMarcus J. Williams
ShareholderMarlene J. Williams
ShareholderMichael Williamson
ShareholderRobert A. Willner
ShareholderPhilip J. Wolman
ShareholderJeffrey S. Wruble
ShareholderDaniel H. Wu
ShareholderMichael Zerman
ShareholderNikole K. Zoumberakis
ShareholderAssociates
Sarah Andrzejczak
AttorneyRonald J. Arias
AttorneyAnita Barooni
AttorneyAnjel Bonilla
AttorneyCameron Brown
AttorneyNatalie Bryans
AttorneySylvia Cheong
AttorneyNicolette A. Cohen
AttorneyKevin Connelly
AttorneyNicholas Couchot
AttorneyShir Davidovicz
AttorneyRachel A. Duboff
AttorneyOlivia Durnell
AttorneyAaron Elster
AttorneyPokuaa M. Enin
AttorneyEliana A. Fields
AttorneyZachary R. Fountas
AttorneyTrevor B. Fugate
AttorneyMichael Fuoroli
AttorneyKaren N. George
AttorneyTia Gonzalez
AttorneyFrank Herrera
AttorneyVahan Khodanian
AttorneyGraham Lambert
AttorneyMichelle Lopez
AttorneyAlfredo Lorenzo
AttorneyChadwick McCombs
AttorneyGrace Moore
AttorneyMarshall Olney
AttorneyMeghna Parikh
AttorneyTaylor Park
AttorneyColin Rowe
AttorneyEliana A. Spero
AttorneyMi Tran
AttorneyBrett Voets
AttorneyDaniel Zhivanaj
AttorneyOf Counsel
Russell Allyn
Senior CounselEfrat M. Cogan
Of CounselJessie Reider Cristo
Senior CounselMichael B. Fisher
Of CounselMichael C. Flynn
Of CounselJennifer Guerrero
Senior CounselLandon Hardcastle
Senior CounselDana Hobart
Of CounselKarl Israelsen
Of CounselGerald "Jerry" Janoff
Senior CounselVanessa LeFort
Senior CounselAaron M. Levine
Senior CounselC. Dennis Loomis
Of CounselMelanie T. Marcheschi
Senior CounselDanielle Mayer
Senior CounselSelena Medlen
Associate General CounselAshley Milnes
Senior CounselAndrea R. Musker
Senior CounselSteven M. Nakasone
Of CounselAnthony J. Napolitano
Senior CounselAlexandra Bijan Pakzad
Special CounselMancy Pendergrass
Senior CounselDallis Nordstrom Rohde
Of CounselNicole Sahagen Schiff
Of CounselScott M. Salomon
Senior CounselJack R. Scharringhausen
Senior CounselStuart A. Simon
Of CounselGordon Stuart
Senior CounselKenny Tamura
Senior CounselSarin Tavlian
Senior CounselBlake Tengberg
Senior CounselSusan P. White
Special CounselMichael J. Worth
Senior CounselOther
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NIL: Never-ending Intercollegiate Litigation
By: Stephen Best, Clayton Barnett, and Brian Adkins February 7, 2024 Whether you are a passionate supporter of college athletics or a casual sports fan, nearly everyone has heard the three letters, NIL. NIL (or name, image, and likeness) has quickly become part of the national sports lexicon ever since the United States Supreme Court opened the door for student-athletes to receive monetary compensation under National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston in 2021. Yet, it is likely an understatement to say that the Supreme Court “opened the door” to NIL, so much as they “broke the dam”...
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Eric Kennedy Featured in JD Journal
Unveiling the Versatile Life of Eric Kennedy: Managing Shareholder; Buchalter March 21, 2024 By: Maria Lenin Laus Eric Kennedy Takes Center Stage: A Rockstar Managing Shareholder Eric Kennedy, the managing shareholder at Buchalter’s Orange County office, is not your typical high-stakes litigator. While he navigates the legal intricacies of his profession, he also finds solace in the rhythm of rock music, occasionally taking center stage as the lead singer of his band, ‘Attractive Nuisance’. Kennedy’s journey from courtroom to concert hall offers a glimpse into the dynamic life of a legal professional with a passion for music...
Leah Lively Quoted in Law360
11th Circ. Wage Ruling Highlights Volunteer Benefit Pitfalls March 20, 2024 By Max Kutner, Law360 "Leah Lively of Buchalter PC, who represents employers, said an entity might consider not offering any volunteer benefits at all. "Do you need to be promising something for your volunteers?" Lively said. "And if you're promising something, is it beyond those basics of food, clothing, shelter that you would need, that might get you into trouble down the line?" An entity might want to make the benefit, or lack thereof, clear in any advertisements for volunteers, Lively said". To read the entire article, please click here...
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