Jamie L. Gross

Jamie Gross is a partner in the firm’s Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Practice Group. She represents local, regional and national employers in a broad range of employment matters, with a particular focus on complex wage and hour litigation, class actions and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) representative actions throughout California. Jamie regularly advises clients across a variety of industries, including the energy sector, on employment-related risk management and compliance strategies.

Jamie has extensive experience defending employers in state and federal courts, as well as before administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the California Civil Rights Department. Her litigation practice includes the defense of wage and hour claims involving alleged unpaid wages and overtime, meal and rest break violations, reimbursement issues, wage statement claims and misclassification disputes, in both individual and representative actions. She also represents employers in matters involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination and breach of contract claims.

In addition to her litigation practice, Jamie counsels employers on day-to-day workplace issues, including employee handbooks and workplace policies, wage and hour compliance, workplace investigations, hiring and termination practices, leaves of absence, disability accommodations and the interactive process. She works closely with clients to develop practical strategies aimed at minimizing risk and preventing litigation.