LOS ANGELES – Dec. 3, 2021 – Global law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP’s Labor & Employment Wage & Hour Class Co-Chair and Shareholder Charles O. Thompson and Shareholder Ryan C. Bykerk will speak at the University of California’s virtual Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) Labor & Employment (L&E) End of Year Webinar Dec. 6. They will review important labor and employment cases, as well as relevant national and California stat legislation from the past year.
The university’s CEB programs are designed to help the legal community stay abreast of new developments and procedures in the field of law.
Thompson focuses his practice on employment litigation and counseling representing clients through all phases of class actions and single plaintiff cases. He has deep 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. Thompson 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.
Bykerk focuses his practice on helping clients develop strategies that meet their case-specific and larger business objectives and has broad litigation experience in both federal and state court. His practice primarily involves defending employers in wage and hour class/representative actions and individual actions asserting violations of federal and state employment law, but extends to general, commercial, and financial litigation. As a co-host of The Performance Review, a Greenberg Traurig podcast about California L&E law, Bykerk offers insight and discusses the latest trends and developments in California L&E law.
About Greenberg Traurig’s Labor & Employment Practice: Greenberg Traurig’s Global Labor & Employment Practice serves clients from offices throughout the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Members of the practice have had numerous trial wins and are frequently called upon to handle complex, bet-the-company, and large high-stake cases, including nationwide class and collective actions. On the labor side, a leading group of lawyers regularly represents management with labor-relations matters. Labor & Employment team members assist clients with complex employment issues, and design practical, proactive strategies that can be readily implemented by today’s human resources professionals. In addition, the practice is recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the areas of Labor and Employment Litigation, Labor-Management Relations, ERISA Litigation, Workplace & Employment Counseling, and Trade Secrets Litigation. Visit Greenberg Traurig’s Labor & Employment Blog for insights and analysis of the latest labor and employment developments, including legislation, regulations, cases, policies, and trends.
About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) has approximately 2300 attorneys in 40 locations in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. GT has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, diversity, and innovation, and is consistently among the largest firms in the U.S. on the Law360 400 and among the Top 25 on the Am Law Global 100. The firm is net carbon neutral with respect to its office energy usage and Mansfield Rule 4.0 Certified Plus. Web: www.gtlaw.com