Founded in 1996, Berger & Williams, LLP is a San Diego-based law firm that represents clients throughout the State of California. Our attorneys have extensive experience litigating cases to trial, and on appeal including to the California Supreme Court. We counsel and advise clients on a broad range of state and federal employment laws.
Whenever possible, we assist our clients with the goal of avoiding lengthy and expensive litigation. Where necessary, we aggressively prosecute and defend cases to achieve our clients’ stated goals. Our experience extends across the following types of matters:
- Business litigation in Federal and California courts throughout California
- Federal Department of Labor audits and investigations, and California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE or Labor Commissioner) claims, audit and investigations
- Complex and class action litigation
- Federal and California wage and hour issues
- Federal and California leave law compliance
- Retaliation, discrimination, and harassment matters
- Worker classification issues
- Termination, layoff and discharge issues
- Federal and California workplace closure issues
- Executive and shareholder disputes, including golden parachute and contract issues
- Trade secrets, non-compete agreements, and confidential and proprietary information
- Employee, Supervisor/Manager, and Executive training and counseling
- USERRA (military reemployment)
- Employment handbooks, policies, training and investigations