We are pleased to announce the placement of Laura Reathaford with Lathrop Gage in Los Angeles. Ms. Reathaford is a former partner with Blank Rome in Los Angeles.
Ms. Reathaford focuses her practice on management-side employment litigation, with an emphasis on wage and hour collective and class actions, including representative actions under the Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”). Ms. Reathaford represents the management of public and private businesses in the banking, healthcare, telecommunications, and grocery retailer industries, both in California and nationwide.
Ms. Reathaford has litigated a variety of employment disputes, including claims for wrongful termination, sexual harassment, unpaid wages, discrimination, and representing management against union grievances. She is also an experienced trial attorney having received favorable judgments in FLSA and PAGA actions as well as in single plaintiff retaliation matters.
Ms. Reathaford was named 2019, “Labor & Employment Star – West,” listed in Benchmark Litigation, 2018; “Top 100 Women Lawyers in California,” listed by Daily Journal; 2018, Finalist, “Leaders in Law,” listed by Los Angeles Business Journal; 2018, “Woman of Promise,” by Comerica Bank and the Los Angeles Lakers’ Women’s Business Awards; 2013-2018, Southern California Rising Star, listed by Super Lawyers.