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Paul Cowie | Partner
Paul Cowie, partner in the Labor & Employment Practice Group and the Office Managing Partner. Paul focuses on defense work for a variety of industries including retail, technology, and manufacturing related to a wide range of employment disputes, including discrimination and harassment, independent contractors and the sharing economy, wrongful termination and whistleblower complaints.
pcowie@sheppardmullin.com | 650.815.2648
Representative matters:
•Currently handling approximately a dozen class actions involving claims for all variety of alleged wage and hour violations, including misclassification, meal and rest breaks, minimum wage, bag checks, expense reimbursement, uniforms, joint employment, piece rate, and PAGA. Paul also has several active single Plaintiff cases involving alleged discrimination retaliation and wrongful termination.
• 2015: Dismissal with prejudice without any payment for his client Brookdale Senior Living with respect to a former employee’s age discrimination and wrongful termination suit.
• 2015: Dismissal for Cox Communications without paying a cent on Plaintiff’s six causes of action including for Wrongful Termination in Violation of Public Policy and Negligent Investigation.
• 2015: Represented Benchmark Electronics in defeating Plaintiff former employee’s claims for wrongful termination and retaliation under Labor Code section 1102.5 without paying a penny.
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