Douglas R. Hart

Douglas R. Hart is a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice Group in the firm's Los Angeles office.

Areas of Practice

Mr. Hart is an experienced trial lawyer and has successfully represented employers in several jury trials.  He represents employers in state and federal court and before state and federal administrative agencies with respect to all aspects of employment law and labor relations including wrongful discharge, employment discrimination, National Labor Relations Act, and wage and hour issues.  He has represented employers in major union organizing campaigns, and has significant experience with the financial services, insurance, healthcare and construction industries.

Mr. Hart regularly counsels employers on personnel policies and procedures, employee discipline matters, corporate restructuring and reorganizations, labor relations issues pertaining to mergers and acquisitions, executive compensation and employment contracts.

Education

• J.D., University of Nebraska, Managing Editor, Nebraska Law Review, author of Res Judicata, Collateral Estoppel and Title VII: Tool or Trap for the Unwary, 62 Neb. L. Rev. 384 (1983), authored "Model or Aberration? The Law of Wrongful Termination in California," Institute, University of Nebraska Law School, 1991, and "Wrongful Discharge: The Expanding Concept of Individual Rights In Action," Institute, University of Nebraska Law School, 1987, co-authored "Time Bomb In the Work-Place: AIDS Discrimination," U.S.C. Institute for Corporate Counsel, 1984, highest honors
• M.S., Montana State University, 1981, highest honors
• B.S., Montana State University, 1980, highest honors

Admissions

• California
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Federal District Courts in California

Complex Litigation/Trial Experience.  Mr. Hart specializes in large complex employment litigation. He is lead counsel for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in the largest employment related class action in Los Angeles County's history.  He was awarded the Sheriff's Department Attorney of the Year Award in recognition of his success at handling the class action lawsuit.  Mr. Hart is also lead counsel in one of the largest wage and hour class actions ever filed in California and is also lead counsel in several other wage and hour class action lawsuits currently pending in California Superior Courts and in federal courts throughout the country.

Memberships

• Member, State Bar of California
• Member, Labor Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association

Articles

Mr. Hart was co-author of the California Labor and Employment Alert newsletter.