Travis J. Anderson

Travis J. Anderson is an associate in the Labor and Employment and Business Trial Practice Groups in the firm's Del Mar Heights Office.

Areas of Practice

Mr. Anderson defends employers in civil actions involving various types of employment-related claims including wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, and unfair competition. He has experience in law and motion practice, deposition, trial, arbitration, and federal agency proceedings. Mr. Anderson also counsels employers and human resources professionals in employment law compliance and other matters. Mr. Anderson has served as a reporter on employment discrimination cases for Bender's California Labor & Employment Bulletin.

Mr. Anderson also practices general business litigation, including consumer class action defense. He has significant experience compelling arbitration, and defending businesses against California statutory claims under that state’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA), Unfair Competition Law (UCL), Rosenthal Act, Automobile Sales Finance Act (ASFA or Rees-Levering), and Vehicle Leasing Act.

Education

• J.D., University of San Diego, 2009, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Research Editor of San Diego Law Review
• B.A., Washington University in St. Louis, 2005, universali cum honore

Clerkships

• Extern to the Honorable Justice Gilbert Nares, California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division 1
• Intern to the Honorable Judge Ronald Prager, San Diego Superior Court

Admissions

• California
• United States District Court – Southern District of California

Articles

• "Consumer Arbitration Agreement Found Unconscionable As Case Law Develops Post Concepcion," 18 Association of Business Trial Lawyers Report, San Diego, Winter 2011  
• "In Brown v. Ralphs Grocery Co., California Court of Appeal Strikes Back on the Enforceability of Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements," 18 Association of Business Trial Lawyers Report, San Diego, Fall 2011

Class Action Defense Strategy Law Blog Articles

• "Class Action Waivers Are Enforceable Despite Any State Statutory Right To A Class Action," January 18, 2013
• "Another California Court of Appeal Rules That Concepcion Discredits Gentry's Rule Invalidating Most Class Action Waivers In Arbitration Provisions," August 17, 2012
• "Federal Law Preempts State Law Barring Arbitration Of Claims For Public Injunction," March 23, 2012 
• "The California Court Of Appeal Disagrees With The U.S. Supreme Court On The Enforceability Of Arbitration Agreements," November 2, 2011
• "Ninth Circuit Rules That The National Bank Act Preempts California's Unfair Competition Law," April 6, 2010

Labor & Employment Law Blog Articles

• "In A 2-to-1 Split Decision, The California Court Of Appeal Parses The Language Of An Agreement And Denies Arbitration Of California Labor Code Claims," October 19, 2012
• "California Court of Appeal Holds Defendant Did Not Waive Its Right To Compel Arbitration By Waiting Until After Class Certification Where Other Class Members--But Not Plaintiff--Had Agreed To Arbitrate," December 20, 2011
• "Ninth Circuit Affirms That Employees Who Work Outside California Cannot Use the California Unfair Competition Law to Vindicate Their Federal Overtime Rights," December 15, 2011
• "Ninth Circuit Holds that an Employer Need Not Reasonably Accommodate an Employee Who Does Not Meet the Job's Minimum Requirements," December 13, 2011
• "California Court of Appeal Holds that Courts Must Consider "All Relevant Evidence," Including Hearsay, in Deciding Whether to Issue Injunctions to Prevent Workplace Violence," December 13, 2011
• "Ninth Circuit Rules That An Employee Who Quits Because The Business Is Closing Has Not "Voluntarily Departed" Under the WARN Act," January 26, 2011
• "California Court of Appeal Holds "No Overtime" for UPS Supervisor," December 15, 2010
• "DLSE Issues Opinion Permitting Employer Deductions of Vacation and/or Sick Leave for Absences of Less than Four Hours," December 1, 2009