Naeve, Robert A.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Bob Naeve's practice focuses on complex civil litigation. He has significant experience in unfair competition litigation involving allegations of theft of trade secrets, wrongful solicitation of employees, breach of duty of loyalty, and enforcement of pre- and post-term noncompetition agreements.

Bob is also deeply involved in program and facilities access litigation filed under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, California's Unruh Civil Rights Act and Blind and Disabled Persons Act, and various federal and state regulations and building codes. He has acted as lead trial lawyer in nationwide class actions involving the alleged inaccessibility of big-box retailers, Internet Web sites, and other programs and services offered by public and private entities. He also assists retail and other clients in implementing facilities accessibility plans and audits.

In addition, Bob represents employers in all aspects of employment litigation. He has acted as lead trial counsel in more than 30 wage and hour class actions challenging the employment practices of employers in the retail, banking, food service, and high-tech industries; and he has handled innumerable single plaintiff wrongful termination, employment discrimination, invasion of privacy, and other related claims.

For his public sector clients, Bob has acted as lead trial and appellate counsel in actions involving the Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act; the public's right of access to public records under California's Public Records Act; the amendments to Article I, section 3, of the California Constitution pursuant to Proposition 59; and program and facilities access under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and the California and United States Constitutions.

Bob has authored several books and monographs on employment law and regularly contributes articles regarding recent developments on the subject to local and national publications. He is a popular speaker and frequently lectures to employer groups and at in-house workshops regarding state and federal employment and discrimination laws. He also counsels local, national, and international companies on establishing personnel policies and handbooks.

Bob is a member of the American, California, and Orange County Bar Associations. He is listed in recent editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the field of labor and employment law, The Legal 500 US for employee mobility, and Chambers USA for employment and labor law.

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment

Representative Cases

• South Coast Repertory, one of the primary not-for-profit performing arts centers in Orange County, California receives corporate and employment advice

West Practice Categories

Collective Bargaining, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, Wage & Hour Laws, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Stanford University
• U of Southern California

Published Works

• ALERT: The Scope of California Kin Care Leave Rights Narrowed - At Least in Some Instances, 2010
• ALERT: California Supreme Court Rules that Attorneys’ Fees May Be Denied in Low-Recovery FEHA Cases, 2010
• Significant Labor and Employment Initiatives of the Obama Administration and 111th Congress, ABTL [Association of Business Trial Lawyers] Report, Orange County, Vol. XI, No. 1, 2009
• Brinker, Brinkley, and Beyond: Surveying California's Wage-Hour Field of Battle, 2009
• Brinker, Brinkley, and Beyond: Surveying the Field of Battle, 2008
• ALERT: California Appellate Court Holds that Meal Periods Must be Made Available to Employees; California Labor Commissioner Follows Suit, 2008
• Managing Laboratory Personnel: The CLIA and OSHA Manual, published by Thompson Publishing Company, New York, 2008
• Wrongful Termination: Reliable Policies to Avoid Lawsuits and Maintain At-Will Employment, published by Borgman Associates, 2008
• Pre-Employment Testing: Modern Employee Selection Techniques in a Legal Context, published by Borgman Associates, 2008
• Maintaining a Drug-Free Workplace: The Management Primer of Federal and State Laws Regarding Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace, published by American Somerset, Inc., 2008
• Managing ADA: The Complete Compliance Guide, a two-volume treatise regarding all five titles of the Americans with Disabilities Act, published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2008

Address

3161 Michelson Drive, Suite 800
Irvine, CA 92612-4408

Phones

1.949.553.7507 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.949.553.7539 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com