Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Scott Dauscher is a Partner in the Cerritos office of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, and Ruud & Romo and is the Chair of the firm’s Class Action Defense Group.  Mr. Dauscher has extensive experience with class action lawsuits, particularly class actions involving claims for unpaid overtime, off-the-clock work and meal & rest periods.  Mr. Dauscher is one of just a handful of lawyers in California who has litigated a wage and hour class action through trial.  As Chair of the Class Action Defense Group, Mr. Dauscher manages the firm’s extensive class action practice.

Mr. Dauscher represents employers in various employment litigation matters, including wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, immigration, wage & hour, and prevailing wage litigation.  Mr. Dauscher aggressively litigates complex employment cases in state and federal court and has represented clients before numerous state and federal administrative agencies and arbitrations. 

In addition to his employment litigation practice, Mr. Dauscher also represents companies in various business litigation matters including unfair competition, trade secret, breach of contract, and other business tort litigation.  Among his many legal accomplishments, Mr. Dauscher recently obtained a judgment in excess of $1 million in a breach of contract case.  In another case, Mr. Dauscher represented an employer in a lawsuit against a former employee who embezzled from the company.  Mr. Dauscher recovered over $2 million from the former employee.  In a case in which a competitor sued a client for alleged theft of trade secrets, Mr. Dauscher obtained judgment in favor of his client.

In 2006, 2007 and 2008, Mr. Dauscher was named a "Southern California Rising Star" by Law & Politics and Los Angeles Magazine, based on a poll of selected Southern California lawyers.  This recognition honors exceptional Southern California attorneys who are under the age of 40.

Areas of Practice

• Class Action Defense
• Employment Law
• Business and Commercial Litigation

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Construction Law, Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

• California, 1999

Education

• Loyola Law School
  J.D.
• California State University
  B.S.
  Major: Political Science

Published Works

• California Supreme Court Rules That Reimbursement for Employee Expenses Can be Lumped with Salary or Wages
• Court of Appeal Provides Guide to When "Off-Hauling" is Subject to Prevailing Wages
• Publications (Contributor)
• Court of Appeal Provides Limited Victory in California Wage and Hour Wars, 2007
• California Supreme Court Continues To Closely Scrutinize Arbitration Agreements Between Employers And Employees, 2007
• California Supreme Court Holds Meal and Rest Period Payments are "Wages" Subject to a Three-Year Statute of Limitations, 2007
• The Brave New World of Electronic Discovery: Is Your Organization Prepared? Important Changes to the FRCP, 2007
• 9th Circuit Reverses Itself; Restricts Employers from Speaking Out Against Union Organizing, 2006
• California Construction Union Labor Agreements Set To Expire In 2006, 2006
• Sav-On v. Superior Court – California Supreme Court Allows Overtime Claims to Proceed As Class Action, 2004
• Ninth Circuit Strikes Down California Law that Barred Employers from Speaking Out During Union Organizing Campaigns, 2004
• Court Rules that Arbitration Agreements Can Preclude Labor Commissioner Enforcement, 2004

Address

12800 Center Court Drive, Suite 300
Cerritos, CA 90703

Phones

(562) 653-3200 (Business Phone)
(714) 826-5480 (Other Phone)

Faxes

(562) 653-3333 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.aalrrlaw.com