Nasser, Catherine S.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Catherine Nasser represents management in all aspects of labor and employment law. Catherine has defended employers against claims under various state and federal laws, including wage and hour, antidiscrimination, and restrictive covenant as well as state law wrongful discharge, statutory, contract, and tort claims. Her experience includes representing employers in state and federal courts, administrative agencies, arbitrations, mediations, and other alternative dispute resolution proceedings.

A significant portion of Catherine's practice includes counseling clients in litigation avoidance. Catherine frequently assists companies in investigations, policy reviews, and in the settlement and negotiation of employment-related claims.

Catherine's practice also includes representing management in disputes with organized labor, including handling labor arbitrations and unfair labor practice charges, and assisting with collective bargaining negotiations.

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment

Representative Cases

• AstraZeneca defends against allegations of wrongful discharge, breach of contract and failure to pay wages , (2009)
• Chevron defends against age discrimination action brought by a former employee
• Chevron defends against purported nationwide FLSA collective action alleging unpaid overtime and meal and rest break violations
• Chevron defends against purported state-wide class action alleging meal period and unpaid overtime violations of California law
• Chevron defends against purported state-wide class action alleging off-the-clock violations of California law
• Chevron defends against single plaintiff race discrimination and retaliation claims arising out of reduction in force
• Chevron defends against wrongful termination action based on alleged retaliation for filing worker compensation claim
• IBM defends against nationwide FLSA action alleging misclassification of sales representation , (2009)
• IBM defends against purported nationwide class action alleging violations under FLSA , (2009)
• IBM defends against statewide class action alleging denial of overtime and other wage and hour issues , (2009)
• IBM defends against statewide class action alleging overtime violations under California law , (2009)
• IBM successfully defends against putative class action alleging misclassification of sales representatives , (2009)
• Lennar retains Jones Day for defense against claims of age and gender discrimination , (2009)
• Marvell defends against putative class action alleging misclassification of engineering employees
• McDonald's California defends against claims of discrimination, wrongful discharge and breach of contract , (2009)
• National City settles wage and hour class action challenging the exempt status of its underwriters and wage and hour issues
• Verizon Wireless defends against age discrimination action , (2009)

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
• Illinois

Education

• Northwestern University
• U of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Address

555 California Street
26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104

Phones

1.415.875.5829 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.415.875.5700 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com