Practice Areas - Labor and Employment
- Class and Collective Action Defense
- Wage and Hour Law
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- Employment Compensation
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| University | Brigham Young University, B.S., summa cum laude, 1979; University of Redlands, M.A., 1984; Claremont Graduate School, Peter Drucker School of Management, 1986-1988 |
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| Law School | University of Mississippi, J.D., cum laude, 1992 |
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| Admitted | 1992, Mississippi; 1997, California |
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| Languages | German, Spanish and Bahasa Indonesia |
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| Born | San Bernardino, California |
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| Biography | Staff Attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1992-1994. Law Clerk to Hon. Walter J. Gex, III, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, 1994-1998.
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| ISLN | 900904637 |
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Sue An Employee, But Pay For Attorneys' Fees?Jimmie Johnson,John K. Skousen, January 5, 2012 Employers defending wage claims in proceedings before the California Labor Commissioner are not permitted to file complaints or cross-claims against their employees, but that's not the case when a complaint is filed in civil court. Employers faced with complaints from employees seeking unpaid wages...
How Do You Recapture Debt From An Employee's Final Paycheck? Very CarefullyJohn K. Skousen, October 5, 2011 Employers continue to be challenged with claims from terminated employees who received payroll deductions for debts they owed the employer. In a recent case employees brought a collective action in a California federal court seeking remedies for violations of California law and the federal Fair...
Court Clarifies Meaning Of "Commissions"John K. Skousen, July 5, 2011 California Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) Wage Orders exempt from California's overtime-compensation requirement "any employee whose earnings exceed one and one-half (1 ½ ) times the minimum wage if more than half of that employee's compensation represents commissions." State courts... |
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