USA – CALIFORNIA Law and Practice Contributed by: William C. Martucci, Laura M. Booth, Ashley N. Harrison and Carrie A. McAtee, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Ashley N. Harrison focuses on representing clients nationally in commercial disputes and employment matters. She has experience trying cases in both federal and state courts, including jury trials and bench
Carrie A. McAtee represents corporate employers across various industries in class action and other complex employment litigation matters nationwide. She has broad experience defending wage-and-hour
trials. Ashley’s work primarily includes defending companies in litigation involving business contracts, business torts, consumer credit disputes and a variety of employment-related issues, including non-compete agreements, harassment and discrimination claims, and high-stakes wage-and- hour matters. Ashley’s practice also includes defending complex class action and collective action claims. She has extensive experience handling both commercial and employment arbitrations, including trying an arbitration to final award before the American Arbitration Association. Ashley regularly works with clients in the insurance, construction, and retail industries, among others.
class actions and handling significant employment discrimination, harassment and whistle-blower claims throughout the country. Carrie’s wage-and- hour class and collective actions have involved claims for misclassification, rounding, off-the-clock work, donning and doffing, failure to properly use the regular rate when paying overtime and other pay types, meal and rest-break violations, and failure to reimburse expenses, as well as derivative claims for waiting time, wage statement and PAGA penalties.
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP 1800 K Street NW Washington, DC 20006 USA
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