BIOGRAPHY

Professional Background

Attorney/Owner - Jones Law Group - San Francisco - May 2017-Present
- Mediation of individual party; and class, collective, and Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) representative employment disputes
- Court qualified expert witness testimony in court, arbitration, and through deposition and declaration.
- Neutral case evaluation
- Consulting in all areas of labor and employment law

Shareholder - Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak, & Stewart, P.C. - San Francisco - 2010-2017
- Chair California Wage & Hour Practice Group - Co-Chair National Wage & Hour Practice Group
- Member Class Action Steering Committee
- Retained employment law administrative enforcement expert to various national and international law firms with operations in California

Deputy Secretary, Special Counsel - California Labor & Workforce Development Agency - 2008-2010
- Responsible for enforcement activities of all Divisions of the Labor Agency, including the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (Labor Commissioner), Division of Safety & Health (Cal/OSHA), Employment Development Department (EDD), and Department of Industrial Relations (DIR)
- Provided legal advice and direction to state employee responsibility programs of the Office of the Governor.

Deputy Secretary for Policy and Enforcement - California Labor & Workforce Development Agency - 2007-2008
- Responsible for enforcement activities of all Divisions of the Labor Agency, including the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (Labor Commissioner), Division of Safety & Health (Cal/OSHA), Employment Development Department (EDD), and Department of Industrial Relations (DIR)

Acting California State Labor Commissioner and Chief Counsel - Division of Labor Standards Enforcement - 2005-2007
- Responsible for the enforcement of the California Labor Code and Wage Orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission
- Commissioner - California Commission on the Status of Women

Founding Member - Jones Law Group - 2000-2005
- Employment civil litigation representation to employees and employers
- General employment advice to high-tech employers in California and internationally
- Court Sponsored Mediator

Member and Partner - Various labor & employment firms - 1987-2000
- Labor negotiation and civil litigation practice

Lecturer in Graduate and Undergraduate Business and Management - University of Maryland European Division - 1983-1987
- Private and Public Sector Labor Law, Labor Relations, Human Resources Management, Contract Negotiation, Organizational Theory, and Special Topics in Business Management and Business Law

Professional Labor Negotiator - Employee Relations Consulting - 1975-1983
- Negotiating services to numerous labor representative clients in all areas of employee-employer relations and organizational matters with special emphasis on public sector contract negotiations, compensation and classification programs, and grievance representation

Education

Training

18 hour advance mediation training by John Paul Jones Group, 2004
40 hour Business Mediation Skills Training by Ron Kelly, sponsored by San Francisco Bar Association, 2003

Admitted to Practice

California
Nevada
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals - Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court - Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of California

Recognition