Veteran employment litigator and labor lawyer Sean Mcloughlin represents management and employers exclusively.

• Labor & Employment

• Santa Clara University School of Law – J.D. 1994
• Colgate University – B.A. 1991

Enforcement of Arbitration for PAGA Cases

Obtained favorable Court of Appeal decisions on behalf of large staffing agency client enforcing arbitration agreement in PAGA cases. Lewis v. Simplified Labor Staffing Solutions, Inc. (2022) 85 Cal.App.5th 983; Hunt v. Simplified Labor Staffing Solutions (July 14, 2023, No. B319792) [2023 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 4074].

PAGA Claims Against Financial Services Firm Dismissed

Obtained arbitrator’s order dismissing untimely individual and representative PAGA claims in arbitration on behalf of large financial services client.

Union Organizing Effort Quashed

Helped ambulance services client defeat union organizing effort in NLRB supervised election.

Compelling Arbitration Reduces PAGA Claims Exposure

Used recent Supreme Court decision to get dismissal of putative class claims in wage and hour case for large financial services client while compelling plaintiff’s Labor Code and PAGA claims to individual arbitration five years after adverse CA Court of Appeal decision upholding trial court’s initial decision refusing to enforce arbitration agreement in the case.

Wage and Hour Class Action Settled for Fraction of Demand

Used CCP 998 to force a low, six-figure settlement of putative class action wage/hour case after plaintiff’s counsel’s last demand at unsuccessful mediation was $2.5 million.

Dramatic Dilution of Class and PAGA Claims

Obtained L.A. Superior Court order striking putative class and PAGA allegations of copycat wage/hour class action based on individual settlement of identical previous putative class action and running of statute of limitations, precipitating nuisance value settlement.

Arbitrator Limits PAGA Claims in Wage and Hour Matter

Obtained arbitrator’s ruling limiting PAGA claims in wage/hour arbitration to individual PAGA claim under silent/ambiguous arbitration agreement.

Strategic Settlement in Wrongful Termination Suit

Negotiated modest settlement of plaintiff’s wrongful termination lawsuit to include arbitration provision that was then enforced against same plaintiff’s separate wage/hour class and PAGA lawsuit.

Class and PAGA Lawsuits Pushed to Individual Arbitrations

Compelled individual arbitration successfully in dozens of putative class and PAGA wage/hour lawsuits, resulting in dismissal of class claims and vastly diminished exposure for clients.

Defended Hospital in Union-Represented Nurses Claims

Enforced grievance arbitration provision of collective bargaining agreement (CBA) against putative class action wage/hour lawsuit filed by union-represented nurses against hospital client.

Settlement Agreement Leads to Bar of Claims in Arbitration

Enforced individual settlement agreement successfully to compel lawsuit to arbitration; once in arbitration succeeded in getting claims barred based on acts or omissions predating settlement.