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Employment Litigation Defense

For private companies and mid-size employers who need a lawyer who has managed employment risk from both sides.

What this is.

California employment law is among the most complex and plaintiff-favorable in the country. PAGA, class action, wage and hour, discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination — the exposure is real, the litigation is expensive, and the stakes for a private company can be existential.

Kevin Chaffin represents employers who need more than a lawyer who knows the statutes. They need a lawyer who has managed a workforce of 3,000 employees across 13 states, defended 8 EEOC charges and resolved every one without going to a jury, handled OSHA enforcement and eliminated willful violation designations, and coordinated employment compliance during a company's fastest period of growth. He has been the decision-maker in that room. He knows what you are facing.

Who Kevin represents.

  • Private and closely held companies
  • Mid-size employers with 50–1,000 employees
  • Franchisees and multi-unit operators
  • Companies facing PAGA, class action, or wage and hour exposure
  • Employers responding to EEOC charges, DFEH complaints, and agency investigations
  • Companies with individual high-exposure discrimination, harassment, or wrongful termination claims

What Kevin brings that most employment defense lawyers don't.

Kevin served as General Counsel of a publicly traded company. He has sat across the table from EEOC investigators and OSHA enforcement officers — not just in litigation, but as the company's own legal decision-maker. He has advised boards on high-risk employment situations, built compliance programs from scratch, and negotiated the resolution of complex multi-state employment claims. When he is retained as outside counsel for your employment matter, he is not learning how companies make these decisions. He already knows.