Philip B. Baldwin

Phil is an experienced litigator who advises and defends companies in complex labor and employment matters in civil court, arbitrations, and before administrative agencies, including:

• High-stakes class actions and representative actions under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA);
• Independent-contractor misclassification matters, including those in the “gig-economy”;
• Wage-and-hour disputes;
• Breach-of-contract and wrongful-termination disputes;
• Whistleblower/retaliation, harassment, and discrimination claims;
• Breach-of-duty-of-loyalty and unfair-competition claims;
• Traditional labor matters, including matters before the National Labor Relations Board.

Phil also regularly advises businesses relating to a broad spectrum of employment issues, including the creation of state-of-the-art policies and contracts, workplace investigations, terminations, worker-classification audits, and various other compliance issues.