Stephen L Berry

Stephen L Berry


Paul Hastings LLP

Recognized since 2007

Costa Mesa, California

Practice Areas

Employment Law - Individuals

Employment Law - Management

Labor Law - Management

Qui Tam Law

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Stephen Berry is a partner and Chair of the Orange County Employment Law Department. He concentrates his practice in the representation of public and private employers in all aspects of employment law and labor relations, including defense of wage and hour and Fair Credit Reporting Act class actions, as well as employee mobility/trade secret protection, discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful discharge, whistleblower, and ADA Title III access lawsuits; union organizing and decertification campaigns, contract negotiations, strikes, and arbitrations; and administrative proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, California Fair Employment and Housing Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, and other federal and state agencies. Mr. Berry also provides preventative counseling and training in all of these areas.

Mr. Berry’s clients include major foreign and domestic-based international employers, including pharmaceutical, medical device, and other lifesciences biotechnology and technology firms, insurance companies, entertainment companies, container shipping lines and shipping terminal operators, transportation companies, and manufacturing firms.

Location
  • 695 Town Center Drive, Seventeenth Floor
    Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Education
  • Brigham Young University, J.D., graduated 1981

Paul Hastings LLP
Costa Mesa, California

90 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

65 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Employment Law - Individuals, Orange County (2024)
  • Labor Law - Management, Orange County (2024)
  • Employment Law - Individuals, Orange County (2022)
  • Labor Law - Management, Orange County (2019)
  • Employment Law - Management, Orange County (2018)
  • Labor Law - Management, Orange County (2015)
  • Employment Law - Management, Orange County (2012)
  • Labor and Employment Law, Orange County (2011)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Employment Law - Individuals
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Qui Tam Law
Special Focus:
  • Class Actions
  • Defense
  • Litigation
  • Management
  • State and Federal
  • Title VII Litigation
  • Trade Secrets
  • Wage-Hour Law
  • Whistleblowers
  • Wrongful Discharge

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