Atty. Seth L. Neulight
Seth Neulight is a dedicated labor and employment attorney with over 20 years of experience serving employers and executives. Seth represents clients in disputes before state and federal courts, administrative agencies, and in arbitrations, with an emphasis on complex class and representative actions.
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Seth L. Neulight is a employment and litigation attorney based in San Francisco, California, practicing at Nixon Peabody LLP. Educated at DePaul University (J.D., 1996). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Employment Law - Management (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Labor and Employment (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Additional Areas of Practice: (2026). Serands clients in San Francisco, CA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Seth Neulight is a dedicated labor and employment attorney with over 20 years of experience serving employers and executives
- Seth represents clients in disputes before state and federal courts, administrative agencies, and in arbitrations, with an emphasis on complex class and representative actions
- He provides practical, business-oriented advice on matters such as workforce restructuring, restrictive covenants, wage and hour laws, leaves of absence, and labor issues in corporate mergers and acquisitions
- Seth serves clients in a range of industries, including technology, food and beverage, higher education, construction, retail, and hospitality
- What do you focus on?
- I defend employers in complex wage-hour and discrimination class, collective and representative actions
- I have served as lead defense counsel in hundreds of single- and multi-plaintiff lawsuits filed in California state and federal courts
- I have significant experience with claims of employment discrimination, retaliation, and harassment, wrongful discharge, and wage and hour violations under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and California laws including the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Labor Code, and Unfair Competition Law (UCL)
- I help clients navigate difficult employment issues such as leave obligations, disability accommodation, employment terminations, and reductions-in-force
- I negotiate and draft executive employment contracts and offer letters, incentive compensation plans, confidentiality and invention assignment agreements, and separation agreements
- I help clients develop personnel policies
- I regularly speak on employment law developments trends, and best practices for workforce management
- My practice also includes traditional labor relations
- I help clients respond to union organizing campaigns, provide union avoidance training, and negotiate collective bargaining agreements
- I defend clients in grievance arbitrations and unfair labor practice charges before the National Labor Relations Board
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Employment lawyers represent workers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage & hour disputes, and severance negotiations.
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Civil litigation attorneys for breach of contract, business disputes, civil rights, and class action lawsuits.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in California
Practicing law in California. Legal matters in California are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in San Francisco are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate California state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in California brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in California courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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