Atty. Sherry B. Shavit
SHERRY B. SHAVIT is a Partner in the Firm’s Sherman Oaks, California, office.
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Sherry B. Shavit is a Partner based in Sherman Oaks, California, practicing at Tharpe And Howell Llp. They have 29+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1997. Their practice focuses on employment, class action, and wage & hour. Admitted to practice in California All California State Courts All California U.S. District Courts U.S. Court of Appeals - N (1997). Educated at University of Southern California Law Center (J.D., 1997) and University of California, Los Angeles (B.S., 1992). Active member of Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) State Bar of California. Serands clients in Sherman Oaks, CA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- SHERRY B. SHAVIT is a Partner in the Firm’s Sherman Oaks, California, office
- She represents employers of all sizes, from Fortune 500 companies to local businesses, on a wide variety of class, representative and individual matters including wage and hour requirements, medical and disability leave, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, breach of contract and other actions, jury and bench trials in State and Federal courts, and routinely assists in hearings before governmental agencies such as the DLSE, DFEH and EEOC
- She also provides professional assistance on administrative matters such as employee handbook preparation and updates, the implementation/enforcement of policies and procedures, anti-harassment training, workplace investigations, workforce reduction/layoffs, proprietary information protection, and unfair competition concerns
- Some of Ms. Shavit’s successes include: • Obtained decertification of previously certified off-the-clock class. • Convinced Ninth Circuit to vacate District Court’s certification order of meal period class, including exclusion of individuals subject to arbitration agreement with class action waivers (2015 U.S
- App
- LEXIS 3657). • Defeated class certification in overtime, meal and rest period case (2014 U.S
- Dist
- LEXIS 125311). • Had partial summary judgment granted on overtime and meal period claims on preemption grounds (2014 U.S
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- LEXIS 124134). • Prevailing party in Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. v
- Holland, 197 Cal.App.4th 115 (2011) (reversing trial court’s ruling on key wage and hour issue for employers with employees working graveyard shifts). • Reversal of class certification order on wage and hour issues by Fourth Circuit. • Writ petitions for review granted in Ninth Circuit and California Court of Appeals. • Won summary adjudication motion on wage issue that resulted in dismissal of class claims in two lawsuits. • Won summary judgment in wrongful failure to hire case for technology consulting & outsourcing business. • Won summary judgment in two race and wrongful termination cases for an aerospace company
- In 2007-2010, Ms. Shavit was designated as a Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star in Law & Politics Magazine and Los Angeles Magazine
- She was also selected as a Top Attorney by Pasadena Magazine in 2012 and 2014 and is a contributing author to the CEB publication “Drafting Employment Documents for California Employers.” Memberships Los Angeles County Bar, Labor & Employment Section Professionals in Human Resources Association (PIHRA) [Legislative Affairs Chair – Woodland Hills District]
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Employment lawyers represent workers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage & hour disputes, and severance negotiations.
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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 Sherman Oaks 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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