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Our Plaintiff filed a class and representative action lawsuit on behalf of more than 4,600 non-exempt employees who worked at Defendant’s 43 Carl’s Jr. locations across North and Central California. Plaintiff alleged that Defendant violated the California Labor Code by failure to provide compliant meal and rest breaks, pay all...

Matern Law Group, on behalf of three Plainiffs, brought a class and PAGA action against Leonardo’s Restaurant, Inc., La Noria Entertainment, Inc., Leba, Inc., Fermax, Inc., Leolo Inc., El Leon Restaurant, Inc. and Leonardo Lopez, alleging various Labor Code violations. The class included all persons employed by defendants as non-exempt...

Matern Law Group represented Plaintiff Dominga Navarro, a minimum wage factory worker, in a case against 4Earth Farms, Inc. and MCL Fresh, Inc. alleging sexual harassment and other related claims. After almost one-and-a-half years of litigation, and a 13-day trial with over 20 witnesses, a Los Angeles County jury found...

A Guest Advisor of one the U.S.’s largest retailers filed a complaint on behalf of herself and over 15,000 other employees. In her complaint, she alleged that the company failed to: provide meal and rest breaks, pay minimum wages, pay overtime wages, furnish accurate itemized wage statements, pay all wages...

$560,000 Awarded to Property Management Leasing Consultant in Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation Discrimination and Harassment Suit During his employment with a property management company, the plaintiff, a black, non-heterosexual, transgender person, alleges he was continuously subjected to egregious and offensive comments by his supervisor about his race, sexual orientation...

A Micro Kitchen Attendant, on behalf of herself and other non-exempt California employees of a large on site food service company, filed a complaint against their employers for failure to: provide full, timely, uninterrupted, and duty-free meal breaks and rest breaks and pay premium payments for non-provision of compliant meal...

  Sanchez v. McDonald’s: Following a bench trial in a certified class action, Matern Law Group and its co-counsel secured a $26m settlement on behalf of 38,000 hourly employees at McDonald’s corporate-owned restaurants throughout California.

Matern Law Group successfully negotiated a large settlement for a group of 18,000 delivery drivers who were not properly compensated for missed breaks or adequately reimbursed for vehicle use.

Automotive retailer settled a class action lawsuit on behalf of a group of former employees who accused the company of wage violations.

Rich v. Koi Restaurant: A waitress who suffered numerous incidences of sexual harassment at the hands of her supervisor at Koi Restaurant was awarded compensatory and punitive damages.

Barba v. Blue Boys, Inc. Matern Law Group Attorney Dalia Khalili won more than $2 million in compensatory and punitive damages for two clients who accused industrial supply company Blue Boys, Inc. of sexual harassment and retaliation.

Ventura v. ABM Industries: A janitorial worker prevailed in a trial against her former supervisor at a facilities services company, whom she had accused of threatening, harassing, and assaulting her throughout her employment.

Goldstein v. Exxon Mobile Corp: After multiple incidences of oil leaks, excessive flaring, and fires, alarmed residents of Torrance, Calif. filed a class action lawsuit against the refinery’s current owners, alleging that it posed a safety and environmental hazard to the community.

Matern Law Group received class-action certification on behalf of 350 hotel workers upon discovering the opposing defense firm was representing both the hotel operator and several of the workers suing the company for alleged wage-and-hour violations.

ABM Industries Overtime Cases: Thousands of janitorial workers were allowed to move forward with their class-action wage dispute after Matern Law Group’s argument that trial court’s initial refusal to certify the case constituted an abuse of discretion.

Matern Law Group won a settlement of $4.75 million in a 5,100-member class action lawsuit. The deal resolved wage-and-hour claims stretching back to 2011.

Matern Law Group certified a class action lawsuit and successfully negotiated a large settlement for a group of 800 factory workers who were deprived of proper breaks, wages, and overtime by a Fortune 500 company.

Pantoja v. Anton: Through Matern Law Group’s diligence, an outdated legal precedent that protected repeat offenders in sexual harassment cases has been overturned. An established history of harassment complaints is now admissible evidence in newer cases against a defendant.