practice areas

Labor & Employment Systemic Employment Litigation Employment Counseling & Litigation Media & Information California Wage & Hour FLSA/Wage & Hour Life Sciences Individual Employee Litigation and Arbitration Healthcare

bar admissions

California

court admissions

U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Central, and Southern Districts of California

Barbara A. Fitzgerald

Email: bfitzgerald@morganlewis.com

Los Angeles
300 South Grand Ave, 22nd Fl.
Los Angeles, CA 90071-3132
Phone: 213.612.7208
Fax: 213.612.2501

practice accolades

Labor & Employment

The American Lawyer Magazine's Litigation Department of the Year – Labor and Employment Law Finalist 2004, Winner 2006, Finalist 2008, Finalist 2010, and Finalist 2012

Listed in the highest tier for National Labor and Employment Practice in Chambers USA 2012

Ranked in the top tier by The Legal 500 for Labor and Employment Litigation, ERISA Litigation, Labor-Management Relations, and Workplace and Employment Counseling (2012)

Ranked, National Tier 1: Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor & Employment by U.S. News and Best Lawyers (2011-2012)

Ranked #1 for "Most Prestigious" Labor and Employment Practice, Vault 2012 Associate Survey

education

University of Southern California Law School, 1990, J.D.

University of California, Davis, 1983, B.S.

Publications

Date	Title	Publication
11/12/12November 2012	Suggested Guidelines and Best Practices for Unpaid Internship Programs, Bender's California Labor and Employment Bulletin View Article	Article
04/28/094/28/2009 - 4/30/2009	Everything You Need To Know About Employees, Temporary Employees, Independent Contractors and Joint Employees, presented at the SHRM Staffing Management Conference, Las Vegas	Speech
01/22/0901/22/09	Employment Law in California: The Year in Review & The Year Ahead View Presentation	Webinar
05/07/0805/07/08	California Employment Law Update, presented at Morgan Lewis's Advanced Employment Law Forum, Irving, TX	Speech
12/11/0712/11/07	West Meets East: Navigating the Maze of California Labor and Employment, New York, Princeton, and Philadelphia	Speech
08/01/07August 2007	California's Talent Agencies Act, Ready For Its "Close-Up," Bender's California Labor and Employment Bulletin	Article
03/05/072007	Sexual Harassment Litigation in the U.S., presented to Nippon Keidanren, Tokyo	Speech
09/12/0609/12/06	New Employee-Friendly Retaliation Standards: The Road Ahead for Employers View Presentation	Webinar
05/07/055/7/2005 - 5/9/2005	Attaching Talent to a Motion Picture Project, presented at the 2005 Annual International Film and Television Finance Summit, New York	Speech
01/01/02January 2002	Recent Developments in Employment Law, presented to the Professionals in Human Resources Association, Los Angeles	Speech
12/01/00December 2000	Termination of Employment – The Do’s and the Don’ts, presented to Lorman Education Services, Los Angeles	Speech
02/01/00February 2000	Recent Developments in Employment Law, presented at the California Labor Letter Symposium, Los Angeles	Speech
11/13/9911/13/1999	Uses and Abuses of Psychological Evaluations, presented to the Industrial and Organizational Division of the California Psychological Association, Los Angeles	Speech
10/01/97October 1997	Recent Developments in Employment Law, presented at the 1997 Annual Employment Symposium, Los Angeles	Speech

Date	Title	Description
Jan 03, 2008	Leader of the Pack: American Lawyer Litigation Department of the Year Finalist	The American Lawyer named Morgan Lewis a finalist in its 2008 Litigation Department of the Year -- Labor and Employment Law category.
May 15, 2006	Morgan Lewis Launches Labor Group in Orange County; Labor Litigator Switches to Morgan Lewis, San Francisco Daily Journal