Morgan Lewis
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Practice Areas

Practice Accolades

Labor and Employment

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

Listed in the highest tier for National Labor and Employment Practice in Chambers USA 2008

Ranked #1 for "Most Prestigious" Labor and Employment Practice, Vault 2008 Associate Survey

Honors + Affiliations

Member, Order of the Coif

Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Legal Writing and Research

Bar Admissions

  • California
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Jennifer E. White-Sperling
Of Counsel


Email: jwhite-sperling@morganlewis.com
Irvine
5 Park Plaza, Suite 1750
Irvine, CA 92614-3508
Phone: 949.399.7114
Fax: 949.399.7001

Jennifer E. White-Sperling is of counsel in Morgan Lewis’s Labor and Employment Practice. Ms. White-Sperling represents clients in all aspects of labor and employment, with a focus in class action defense. She has managed the defense of wage and hour putative class and representative actions. Her background also includes labor and employment litigation for management (including all forms of discrimination and harassment, wrong discharge, and wage and hour litigation) and employer advice and counseling for private and public entities.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Ms. White-Sperling was a partner at an established labor and employment boutique law firm in California.

Ms. White-Sperling received her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of California, Hastings. While in law school, Ms. White-Sperling externed for Judge Marvin Baxter of the California Supreme Court. She received her Masters of Urban Planning from California Polytechnic State University, Pomona in 1988 and her B.A. in social ecology from the University of California, Irvine in 1981. Prior to attending law school, Ms. White-Sperling worked as a city planner for seven years for the City of Irvine, California.

Ms. White-Sperling is admitted to practice in California.

Education

  • University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1993, J.D., Magna Cum Laude
  • California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, 1988, M.U.P.
  • University of California, Irvine, 1981, B.A.