Carrie A. Gonell focuses her practice on complex employment litigation and counseling, regularly representing employers in the financial services, retail, and technology industries. She has experience litigating Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state wage claims, including individual claims and collective, representative, and class actions, in California, New York, and jurisdictions around the country. Carrie has successfully compelled arbitration, defeated class certification, and helped negotiate many favorable settlements of wage and hour actions.
She also has experience with oral advocacy in courts throughout California and nationally, including but not limited to the California Supreme Court, the Ninth and Second Circuits, and the federal Multidistrict Litigation panel. Carrie also advises clients with respect to compliance with the FLSA, state wage payment statutes, and other wage and hour requirements.
Wage and Hour Class and/or Collective Action Experience
Arbitration
Fellow, The College of Labor & Employment Lawyers
Member, Practice Group of the Year, Employment, Law360 (2019)
Writing and Research Editor, Fordham Law Review
Adjunct Faculty Member, Fordham University School of Law
Rising Star, Labor and Employment Law, Law360 (2012)
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