Professionals

Bryan S. Westerfeld

Telephone
(949) 215-1997

Facsimile
(949) 215-1999

E-mail  bwesterfeld@calemployerlaw.com

Bryan S. Westerfeld represents and counsels employers in a variety of areas, including wage and hour litigation, employment discrimination suits, sexual harassment suits, ERISA litigation, trade secrets litigation, unfair competition claims, labor arbitrations, union campaigns, and collective bargaining.
Before joining Walraven & Lehman, LLP, Bryan was Counsel at O’Melveny & Myers LLP, where he practiced labor and employment law from 2001 to 2007.

Illustrative Professional Experience

• Defending a major ship-building company in two wage and hour class action lawsuits seeking overtime, meal and rest break compensation, and waiting time penalties.
• Defending a nation-wide communications company in several employment discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuits.
• Representing a major health plan insurer and administrator in various provider contract disputes, lawsuits involving provider fraud, and numerous ERISA litigation matters.
• Negotiating collective bargaining agreements for a large Southern California acute care hospital, including a contract covering over 600 registered nurses.
• Representing clients in the healthcare and security industries with respect to various unfair labor practice charges before the National Labor Relations Board and the California Public Employment Relations Board, as well as numerous labor arbitrations and union grievances.
• Representing a global investment and advisory firm in a multi-million dollar compensation dispute with a former shareholder.
• Defending a major airline in a gender discrimination lawsuit.
• Obtaining a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction on behalf of a storage network technology company in connection with the company’s claims against a former employee for misappropriation of trade secrets.
• Representing a large life science and chemical analysis firm in the successful defense of a Ninth Circuit appeal in a case alleging breach of fiduciary duty under ERISA.
• Obtaining asylum after a bench trial for a Columbian man who was kidnapped and tortured by communist guerillas.  (Pro Bono)

Education

• Order of the Coif
• Member, The George Washington University Law Review

University of California, San Diego, B.S.