AREAS OF PRACTICE

John Barber is Vice Chair of Lewis Brisbois's Employment, Labor and Workers' Compensation Department, and a resident of both the Los Angeles and Orange County Offices.  His practice is dedicated exclusively to representing and counseling employers in employment-related matters, including litigation, appeals, risk management, policy preparation, and training.  He routinely represents employers in State and Federal Courts, both in California and across the United States.  Mr. Barber also has extensive experience appearing before the California DFEH, DLSE, and EDD, as well as the United States EEOC, and Department of Labor.
 
Mr. Barber's practice has a particular emphasis, in addition to single-party discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wrongful termination actions, on wage-and-hour class action litigation.  He has defended dozens of class actions, and has specifically defeated Motions for Class Certification and, to date, Mr. Barber and his team have not lost a Motion for Class Certification.
 
Mr. Barber serves on the California State Bar's Executive Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section (2008 - 2011), and is also a member of the Los Angeles County Bar's Judicial Appointments Committee (2009 - 2012).  He also lectures and writes extensively, as reflected below.

ASSOCIATIONS

• California State Bar, Labor and Employment Law Section
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
• Orange County Bar Association
• Orange County Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section

ADMISSIONS

• California, 1992
• US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 2001
• US District Court, Central District, CA, 1992
• US District Court, Southern District, CA, 1994
• US District Court, Eastern District, CA, 1994
• US District Court, Northern District, CA, 1994
• United States District Court for the District of Colorado, 2005

REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKING AND TRAINING ENGAGEMENTS

• California Bar Association Annual Meeting, "Unscrambling the Alphabet Soup of Employee Leave Laws: FMLA, CFRA, ADA, and Workers' Compensation," September 26, 2010, Monterey, CA
• Greater California Livery Association (GCLA), "Top Ten Employment Mistakes to Avoid," June 8, 2010, Los Angeles, California
• Lewis Brisbois Orange County Employment Law Seminar, "Electronic Discovery," May 26, 2010, Costa Mesa, California
• ACI's Labor and Employment 16th Annual Public Conference, "Mediation of Employment Disputes," May 5-9, 2010, Philadelphia, PA
• Lewis Brisbois Los Angeles County Employment Law Seminar, "The Bermuda Triangle: Disability Leave Laws," November 18, 2009, Universal City, California
• California Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section's 27th Annual Meeting, "EPLI Presentation," October 23-24, 2009, Berkeley, California
• McDonald's Franchisees Employment Law Seminar, "Top Ten Mistakes in Terminating Employees," June 12, 2009, Los Angeles, California
• Lewis Brisbois Orange County Employment Law Seminar, May 28, 2009, Costa Mesa, California
• California Bar Association, 15th Annual Labor and Employment Public Sector Program, "New Developments for FEHA's Interactive Process for Reasonable Accommodation under Nadaf-Rahrov v. the Nieman Marcus Group, Inc.," April 3, 2009, Sacramento, California
• LBBS Inland Empire Annual Employment Law Seminar: "Employment Law Update," May 2006, June 2005, June 2004, September 2003, June 2002, June 2001, July 2000, July 1999, San Bernardino, California
• Altim Harmony, "Sexual Harassment Prevention," September 14, 2005, Ontario, California
• California Fair Plan- "Sexual Harassment Prevention," July 26, 2005, Los Angeles, California
• Defense Research Institute - Sexual Torts Seminar: "Avoiding the Multimillion Dollar Loss - Avenues for Cutting Off Damages," Scottsdale, Arizona, May 4-6, 2005; "Defending Educational Institutions," November 13-14, 2003, Chicago, Illinois 
• Council on Education in Management: California Personnel Law Update, February, 2005, San Jose, California
• Warner Brothers: "Elimination of Bias," Warner Brothers Entertainment, Inc., Legal Department, January 26, 2005  
• National Business Institute: "Fundamental Issues in California Human Resources Law," Pasadena, California, June 13, 2005; "California Labor and Employment Law," May, 2004, Pasadena, California; "California Labor and Employment Law," October 21, 2003, Anaheim, California; "Be E-Ware: Issues in Electronic Communications and Privacy," August 21, 2003, Anaheim, California; "Selecting and Terminating Employees," February 21, 2003, Pasadena, California; "Fundamental Issues in Human Resources Law," May 2002, Anaheim, California; "Basic Wage and Hour Laws," November 2001, Anaheim, California; "Fundamental Issues in Human Resources Law," September 2001, Pasadena, California; "Fundamental Issues in Human Resources Law," May 2001, Anaheim, California; "Fundamental Issues in Human Resources Law," September 2000, Pasadena, 
• California Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: 1994 to 2004, multiple seminars, topics and locations
• Emtek, Inc.: Sexual Harassment, February 2002, City of Industry
• Port of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles: "Sexual Harassment," May 2002
• Opamp Technical Books: "General Employment Law Training," January 2001, Los Angeles
• City-Wide Electronics: "General Employment Law Training," January 2001, El Cajon
• Independent Cities Risk Management Association: "2000-2001 Update on New Employment Laws and Legislative Developments," March 2001, Pasadena, California
• E-Tenna, Inc.: "General Employment Law Training," November 2000, Corona Del Mar
• National Association of Anesthesiologists: "Individual Liability in Employment Actions," October 2000, San Francisco, California
• American International Group of Companies (AIG): "Employment Law Update," September 1999, New York, New York
• Los Angeles Hotel Human Resources Association: "Sexual Harassment Policies and Training," April 1999, Beverly Hills, California
• KinderCare, Inc.: "Discrimination and Harassment," 1998, Portland, OR
• OregonOmnikron, Inc.: "Discrimination and Harassment," 1998, Westlake Village
• California Unemployment Insurance Council: "Sexual Harassment: Laws and Training," 1997, Long Beach, California

PUBLICATIONS

• Corporate Counsel Super Lawyer, 2008
• Employment Practices Quarterly, Editor, 2000–2004
• "Privacy At Work," CALIFORNIA LAWYER, October, 2003 (Participated in a roundtable discussion addressing privacy at work)
• "California Reaffirms Strict Liability for Supervisory Sexual Harassment," PLUS Publication, Spring, 2002
• "Doe v. Cap Cities," Entertainment Law Quarterly, 1997

appellate decisions

• Published Opinions:  Courtright v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., USDC ED CA, 2001 WL 858259; Rondon v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., USDC ND CA, 1998 U.S. Dist. Lexis 16137; Ely v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., USDC CD CA, 875 F.Supp. 1422 (1995); Romo v. Y-3 Holdings, Inc., 87 CalApp.4th 1153 (2001); Gardenhire v. Housing Authority, 85 CalApp.4th 236 (2000)

EDUCATION

• Loyola Law School, Juris Doctor, 1992
• Westminster College, Bachelor of Arts, 1989