Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Orange County Employment Attorney Wins Settlements for Employees

Written January 8, 2010 - Roger R. Carter 
By Roger Carter

Roger Carter is an Employment attorney in Orange County.  Mr Carter focuses on employment law and represents employees who have been wrongfully terminated, discriminated against, or not received proper wages including overtime pay. Within the last 4 years The Carter Law Firm's total recoveries has exceeded $100,000,000.

Some of his case wins include the following
Adv. VMWARE                 $6,500,000
2007: Plaintiff filed a Complaint against VMWARE (a worldwide IT product distributor who employs several “engineers” that were allegedly classified as “salary exempt” irrespective of their duties or daily tasks) on behalf of himself (a QA Engineer) and all employees who worked for VMWARE in California as software engineers, test engineers, systems administrators, QA engineers (platform solutions –automation engineer and manual testing), and QA 2 engineers (platform solutions – manual testing). This wage and hour class action sought the recovery of overtime compensation. In his complaint, Plaintiff alleged that VMWARE violated the California Labor Code and California Business & Professions Code § 17200 by classifying individuals in the enumerated job categories as exempt from payment of overtime under California law, failing to provide meal periods and rest breaks as required under the California Labor Code, and failing to provide adequate itemized wage statements. Plaintiff sought compensatory damages, restitution under California Business & Professions Code § 17200, and penalties under the Labor Code.

Adv. Lending Tree                 $2,500,000
2008: Plaintiffs filed a Complaint against Lending Tree (an online marketplace of lenders where consumers can complete a loan request and compare offers from competing lenders) on behalf of loan officers, mortgage bankers, equity specialists, and any similar positions, bringing causes of action for unpaid overtime, failure to provide meal breaks, unauthorized deductions, waiting time penalties, improper wage statements and unfair business practices.

Adv. Lone Star Steakhouse                 $750,000
2007: Plaintiff filed a Complaint against Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon on behalf of himself and others similarly situated. The complaint contained causes of action for failure to pay overtime compensation, unlawful business practices, failure to provide meal periods, failure to provide rest periods, failure to provide itemized wage statements, failure to pay wages upon termination of employment, failure to pay minimum wages and failure to provide and maintain uniforms (violations of Labor Code sections 1194, 226.7, 512, 203 as well as California Business & Professions Code section 17200).

If you need to speak with an Orange County employment attorney familiar with the Fair Labor Standard Act Laws then contact the Carter Law Firm.

Carter Law Firm
2030 Main Street, Suite 1300
Irvine, CA 92614
(949) 260-4737

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