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Thomas H. Petrides

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Thomas H. Petrides

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Thomas H. Petrides is a Shareholder in the Los Angeles office of Vedder Price and a member of the firm’s Labor & Employment practice group. He has practiced exclusively in labor and employment law on behalf of management for over 35 years.

Mr. Petrides represents management in all aspects of labor and employment law, including employment-related litigation and traditional labor law proceedings. Mr. Petrides regularly counsels a broad spectrum of clients on issues such as terminations, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour compliance, FMLA, ADA, OSHA, employment policies, trade secrets and union avoidance.

Mr. Petrides actively represents clients in the defense of wage and hour class actions under California law in both state and federal courts, including CAFA removal, as well as PAGA representative actions and FLSA collective actions, on issues including overtime, minimum wage, meal periods, rest breaks, wage statements, working off the clock and PAGA penalties.

He has extensive litigation experience at all procedural levels, including successful trials and appeals, on issues covering virtually every area of employment law. He also has managed numerous administrative proceedings before various state and federal agencies, as well as arbitrations before private tribunals.

His traditional labor experience includes the representation of management on negotiations, arbitrations and union-organizing campaigns, as well as proceedings before the NLRB, including bargaining unit determinations, election objections and unfair labor practice charges.

Mr. Petrides represents clients from a wide variety of industries and trades, including banking and financial services, manufacturing, construction, transportation, hospitality, health care, high tech, retail and service industries.

Mr. Petrides was recognized by Best Lawyers in America in the Litigation – Labor and Employment category for 2023 and 2024. He was recommended by Legal 500 USA in the Labor and Employment Disputes category for 2024. 

Mr. Petrides was also recognized by The American Registry (official and authorized partner of Martindale-Hubbell) as Distinguished Attorney for 2022 and 2023, as well as The American Registry’s Americas Most Honored Lawyers – Top 5% for 2021, 2022 and 2023.

 

 

 

Thomas H. Petrides

Shareholder

Education

  • University of Southern California Gould School of Law, J.D., 1984
  • Boston College, B.A., 1981

Thomas H. Petrides

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Bar Admissions

  • California, 1984

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1984
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1984
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1987
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1987
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1987

Affiliations

  • Member, State Bar of California, Labor and Employment Law Section

Thomas H. Petrides

Shareholder

Thomas H. Petrides

Shareholder