Kayvan Iradjpanah represents and counsels employers in a broad spectrum of employment and labor law matters, including:

• Wrongful termination
• Discrimination and harassment complaints
• Wage and hour disputes and compliance
• Class action lawsuits
• Personnel policies, including employee handbooks
• Labor arbitrations
• Unfair labor practice hearings
• Workers’ compensation

Kayvan represents a variety of employers, ranging from Fortune 500 companies and small businesses to public entities, non-profit organizations, and educational institutions.  He regularly appears in state and federal court on behalf of clients.  He counsels employers by preparing and updating employee handbooks, tailoring personnel policies for specific industries/operations, and conducting trainings for managers.

Additionally, Kayvan has experience interfacing with public agencies, as well as litigating in administrative and arbitral forums, as follows:

• Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, Office of the Labor Commissioner
• California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
• U.S. Department of Labor
• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Arbitrations arising from collective bargaining agreements
• National Labor Relations Board
• California Public Employment Relations Board
• California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board
• California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board

Prior to joining Littler Mendelson, Kayvan served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Steven B. Berlin of the Department of Labor's Office of Administrative Law Judges. He also worked at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, where he interned in its legal department and for the Honorable Administrative Judge Daniel E. Leach. Kayvan also served as a counselor on employment law issues at the San Francisco Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center. In law school, he served on the board of the Employment and Labor Law Student Association and was development editor for the Hastings International and Comparative Law Review.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Iranian American Bar Association

RECOGNITION

• Recipient, First Place - Annual Student Writing Competition, Labor and Employment Law Section -  State Bar of California
• Recipient,  California Jurisprudence Award for Trial Advocacy
• Recipient, Best Oral Argument Award in Moot Court