Overview

Ryan L. Eddings represents management in all aspects of labor and employment law, including:.

  • Collective bargaining
  • Labor arbitrations
  • Agricultural Labor Relations Board proceedings
  • Harassment, discrimination, and retaliation
  • Wrongful termination
  • Wage and hour issues

Representing private-sector employers of all sizes, Ryan defends management against claims involving:

  • Unfair competition
  • Breach of contract
  • Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
  • The National Labor Relations Act
  • The California Agricultural Labor Relations Act
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • The Family and Medical Leave Act
  • The Fair Employment and Housing Act
  • The California Labor Code

Ryan regularly appears in California federal and state courts, as well as before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, and the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.

Additionally, Ryan devotes a substantial amount of his practice to advising clients in all aspects of the employment relationship, including:

  • Hiring
  • Terminations
  • Workplace violence
  • Reductions-in-force
  • Disability and leave issues
  • Non-compete and non-solicitation agreements
  • Employment policies, handbooks and contracts

Professional & Community Affiliations

Member

American Bar Association

Member

Illinois State Bar Association

Member

Fresno County Bar Association

Member

Fresno County Young Lawyers Association

Member, Board of Directors

Fresno County Young Lawyers Association

Former Vice Chair

Litigation Section, Young Lawyers Division

American Bar Association

Recognition

Named, The Best Lawyers in America®

2018-2023

News, Analysis & Press

Hospital to Pay $3.5 Million to Settle Nurses’ Meal Period Class Action

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

August 7, 2013

Wine Lovers Win Battle, Could Lose War

Loyola Consumer Law Review

2006

Court Ruling Allows Cable Firms to Restrict Access to Their Networks

Loyola Consumer Law Review

2006

Court Ruling May End Free Online Music Party

Loyola Consumer Law Review

2006

Tentative Agreement is EU-US "Open Skies" Talks

Loyola Consumer Law Review

2006

Seventh Circuit Splits From Sister Circuits Over Telephone Consumer Protection Act

Loyola Consumer Law Review

2006

Publishers Fight to Stop Google's Library

Loyola Consumer Law Review

2006

USDA Upset With Dairyman's Low Prices

Loyola Consumer Law Review

2006

FCC Endorses a la Carte Cable Menu

Loyola Consumer Law Review

2006

Trolls and Titans Take Fight to Top Court

Loyola Consumer Law Review

2006

Supreme Court Unknots Trying Presumptions

Loyola Consumer Law Review

2006

Lead Paint May Be Next Asbestos, Tobacco

Loyola Consumer Law Review

2006

Speaking Engagements

Education

  • J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 2006
  • B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2002

Bar Admission

California
Illinois

Courts

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois