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Jesse M. Jauregui

Partner


Jesse Jauregui, a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office, has a developed practice in matters involving employment law, telecommunications law and civil litigation.

Mr. Jauregui represents corporate management in the defense of a wide variety of employment claims. Jesse also conducts workplace misconduct investigations and provides counsel to management on electronic privacy rights issues. Jesse also represents national wireless telecommunications carriers in matters ranging from litigating entitlements for wireless transmission facilities, to the defense of consumer-based, unfair business practice claims, to advice and counsel on regulatory compliance issues.

Throughout his career, Jesse has used his bilingual abilities in a variety of settings, from conducting workplace investigations in Spanish, to providing corporate clients with analysis of construction project transactions in Latin America. As a former City Attorney in Los Angeles county, Jesse also has experience litigating public entity matters, including defending lawsuits filed against police departments and individual officers.

Representative Experience

  • Lead trial and appellate counsel in an alleged whistleblower action. Successfully argued the matter in the California Court of Appeals, resulting in a published decision addressing the scope of discovery rights of employers in California whistleblower cases. Gonzalez v. Superior Court, 39 Cal. Rptr. 2d 896 (1995).
  • Lead investigator in a sensitive sexual harassment investigation for a major entertainment conglomerate involving a nationally known film and television actor.
  • Co-trial counsel in a U.S. District Court action successfully defending an individual police officer accused of using excessive force in a police canine case.
  • Lead trial counsel in a successful administrative prosecution of employee terminations by a public entity water district.
  • Lead counsel in successfully overturning a denial of permit for the siting of a wireless transmission facility in Los Angeles.
  • City Attorney for two cities in Los Angeles County and special counsel to various police departments in Southern California.
  • Lead investigator in various workplace misconduct investigations, including investigations involving allegations against in-house security and H.R. personnel.


Publications
October 2010
“Electronic Misconduct: What Liability Exists for Employers?” Workforce Management, October 2010.
January 7, 2010
August 13, 2009

Jesse M. Jauregui

333 South Hope Street
16th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-3004
Phone: 213-576-1157
Fax: 213-576-1100

Education

  • Loyola University
    (J.D., 1985)
  • Yale University
    (B.A., 1979)

Admitted to Practice

  • California

Languages

  • Spanish