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.
Jesse 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.
Prior to entering private practice, Jesse served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Mariana R. Pfaelzer, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Jesse has been named one of Southern California’s Super Lawyers by Law & Politics and Los Angeles Magazine (2004, 2006, 2010 & 2011).
- 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.
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January 27, 2011
In the Press
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July 17, 2012
Publications
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In this case with far-reaching and favorable implications for California employers, the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District upheld an underlying trial court’s decision to compel individual arbitration pursuant to an employment agreement that contains class and representative action waivers. Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC (June 4, 2012) (B235158). Despite the waiver clauses, the plaintiff had sought to bring his claims as an individual, as a putative class representative and in a representative capacity under the California Private Attorney General Act (PAGA). In upholding the decision, the appellate court specifically held that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in AT&T Mobility LLC. v. Concepcion (2011) 131 S. Ct 1740 is binding authority with respect to the enforceability of the employment agreement at issue and reiterated the Concepcion holding that “requiring the availability of class wide arbitration interferes with fundamental attributes of arbitration and thus creates a scheme inconsistent with the FAA.”
June 7, 2012
Advisories
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“Electronic Misconduct: What Liability Exists for Employers?” Workforce Management, October 2010.
October 2010
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January 7, 2010
Publications
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August 13, 2009
Advisories
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"Municipalities Cannot Deny Permits for Wireless Transmission Facilities Based on Aesthetics," California Real Estate Journal, February 13, 2006.
February 13, 2006
Past Events
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August 15, 2012
Seminar
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June 16, 2011
Seminar
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August 25, 2009
Seminar
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October 31, 2008
- Member of the Labor and Employment Section of the State Bar Of California.
- Former Board Trustee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Board Director of the Mexican American Bar Foundation
- Past Board Director of the Mexican American Bar Association