Spiro Moss LLP is hiring for two positions

Spiro Moss has actively litigated wage and hour class actions since the firm opened its doors in early 2001, and the firm continues to protect wage and hour rights as part of its employee and consumer class action practice.  Located in West Los Angeles, the firm is currently hoping to fill two positions:

1. Spiro Moss is seeking to hire a California-admitted lawyer, with at least seven years of experience handling wage and hour class actions.  Experience should include several years handling the bulk of the work on wage and hour class actions (depositions, other discovery, pleading motions, motions for summary judgment, class certification, and settlement approval).  Experience with consumer class actions is a plus.
2. Spiro Moss is also looking to hire a paralegal who has experience in all types of employment cases, including both wage and hour matters and individual employment cases involving discrimination, termination, harassment, family leave, etc.  This position is for someone who is good at communicating with clientele.  Substantial experience with Microsoft Excel and document review are essential.  Spanish speaking is a plus.

Intereseted candidates should send resumes, writing samples, and anything else that might be helpful, by e-mail to  Email is preferred, but fax and mail are also okay. Contact information is as follows: Ira Spiro, Spiro Moss LLP, 11377 W. Olympic Blvd., Fifth Floor, Los Angeles, California 90064, Fax 310-235-2456.

Update on D.R. Horton: NLRB decides case in favor of employee rights

Spiro Moss submitted an amicus brief to the NLRB in D.R. Horton and Cuda, case 12-CA-25764.  The NLRB's decision, released in early January, closely follows the analysis supplied by Spiro Moss and represents an important decision protecting the rights of many employees to bring class or collective actions to improve their working conditions.  A copy of the decision is available through this blog post.

Spiro Moss files amicus brief with NLRB in D.R. Horton, Inc. and Cuda

The National Labor Relations Board invited amicus briefs in the matter of D.R. Horton and Cuda, case 12-CA-25764.  The issue presented by the Board is as follows:

Did the respondent violate Section 8(a)(1) of the Act by maintaining and enforcing its Mutual Arbitration Agreement, under which employees are required, as a condition of employment, to agree to submit all employment disputes to individual arbitration, waiving all rights to a judicial forum, where the arbitration agreement further provides that arbitrators will have no authority to consolidate claims or to fashion a proceeding as a class or collective action?

Spiro Moss submitted an amicus brief that addresses arguments similar to those presented by Spiro Moss as counsel for amicus curiae Consumer Attorneys of California in the matter entitled Brown v. Ralphs Grocery.  Senior Associate H. Scott Leviant authored the brief for Spiro Moss.

Fee application now available in Lopez v. Kmart Corporation

Plaintiff's Motion for Award of Class Representative Enhancement, Attorney's Fees, and Costs is now available for review here.

Spiro Moss successfully certifies class of Employment Case Managers employed by Maximus, Inc.

On June 17, 2011, the United States District Court for the Central District of California (Judge Joesphine Staton Tucker) certified, in part, a class action alleging that Employment Case Managers employed by Maximus, Inc. were not paid overtime at the correct regular rate of pay, did not receive accurate itemized wage statements, did not receive all wages due and payable at time of discharge, and worked off-the-clock.  The Order is availabe here.

Linh Hua named in the Rising Stars Edition of Super Lawyers for 2011

Spiro Moss is proud to announce that associate Linh Hua has been named in the 2011 Southern California Rising Stars Edition of Super Lawyers magazine.  Ms. Hua, who is only in her fifth year of practice, was recognized for her exceptional accomplishments in the "Employment & Labor" practice area.  The firm is understandably proud of Ms. Hua's achievement.

H. Scott Leviant speaks at Bridgeport's Mid Year Wage & Hour Litigation Conference

On June 3, 2011, Spiro Moss senior associate H. Scott Leviant spoke at Bridgeport's Mid Year Wage & Hour Litigation Conference in San Diego, California.  Speaking with Julie Trotter, of Call & Jensen, they addressed the wage & hour ramifications of AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion (April 27, 2011), among other topics.

Spiro Moss authors amicus brief for CAOC; challenges extension of AT&T v. Concepcion to employment cases

On May 23, 2011, the Second Appellate District, Division Five, granted Consumer Attorneys of California ("CAOC")  leave to file their proposed brief as amicus curiae in support of the plaintiff in Brown v. Ralphs Grocery Company.  What would normally have been a standard request for leave to file an amicus brief was rendered somewhat less standard in light of the fact that oral argument had already occurred in Brown.  The Court of Appeal requested supplemental briefs on the question of whether AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion (April 27, 2011) precludes the Gentry v. Superior Court (2007) 42 Cal.4th 443 defense to certain arbitration agreements.  After determining that the parties had not already addressed the issues, CAOC presented several bases for rejecting the contention that Concepcion overruled Gentry.

H. Scott Leviant was the primary author on behalf of CAOC.  Dennis F. Moss, Gregory N. Karasik, and J. Mark Moore of Spiro Moss LLP and David M. Arbogast of Arbogast & Berns LLP also contributed to CAOC's brief.  Spiro Moss will soon make a draft of the brief available on this website.

Update on Saturday, May 28, 2011 at 4:50PM by Spiro Moss

A draft of the Brief is available here.

Fee application now available in Casique, et al. v. ValleyCrest Landscape Development, Inc.

Plaintiffs' Motion for Award of Class Representative Enhancement, Attorney's Fees and Costs is now available for review here.

Fee application now available in Barajas v. Menzies Aviation, Inc.

Plaintiff's Motion for Award of Class Representative Enhancement, Attorney's Fees, and Costs is now available for review here.