About John

John R. Giovannone is a partner in the Los Angeles office where he represents employers in the full range of employment law matters, from single plaintiff to class-based wage/hour, contract, discrimination, harassment, and licensing litigation, and including traditional labor proceedings as well. While his bedrock skill set lies in employment litigation and trial advocacy, a major component of his practice involves advice and counsel so as to position his clients to avoid disputes where possible, and to prevail via litigation when necessary.

Specifically, he has litigated class actions and single plaintiff matters on behalf of employers in a wide array of industries including manufacturing, outside service and repair, financial services, defense contracting, aeronautics, commercial banking, healthcare, education, childcare, retail, pharmaceutical, construction, telemarketing, retirement services and assisted living, information technology, package delivery, and uniform services.

Giovannone has successfully litigated class and collective actions ranging the gamut of statewide, regional, and local scope under a wide-range of employment laws including, but not limited to, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Title VII, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), the California Labor Code including the California Private Attorneys’ General Act (PAGA), the California Education Code, the California Unfair Competition Law, the California Auto-Renewal Statute, and California’s Title 22 Child Care Licensing Regulations.

Giovannone also has extensive experience litigating issues pertaining to the interpretation and enforceability of arbitration agreements. He has represented management before federal and California state courts, as well as federal and state administrative agencies. He has successfully opposed numerous class certification attempts and has successfully brought motions for summary judgment, preemptive denial of class certification, class decertification, class action trial plan demands, reduction of the size of purported and certified classes (by as much 90%), terminating sanctions and to recover attorneys’ fees.

Giovannone also provides advice and counsel services to his clients regarding state and federal labor and employment law, including human resources training, policy drafting, and workplace investigations.

Areas of Practice

  • Class Actions
  • Wage and Hour Issues
  • Traditional Labor Law Unions and the NLRB
  • Wrongful Termination and Workplace Tort Litigation
  • EEO Litigation
  • Workplace Solutions, Advice and Training
  • Business Transactions and Restructurings

Education

Loyola Law School at Los Angeles, J.D. 2005, Honors

  • Editor & Published Author, Loyola Law Review

University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 2002, Honors

Presentations

Co-Presenter, CDF Webinar Series, October 2023

What is Happening at the NLRB? What Companies Should Know

Panelist, CDF Webinar Series, May 2023

What’s the Deal? - California Employment Law Issues in Business Transactions and Restructurings

Co-Presenter, CDF Webinar Series, August 2022

Tackling Key California Labor and Employment Law Issues in Acquisitions & Mergers

Co-Presenter, CDF Webinar Series, February 2022

What’s Happening At The NLRB - The Biden Agency That Unionized & Non-Unionized Employers Need To Be Most Focused On In 2022

Panelist, CDF Healthcare Education Webinar Series, October 2021

What Healthcare Employers Can Expect from the NLRB Under the Biden Administration

California Weddings and Events Heroes Monthly Meeting, October 2021

COVID-19 Compliance for California Employers and Related Wage/Hour Issues

Co-Presenter, CDF Webinar Series, August 2019

Important NLRB/Traditional Labor Law Developments

National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), June 2019

Deposition Skills

Co-Presenter, Sports and Fitness Industry Association, January 2019

A Review of California Employment Laws That Affect the SPORTS & Fitness Industry

Recognitions

Listed, Best Lawyers®, Employment Law - Management, Irvine, CA, 2023 - 204

Los Angeles County Bar Association

Listed, Pasadena Top Attorneys 2021 & 2022, Pasadena Magazine

Listed, Southern California Super Lawyers, 2017 - 2023

Listed, Southern California Super Lawyers - Rising Star, 2014 – 2015

Faculty, National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), Deposition Skills and Trial Examination

Best Lawyers Award Badge


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Civic Activities

Board Member, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Southern California, 2017 - Present

  • Chair, National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Dinner of Champions, 2021 - 2023

Board Member, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Los Angeles Chapter, 2008 - 2016

Related Case Results

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