Christopher J. Mead is a partner in the firm’s Labor and Employment group and concentrates his practice on employment and labor litigation and counseling and business litigation. He focuses on risk reduction and management and practical solutions to day-to-day employment issues arising from California's complex web of employment laws. When asked his ideal client, he responds: "A business with employees."

His representation of employers in litigation includes state and federal courts and the full gamut of state and federal administrative agencies in discrimination, wrongful discharge, wage and hour, trade secret and misappropriation, sexual harassment, and retaliation matters. He has litigated wage and hour matters (on both individual and class basis) and labor matters with the National Labor Relations Board, private arbitrators, and in federal court. His last jury trial was a defense of wrongful discharge and retaliation claims conducted in Mandarin (in which he is not fluent but was able to make objections to Chinese language testimony before it was translated).