Attorney Kevin Sullivan focuses his practice on employment law, primarily litigating all forms of employment law cases, with a concentration on wage and hour class, collective, and representative Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) actions, in addition to advising clients regarding compliance and strategic issues.
Gathering from his experience representing employers in seemingly every type of claim, Kevin counsels clients on putting best practices in place to ensure the best possible defenses in the event a dispute arises. To that end, he provides counseling on a broad range of employment issues, including complying with the California Labor Code and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) wage and hour laws concerning exempt and independent contractor misclassification, overtime, and minimum wage issues; providing compliant meal and rest breaks; ensuring expense reimbursement for any necessary expenses; and providing compliant wage statements that meet California’s technical requirements. Kevin also advises on potential discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, breach of contract, and defamation issues.
Kevin represents employers before state and federal courts and in arbitration regarding all aspects of employment litigation, in addition to matters before the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and other administrative agencies.
Primarily, Kevin defends employers against claims brought under the California Labor Code and FLSA wage and hour laws in class, collective, and representative PAGA actions in federal and state courts.
Kevin was named to the Southern California Rising Stars list (2017 to 2020) in the area of Employment & Labor: Employer.
Before joining Epstein Becker Green, Kevin was an attorney at a national defense-side employment law firm, where he focused on wage and hour class action defense. Previously, he had been an attorney at a plaintiff-side wage and hour class action law firm.
