Michael Schlemmer, Partner at Morgan Lewis

Today, my guest is Michael Schlemmer, a Partner at Morgan Lewis who counsels businesses on all aspects of their employment law needs including wage and hour compliance, discrimination and harassment, equal pay (such as compliance with California’s Fair Pay Act), worker classification (including contractor and contingent workforce issues), workforce change, layoffs, disciplinary matters, performance management, disability accommodation, leaves of absence, intellectual property protection, arbitration provisions, and incentive plan development.

Mike has defended clients in US federal and state courts and in arbitrations on class, collective, representative, and single-plaintiff employment litigation matters. His practice includes wage and hour class and collective actions, and discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, breach of contract, and leave issues. Mike also provides training on employment law compliance.

Mike is also part of his firms band (Morgan Lewis & ROCKius) which helped raise over $180K for local charities at the annual LawRocks concert and won both the coveted Judge’s Choice award, as well as the Hustle & Heart fundraising award in support of Child Advocates of Silicon Valley. Mike holds a JD from Berkeley Law School and a BA in MCD Biology from UC Santa Cruz.