Timothy Long

Timothy Long has deep experience litigating complex labor and employment issues, having served as lead counsel in multiple class, collective, and representative actions and advising on dozens more. Tim’s clients have included a variety of financial institutions and entities, health care-related entities, airlines, retailers, high-tech companies, and transportation and logistics companies. Tim also advises private investment funds and their partners in disputes concerning the management of funds, removal of non-performing members, and disputes involving portfolio companies.

Tim litigates wage-and-hour matters, including exemption, incentive compensation, independent contractor, off-the-clock, and pay practice claims. He also has defeated class and collective certification (including at Stage One) in exemption, off-the-clock, and pay practice cases.

Tim advises businesses on employment litigation and other types of claims. He litigates employment discrimination and wrongful termination claims, as well as matters involving trade secrets. Tim provides counsel on many corporate matters and often advises entertainment industry employers on emerging issues. Tim has both prosecuted and defended employers in trade secret and unfair business practices litigation. He has also resisted competitor efforts to enjoin the lawful practices of his clients.

Tim represents employers before state and federal administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the California Department of Fair Employment & Housing (DFEH), Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE), and Employment Development Department (EDD). He also conducts workplace investigations and audits.

In addition to his employment litigation practice, Tim has wide-ranging experience handling traditional labor relations matters, including advising on certification and decertification elections. Throughout his career, he has litigated dozens of traditional labor disputes, representing clients in courts, before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and in private arbitration. Tim also advises clients on labor relations issues that arise in mergers and acquisitions.

For the last 20 years, Tim has edited and contributed to PLI’s Employment Law Yearbook, the only treatise updated annually that focuses on employment law issues of most concern to employment law practitioners. He is also on the Board of Editors of the two most prestigious wage hour treatises; The Fair Labor Standards Act (Fourth Edition), and Wage And Hour Laws: A State-by-State Survey both published by Bloomberg Law through the ABA, Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law in which Tim is also active.

Tim has also has donated a substantial amount of his time over the years to the federal court system acting as a Neutral in the Voluntary Dispute Resolution Program. Given his deep bench of experience, as well as his substantive knowledge of employment law, litigants seek his help to mediate their disputes. While not the focus of his practice, Tim is selected to mediate a number of cases each year.

Concentrations

•Complex employment litigation
•Class, collective, and representative actions
•Wage-and-hour litigation
•Employment discrimination and wrongful termination claims
•Workplace investigations and audits
•Trade secret and unfair business practices litigation
•Labor law and labor relations

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Northern California Super Lawyers, 2004, 2008, and 2010-2019
•Finalist, Los Angeles Business Journal, Leaders in Law, Firm Attorney of the Year, 2018-2019
•Listed, Sacramento Magazine, “Top Lawyer,” 2018, 2020
•Employment & Labor, 2018, 2020
•Recognized, Legal Services of Northern California, “Special Pro Bono Service Award,” 2002 and 2015
•Selected, Daily Journal, “Leading Labor & Employment Lawyer,” 2013-2014
•Selected, The Recorder, “Leading Employment Lawyer,” 2012
•fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers