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Emma C. Cunningham

主办律师
  • 劳工、劳资及移民
  • 商业侵权
  • 消费者欺诈/产品集团诉讼
  • 消费品和服务诉讼
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Biography

EMMA C. CUNNINGHAM represents employers in employment litigation and advises clients on a range of workplace matters, with a focus on developing practical, business-oriented solutions to manage risk and resolve disputes effectively. She works with clients on claims involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage-and-hour issues, and other employment-related matters.

Emma externed for The Honorable Virginia A. Phillips of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, gaining insight into federal litigation and judicial decision-making. While in law school, she served as editor-in-chief of the Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice, where she published a note examining challenges to arbitration agreements in the Ninth Circuit.

Experience

Representative Matters

Employment

  • Wage-and-hour class actions under California law alleging off-the-clock work, unpaid overtime, meal and rest period violations, wage statement violations, unreimbursed expenses, sick pay issues, rounding, and untimely payment of wages.
  • Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) representative actions.
  • Discrimination, retaliation, and harassment (age, race, sex, gender, disability) — individual and class actions.
  • Antitrust litigation concerning employee practices, including non-competes.
  • Advice and counseling to employers addressing wage-and-hour, discrimination, and retaliation issues.

Consumer Protection, Advertising, and Product

  • Nationwide and California class actions alleging false or deceptive advertising of food, beverage, and consumer products, including efficacy of ingredients and hidden fee claims.
  • California mass tort claims brought by consumers and governmental agencies involving personal injury.
  • Nationwide and California class actions brought under the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, Unfair Competition Law, and False Advertising Law.

The above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.

Community Involvement

Membership & Activities

  • Member, Federal Bar Association Orange County Chapter - Young Lawyers’ Division, Planning Committee
  • Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • Member, Orange County Bar Association (CA)

Credentials

Admissions & Certifications
  • 美国加州
  • 美国区域法院, 加州北部
  • 美国区域法院, 加州中部
Education
  • 美国南加州大学法学院, 法学博士, 2021
  • University of California, Berkeley, 文学学士, 2016, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Capabilities

News & Insights

  • Author, “An Epic Impact on Access to Justice? Savings Clause Challenges to Arbitration Agreements in the Ninth Circuit Before and After Epic Systems,” Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice, 2021.