Garrett partners with clients’ in-house lawyers and human resources professionals throughout the life cycle of the employment relationship (from recruitment and onboarding through post-employment disputes) to develop strategic, business-centric solutions for the complex workplace issues they face.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Obtained summary judgment for a major airline in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in a wrongful termination matter arising from an employment dispute with a former flight attendant asserting California state law claims for discrimination, failure to engage in the interactive process, failure to accommodate, and wrongful termination.
Defending data security platform against competitor’s claims that client’s employees violated restrictive covenants in joining company (2025)
Defending government contractor against competitor’s allegations that client’s employee violated restrictive covenants in joining company (2025)
Obtained summary judgment for a major airline in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in a wrongful termination matter arising from an employment dispute with a former flight attendant asserting California state law claims for discrimination, failure to engage in the interactive process, failure to accommodate, and wrongful termination.
Defending data security platform against competitor’s claims that client’s employees violated restrictive covenants in joining company (2025)
Defending government contractor against competitor’s allegations that client’s employee violated restrictive covenants in joining company (2025)
Defending multinational technology company against former engineer’s breach of employment contract and related claims in JAMS arbitration (2025)
Advising multinational security firm on wage and hour and other sensitive employment issues across jurisdictions (ongoing)
Defending global airline in lawsuits alleging, among other claims, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination; also litigating Railway Labor Act preemption across airline’s U.S. footprint (ongoing)
Obtained significant monetary settlement on behalf of fitness platform client from former director who breached post-employment restrictive covenants (2025)
Secured full summary judgment for international technology company client against former employee’s 10 FEHA claims in Santa Clara Superior Court (2025)
Successfully resolved litigation between insurance brokers regarding client’s former employees leaving company in breach of post-employment restrictive covenant obligations (2025)
Obtained significant monetary and other equitable consideration on behalf of national financial advising firm after filing suit against a group of former advisors for violating their restrictive covenant agreements (2024)
Defended largest franchisee of restaurants in the United States against all employment claims in mediations, arbitrations, and state and federal courts throughout the country; also responsible for resolving ADA accessibility disputes (2020-2023)
Advised ride-sharing platform client in developing worker model that complies with current legal standards for employee/independent contractor classifications
Second-chaired successful defense of Alaska municipality and government employees against privacy and breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing claims brought by former employee and failed U.S. Senate candidate
Recognitions
- Selected through peer review for inclusion on the Northern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for Employment & Labor, 2017-2020
Credentials
Education
Education
- Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, 2010, J.D.
- University of Washington, 2005, B.A.
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- Alaska
- California
- Colorado
Court admissions
Court admissions
- U.S. District Court - District of Alaska
- U.S. District Court - Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court - Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court - Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court - Central District of California
- U.S. District Court - District of Colorado
Professional affiliations
Professional affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Alaska Bar Association
- California Bar Association
- Colorado Bar Association
- San Francisco Bar Association
- Rutgers University Alumni Association
- University of Washington Alumni Association
- Founding member of the International Mediation Institute’s Young Mediators Initiative
- Trout Unlimited conservation non-profit
- Bonefish & Tarpon Trust conservation non-profit
Clerkships
Clerkships
- U.S. District Court - District of New Jersey, Honorable William Walls
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