Profile
Matthew J. Weber represents employers in workplace matters, including virtually all types of employment litigation, with an emphasis in wage and hour class actions and Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) actions. He also represents employers in single-plaintiff actions, including cases related to alleged discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, and harassment. Matthew has experience in state and federal court, as well as arbitration, and has deep experience in compelling matters to arbitration. Matthew is experienced in all stages of litigation, including initial investigations, pleading challenges, discovery, depositions, motions, and trial.
Matthew is an active member of the Labor and Employment community, regularly writing on wage and hour topics, including authoring wage and hour chapters/sections in a number of treatises/publications. Matthew counsels employers regarding employment policies, accommodations/leaves of absence, and exemption and independent contractor classification.
Concentrations
- Wage and hour class actions
- Private Attorneys General Act action
- Advice/counseling
Capabilities
Experience
- Obtained issue, evidentiary, and terminating sanctions in misclassification (exempt/non-exempt) Action.
- Disposed of PAGA Action at the pleading stage via a sustained Demurrer without leave to amend.
- Cured alleged PAGA/Labor Code violations related to thousands of employees, resulting in no litigation or PAGA liability.°
- Represented a payment processing company in a multimillion-dollar dispute over breach of contract and other executive compensation issues.
- Represented nationwide boating-supply retailer in multiple wage and hour class/PAGA actions:
- Obtained a class/PAGA settlement.
- Obtained dismissal without settlement.
- Represented publicly traded engineering services company in wage and hour class/PAGA action, including wage and reimbursement claims based on permissive use of company vehicles, and obtained settlement.
- Represented nationwide trucking company in FCRA and ICRAA class action, and obtained individual settlement after challenging class claims.
- Represented regional publishing company in threatened PAGA and Class Action, obtained withdrawal of class/PAGA claims and settled on an individual basis.
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Weber prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America
- "Ones to Watch," Labor and Employment Law - Management, 2023
- "Ones to Watch," Litigation - Labor and Employment, 2023
- Member, American Bar Association, 2017-Present
- Member, California State Bar Association, 2017-Present
- Member, Labor and Employment Section, 2017-Present
- Los Angeles Region Management-Side Co-Chair of ABA Labor & Employment Law Student Trial Advocacy Competition, 2018 and 2019
- Pro Bono Attorney, Public Counsel Law Center, 2018
- Pro Bono Attorney, Veterans in Media and Entertainment, 2018
Credentials
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J.D., cum laude, University of Illinois College of Law
- Editor, Journal of Law, Technology and Policy
- B.A., cum laude, University of California at San Diego
- California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- Spanish, Fluent
News, Insights & Events
Matthew is a contributor to the GT L&E Blog 