Douglas J. Farmer Shareholder Office(s): San Francisco p: 415-442-4810 f: 415-442-4870 Practice Area(s): Class Action Defense, Labor and Employment, Litigation   Bio: Mr. Farmer is the managing shareholder of the firm’s San Francisco office.  His litigation practice focuses on representation of management in wage and hour class action, employment discrimination, and wrongful termination matters in state and federal courts.  He has tried to verdict a range of employment cases, including wage and hour representative actions, in addition to sexual harassment, age discrimination, pregnancy, and other wrongful termination matters. His experience ranges from representing businesses in single plaintiff actions, to defending large employers in wage and hour class actions and class action prosecutions by the U.S. Department of Justice and the EEOC. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Farmer was a trial attorney for the U.S. EEOC in their San Francisco District Office.  He frequently represents employers in litigation involving EEOC, DFEH, the California Labor Commissioner, and other administrative agencies.  Mr. Farmer regularly provides strategic advice to employers on a range of complex employment matters, including wage and hour law compliance, employee terminations, responding to employee requests for leave and reasonable accommodation, trade secret theft, and employee privacy.  He has conducted employment law training and policy reviews on a regular basis for employers ranging from small family-owned businesses to Fortune 100 companies. Mr. Farmer is the author of several widely used employment law publications, a frequent speaker for Human Resources groups nationwide, and was recently recognized as one of California’s leading employment lawyers in Chambers USA, America’s Leading Business Lawyers.   Education: J.D., Harvard University, 1986 A.B., magna cum laude, Harvard College, 1982 Rotary Graduate Scholar, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, 1982-83   Admitted to Practice: California   Publications: “The California “Multiplier Effect”: How Small Wage and Hour Violations Create Big Class Settlements in California, Ogletree Deakins Class Action eAuthority, July 2008 Chapter 17, “Disciplining and Termination”, Advising California Employers and Employees, Vol. 2 (2d ed., CEB 2008) “State and Local Paid Leave Laws: New Statutes and Trends in Legislation”, Human Resources, December, 2007 “He Said/She Said", The Recorder’s Labor and Employment Law Magazine, June, 2005   Activities: California State Bar (Employment Law Section), San Francisco Bar Association (Diversity Committee), Civil Service Commission, City of Piedmont, CA (Commissioner and Past Chair), East Bay Spanish Speaking Citizen’s Foundation (Board Member and Past President and Chair), The Working Group (Board Member)

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