Wage & Hour Defense Blog : Wage & Hour Lawyer & Attorney : Epstein Becker Green Law Firm : DOL Enforcement, FLSA Coverage

Richard D. Tuschman is an attorney with EpsteinBeckerGreen’s Labor and Employment and Litigation practice groups. Based in the firm’s Miami office, Richard has more than 17 years of litigation and counseling experience, is Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Labor and Employment Law, and is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Richard regularly represents employers in wage-hour matters in federal and state courts, and before the U.S. Department of Labor. He is a regular contributor to Thompson Publishing's Employer's Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act, and is a sought-after lecturer on employment law issues. Click here for Richard’s full biography at the EpsteinBeckerGreen Web site.

David L. Barron is a Member of the Firm in the Labor and Employment practice in the firm's Houston office. He advises management on wage and hour and other employment issues, conducts wage and hour audits, and assists clients in all types of employment litigation. David has given many presentations on wage and hour laws and authored numerous articles on the subject. David has been quoted on employment law topics by the Houston Business Journal, MSNBC.com, ABC.com and appeared as an employment law expert on talk radio and Channel 11 (CBS) in Houston. Click here for David’s full biography at the EpsteinBeckerGreen Web site.

Michael S. Kun is a Member of the Firm in the Labor and Employment practice and the National Chairperson of the firm's Wage and Hour and Collective Action Practice Group. He is engaged exclusively in the representation of management. Michael has litigated more than four dozen class actions in California, Georgia, and Maryland involving a variety of employment issues, including discrimination and wage-hour claims. He is also a published novelist and sportswriter. Click here for Michael's full biography at the EpsteinBeckerGreen Web site.

Steven R. Blackburn is a Member of the Firm and managing partner of EBG's Labor and Employment practice in San Francisco. He has practiced employment law and wage and hour law for 25 years. Steve regularly advises employers on wage and hour compliance and he represents them in wage and hour litigation. He has represented employers in wage and hour matters in federal and state courts throughout the nation, and before the U.S. Department of Labor and the California Labor Commissioner. Click here for Steve’s full biography at the EpsteinBeckerGreen Web site.

Kenneth W. DiGia is a Member of the Firm in the Labor and Employment practice in the firm's New York office. Ken regularly represents employers in the defense of putative collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and class actions under New York State Wage and Hour law. He litigates a variety of wage and hour issues, including the misclassification of exempt employees, compensation for hours worked, and the salary basis test. Click here for Ken’s full biography at the EpsteinBeckerGreen Web site. 

Betsy Johnson is a Member of the Firm in the Labor and Employment practice. Based in Los Angeles, Betsy provides advice and counsel to employers on all areas of state and federal wage and hour, discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination law. Betsy assists employers in conducting internal personnel and pay practices audits and in drafting and implementing personnel polices. She represents employers before state and federal courts and agencies, including the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor. Betsy is a frequently speaks at employer trade association seminars on various topics, including California and federal wage and hour laws. Click here for Betsy’s full biography at the EpsteinBeckerGreen Web site.

Jeffrey M. Landes is a Member of the Firm in the Labor and Employment practice in the New York office. Jeff counsels clients on wage and hour compliance; conducts wage and hour and human resource audits and workplace training sessions for employees and managers and human resources personnel on wage and hour issues, including pay practices and exempt/nonexempt classification issues; and represents employers in wage and hour audits before the U.S. Department of Labor and other federal and state administrative agencies. Jeff frequently lectures on wage and hour topics and contributes articles to professional journals. Click here for Jeff’s full biography at the EpsteinBeckerGreen Web site.

Douglas Weiner is a Senior Trial Counsel in the Labor and Employment practice in the firm's New York office. Doug has 30 years of federal wage and hour litigation experience, and has litigated massive FLSA actions involving misclassified employees, prevailing wages on Government contracts, tip credit issues, unrecorded breaks and compensable working time, and salary and hourly back-wage calculations. He previously served as the Senior Trial Attorney at the U.S. Department of Labor’s New York Regional Solicitor’s Office, where he became the lead prosecutor in the Northeast region’s most significant wage and hour and whistleblower cases. Click here for Doug’s full biography at the EpsteinBeckerGreen Web site.

Evan J. Spelfogel is a veteran Labor and Employment and Employee Benefits attorney. Based in New York, Evan counsels clients on all aspects of employment law and litigates FLSA and state wage and overtime issues, among others. He has written, edited, and published numerous articles, books and book chapters on a broad range of issues, including wage and hour collective actions, comparable worth, and pay equity. Evan previously served with the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor and the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C., Boston, and New York. Click here for Evan’s full biography at the EpsteinBeckerGreen Web site.