LONNIE GIAMELA
Partner
Fisher Phillips
A partner in Fisher Phillips’ Los Angeles office, Lonnie Giamela is a “go-to” resource for his clients. Drawing on his experience working in his family’s chain of sandwich shops in Los Angeles, Giamela can relate to his clients’ business pressures and helps them find practical solutions to their everyday employment law concerns.
Giamela partners with a variety of clients – businesses with 20 employees or 20,000 employees – in all types of labor and employment matters. He works side-by-side with employers, guiding them through various employment disputes, and he has been at the forefront of class action and PAGA litigation. Within the past approximate year, Giamela and the litigation teams he has led have: 1) defeated class certification on three occasions; 2) obtained summary judgment in multiple cases; 3) obtained jury trial defense verdict; and 4) enforced pre-dispute arbitration agreement with class and representative waivers.
