Greg Knopp
Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Akin Gump partner Greg Knopp is among the upper echelon of labor and employment practitioners nationwide and considered a pioneer in Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) law — a relatively new form of action that has some similarities to class actions, as well as some significant differences. Knopp serves as partner in charge of Akin Gump’s Los Angeles office, spearheads the office’s labor and employment work and serves as a member of the firm’s management committee. With 20+ years of experience in California labor and employment litigation – a plaintiff-friendly state with some of the most stringent labor regulations in the country – he regularly helms many of the nation’s most closely watched employment disputes involving class action and PAGA claims for industry giants — including longstanding firm clients Starbucks, Ernst & Young and Tapestry — the outcomes of which hold important implications for future case law not only in California but nationwide.
