ESRA HUDSON
Leader, Employment and Labor Practice
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Esra Hudson has established herself as the go-to employment adviser for iconic entertainment companies, national insurance providers, well-known medical centers and leading financial services companies through her deft defense against the gamut of labor and employment issues. With extensive experience in crisis management and media relations, including sensitive matters involving executives and high-profile individuals, Hudson is known for helping her clients mitigate financial and reputational damage in claims, and avoid litigation altogether.
Some of Hudson’s most recent work includes leading the defense for a nationwide insurance provider against an eight-figure, statewide representative wage-and-hour PAGA lawsuit. In one case, the plaintiff initially filed the case as a class action and Hudson successfully defeated the class by developing a strategy of filing a motion to compel arbitration in her client’s home state, in cooperation with local counsel.
