About Aaron Agenbroad

Aaron Agenbroad serves as Partner-in-Charge of the San Francisco Office and has represented companies in labor and employment disputes for more than 25 years. His practice includes all aspects of labor and employment law, with a focus on representing corporate clients in complex labor and employment disputes.

In the employment arena, his practice includes litigation of California wage and hour class actions and FLSA collective actions, California discrimination cases under FEHA and CFRA, and federal discrimination cases, including ADEA, FMLA, ADA, and Title VII claims. Aaron has experience with all phases of litigation and has tried multiple cases to verdict in bench and jury trials. He also regularly counsels employers in employment matters, including reductions in force, employee terminations, FMLA and CFRA issues, and EEOC and FEHA charges.

In his traditional labor work, Aaron’s experience includes representation of management in labor arbitrations in the media, health care, refining, and manufacturing industries. He also has represented clients in NLRB proceedings, led collective bargaining negotiations, and worked in defending union organizing campaigns. He has bargained dozens of initial and successor collective bargaining agreements. His NLRB election experience includes successful results in certification and decertification elections involving retail facilities, newspapers, casinos, and health care institutions.

Recent successes include full defense verdicts as lead counsel in trials on behalf of R.J. Reynolds and the Port of Oakland, the resolution of statewide wage and hour class actions on behalf of Neiman Marcus and Chevron Stations Inc., and leading successful collective bargaining negotiations in the health care, shipping, and media industries. Representative clients include Chevron, IBM, Neiman Marcus, McDonald’s, R.J. Reynolds, United Airlines, and Stanford.

Bar & Court Admissions

• California and U.S. District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of California

Honors & Distinctions

• Legal 500 United States (2012-2017, 2020-2022) — recommended attorney: labor & employment litigation, labor-management relations, and labor & employment disputes (including collective actions)
• BTI Client Service All-Star (2018)
• The Best Lawyers in America (2019-2023) — employment law: management
• Daily Journal, “Top Labor & Employment Lawyers” in California (2020-2022)
• Lawdragon — Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers of America (2021-2023)
• Fellow, College of Labor & Employment

Languages Spoken

• English