Anthony Zaller
Founding Partner, Zaller Law Group
About
Anthony Zaller is an employment litigation attorney and founding partner of the firm. Primarily focused on helping businesses and entrepreneurs navigate California’s complex employment and business laws, Anthony advises his clients through litigation, governmental agency investigations, and legal compliance issues. He has litigated wage and hour class actions for claims of unpaid wages, missed breaks, unpaid overtime, unreimbursed business expenses, and Private Attorney General Act ("PAGA") representative actions, among other issues. Anthony has also successfully litigated many single plaintiff employment cases including claims of wage and hour violations, breach of contract, wrongful termination, sexual and racial harassment, discrimination, unfair competition, and misappropriation of trade secrets and embezzlement.
Anthony has represented fortune 500 companies to start-up companies and individual executives in traversing California’s employment laws and successfully resolving litigation. Throughout his career, Anthony has represented and advised clients in various industries, including:
Restaurants
Technology and start-ups
Manufacturing
Entertainment
Retail
Oil and gas
Trucking and logistics
Aerospace and aviation
Anthony has been featured in various California and national news publications, including:
Inc. (quoted in article about Yelp! employee terminated for social media comments)
Entrepreneur (featured in article about employers' ability to respond to former employees' comments on social media)
Silicon Valley Business Journal (quoted in article about legal updates facing California employers)
Nation's Restaurant News (quoted in various articles on California employment issues)
KTLA 5 (featured in news story on employee's privacy rights on social media, which can be viewed here)
Anthony also routinely speaks to California and nation-wide audiences, trade associations, and franchise groups on topics such as:
Class action litigation trends and strategies
Wage/hour developments in California
Managing conflict in the workplace
FMLA/CFRA leaves, paid time off and other issues
Disabilities in the workplace
Anthony is on the Boards for the California Employer Advisor and California Employment Law Answers and regularly writes articles for these publications. Anthony lives with his family in Los Angeles, and when not working with clients, he enjoys participating in triathlons, skiing the Sierras, surfing, coaching soccer, and flying as a private pilot.