Thelen LLP

Ms. Husar represents employers in various labor relations matters and specializes in cases involving wrongful discharge litigation, whistleblower claims, employment discrimination, wage and hour class actions and public accommodation class actions involving the Americans with Disabilities Act and Unruh Act. Ms. Husar also counsels employers on all aspects of employment law including sexual harassment, diversity, dispute resolution and arbitration, employee handbooks and personnel practices, employee discipline and discharge matters.

Ms. Husar has served as counsel of record and/or been responsible for managing hundreds of civil lawsuits, filed in different states. She has been responsible for litigation management and strategic partnering programs with several national companies.

Both Ms. Husar and the Labor and Employment Practice which she chairs have been identified as leaders in the field of Labor and Employment Law in California by Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business. She has been recognized as one of the preeminent attorneys in her field in Los Angeles Magazine's Southern California's Super Lawyers and has also achieved an AV Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating.

Glass Ceiling Discrimination Litigation
Successful defense of an approximately 10,000-member putative glass-ceiling sex discrimination class action for an insurance company in which its female insurance agents claimed they were systematically denied promotional opportunities and pay increases based on their sex.

Rest and Meal Period Class Actions
Obtained dismissal of employees' claims for violations of rest and meal period requirements under California Labor Code Sections 226.7 and 558.

Obtained lower court rulings holding that the statutory payment for missed rest or meal periods is a penalty and not a wage thereby limiting potential liability to one year.

Incentive Plans
Successful defense of financial institution's incentive plan that resulted in forfeiture of employee contributions if employee terminated before a specified date.

California WARN Act Class Action
Dismissal of an approximately 19,000 member putative class action alleging violations of California 's WARN Act and Business and Professions Code Section 17200.

Wage and Hour Exemption Litigation
Defeated motion for class certification challenging the exempt status of stockbrokers.

Motor Carrier Exemption Litigation
Successfully defended class action challenging the application of the Motor Carrier Exemption to California sales representatives who delivered and sold product exclusively within the state.

RICO Claims
Obtained a voluntary dismissal of a complaint alleging RICO violations for alleged failure to make employer contributions to union trust fund during a strike.

Discrimination and Wrongful Discharge Litigation
Defended hundreds of employment actions brought in state and federal court and before the American Arbitration Association, NASD and NYSE for employers in all industries including healthcare, financial services, sales, retail, gas and oil, technology, management consulting, and manufacturing.

Loyola Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1980)
Member, Loyola Law Review

Boston University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1977)

California

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Courts of California

American Bar Association, Labor Law Section

Los Angeles County Bar Association, Labor Law Section

Ms. Husar is a highly regarded speaker and has lectured throughout the state and country on labor and employment topics. She regularly conducts in-house training and best practice seminars for employers, designs and implements employment audits and counsels employers on strategies to prevent employment problems in the workplace.