Overview
A former entrepreneur with a keen appreciation of business realities, Amberly Morgan provides clients with practical advice on day-to-day employment issues, including compliance and disputes.
Amberly serves as a trusted partner and counselor to employers, helping navigate California’s notoriously complex employment laws and regulations. She has broad capabilities, including wage and hour compliance, leaves of absence, disability accommodation, paid sick leave, performance management and terminations, tip pooling, and employment agreements.
When disputes arise, Amberly employs formidable advocacy and negotiating skills to help achieve favorable results. She takes a practical approach to dispute management, always in line with the client’s goals. She has defended numerous single-plaintiff, class action and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) litigations; prosecuted trade secret, unfair competition and defamation actions; and represented clients in arbitrations and before government agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH).
Before entering private practice, Amberly served as Law Clerk to The Honorable M. James Lorenz and The Honorable Magistrate Peter C. Lewis of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.