For over 30 years, Jeffrey has represented high-level executives, professionals, and businesses of all types and sizes – from Fortune 500 companies to international airlines, construction firms, technology companies, multi-unit restaurant companies, law firms, medical groups, and startups – in complex labor, employment, and HR matters. Jeffrey is also a frequent author and speaker on employment law issues.  He has appeared in numerous publications and has presented before trade groups, conferences, professional associations, and corporations on a wide variety of employment law topics.

Jeffrey holds the most prestigious “AV Preeminent” ranking in labor and employment law, confirming that other lawyers and judges rank him at the very highest level of legal knowledge, ethics, and overall professional excellence within the field. In addition, Jeffrey has been recognized as a Northern California “Super Lawyer” in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, an award given to only the top 5% of lawyers in California.  In 2020, Jeffrey was selected by his peers for inclusion in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Lawyers in America” in the field of employment law.  In 2018, 2022, 2023, and 2024, Jeffrey was voted a “Top Rated Lawyer in Labor & Employment Law” by America Lawyer magazine, Corporate Counsel magazine, and the National Law Journal.

Prior to starting his own practice, Jeffrey was an Equity Partner at the international law firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP where he was a member of the Labor & Employment Law Group. Prior to that, Jeffrey was Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Sloan Pratt LLP, a labor and employment law boutique in San Francisco, and an Associate Attorney in the international law firm Heller Ehrman LLP’s litigation practice.

Jeffrey is admitted to practice in California, New York, and in Washington, D.C.  Jeffrey is a member of the California State Bar, the New York State Bar Association, the D.C. Bar, the American Bar Association, the Labor & Employment Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, and the Labor & Employment Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.