Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Employment and Labor

Partner - Litigation and Investigations

Chris Archibald focuses his practice in all areas of labor and employment law and has handled a wide variety of matters including complex wage and hour class actions, Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims, trade secret litigation, sexual harassment, retaliation, discrimination, and wrongful termination claims. In addition to litigating, Chris advises employers regarding effective methods to avoid employment-related claims, especially in the wage and hour context.

Chris has litigated over 50 class and other representative actions in the federal and state courts. He has successfully defeated class and representative claims at both the pleading and class certification stages. He also has extensive experience evaluating and preparing exposure analyses of wage and hour liability in both the audit and litigation contexts. Chris has also successfully defeated several cases alleging discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or wrongful termination.

Chris has extensive experience defending employers before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, and various other federal and state agencies.

Chris represents or works with employers in a wide ranging, diverse group of industries, including retail, staffing, transportation, healthcare, manufacturing, and hospitality. The clients he represents range from Fortune 500 companies to small, local businesses.

While in law school, Chris was a member of both the Pepperdine Law Review and Moot Court Board. He graduated from Pepperdine with honors as a member of the Order of the Coif.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Orange County Bar Association (Labor and Employment Section)