Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Labor & Employment Department; Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group; Complex Discrimination Litigation Practice Group

Mr. Meer is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.  He is a member of the Labor & Employment Department and has extensive experience representing global clients in class action and collective action lawsuits, as well as several other types of high exposure claims.

Mr. Meer has successful experience in litigation and client counseling of employers in all areas of wage & hour class action and collective action litigation, mass layoffs and related litigation, employment discrimination class actions, and high exposure claims for wrongful discharge, discharge in violation of public policy, sexual and other harassment, disability, reasonable accommodation and access issues, labor arbitration, unfair business practice litigation under California Business & Professions Code Section 17200, employee benefits litigation, and protection of employer trade secrets and non-competition issues.

Mr. Meer also has assisted numerous clients in large employment-related transactions such as wage & hour compliance audits, corporate restructuring, plant or facility closures, reductions in force, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, internal investigations, state and federal audits and investigations, trade secret protection and privacy issues, electronic discovery issues, and document retention for litigation.

J.D., Boston University School of Law (1989), Law Journal Executive Editor for Publication, Honorable Paul J. Liacos Scholar in the Law; B.S., Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, with honors (1986), Dean's List (all semesters), Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society