Michael McGuinness

Partner

Mike McGuinness became a partner at O’Melveny in 1997 and is a member of the Labor and Employment practice in the Los Angeles office.  Mike regularly advises employers regarding a wide variety of labor and employment issues such as discrimination and harassment, wrongful termination, reasonable accommodation under the disability laws, wage and hour, employee leaves, personnel policies and procedures, and other related matters.  Mike frequently conducts workplace investigations for employers regarding a wide variety of issues, and assist employers with enforcement proceedings conducted by outside agencies such as Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the National Labor Relations Board, and the National Mediation Board. 

Mike has an active employment litigation practice and regularly appears in state and federal court on behalf of his clients.  Mike handles an extensive variety of litigation from large class actions involving discrimination, wage and hour, and unfair competition claims (Business and Professions Code section 17200), to single plaintiff wrongful discharge and harassment cases.  Mike also handles administrative proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board and arbitrates many disputes arising from collective bargaining agreements. 

Professional Activities

Law Clerk, Honorable William Matthew Byrne, Jr., U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1987-88
Member, Executive Committee, Labor & Employment section, Los Angeles County Bar Association
Author, “California’s ‘Unique’ Approach to Arbitration: Why the Road Less Traveled Will Make All The Difference on the Issue of Preemption Under the Federal Arbitration Act”, Journal of Dispute Resolution (2005)
Honors, Named a "Super Lawyer" in a survey conducted by Law & Politics Media Inc. and published in Los Angeles magazine