{"id":135359,"date":"2025-09-11T04:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T04:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/135359\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T04:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T04:41:11","slug":"epstein-becker-green-adds-employment-litigator-jenny-yu-in-los-angeles-expanding-its-california-wage-and-hour-and-paga-defense-capabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/135359\/","title":{"rendered":"Epstein Becker Green Adds Employment Litigator Jenny Yu in Los Angeles, Expanding Its California Wage and Hour and PAGA Defense Capabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"introText\">September 9, 2025 \u2013 Epstein Becker Green is pleased to announce that Jenny Yu has joined the firm\u2019s distinguished Employment, Labor &amp; Workforce Management practice as a Member of the Firm in Los Angeles. She joins the firm from Lewis Brisbois.<\/p>\n<p>Yu is an experienced employment litigator who focuses on wage and hour matters, class actions, and representative actions under California\u2019s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), as well as Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination claims. She also counsels employers on wage and hour compliance, leave laws, and workplace policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJenny brings a results-driven approach to complex employment litigation and compliance, particularly in California\u2019s evolving wage and hour and PAGA landscape,\u201d said David W. Garland, Chair of Epstein Becker Green\u2019s Employment, Labor &amp; Workforce Management practice. \u201cHer courtroom experience, coupled with practical counseling, strengthens our ability to guide employers through high-exposure disputes and day-to-day workforce challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJenny\u2019s arrival deepens our bench in Los Angeles and across California,\u201d said David Jacobs, Member of the Firm in Los Angeles. \u201cHer track record defending class and representative actions is impressive and will deliver immediate value to clients in key industries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A courtroom veteran at the state and district court levels, Yu manages claims and matters from inception through trial in both jury and bench settings. She has represented startups, established companies, educational institutions, governmental entities, and nonprofits in matters spanning wage and hour, employment, and business litigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to join Epstein Becker Green\u2019s strong national employment team, help clients proactively manage risk, and provide comprehensive defense and dispute resolution,\u201d said Yu. \u201cThe legislature and courts continuously alter and add to the already complex California employment law, making compliance a challenge for even the most conscientious employers. \u00a0I look forward to utilizing the firm\u2019s extensive platform and resources to scale my practice and deliver more value for clients in this difficult legal landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yu earned her J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law and her B.A. in Cognitive Science with an emphasis on Computational Modeling from the University of California, Berkeley. She is admitted to practice in California and New York and before the U.S. District Courts for the Central and Northern Districts of California.<\/p>\n<p>Epstein Becker Green\u2019s Employment, Labor &amp; Workforce Management practice serves employers across industries, including financial services, health care, retail, technology, and hospitality. The practice received Law360\u2019s \u201cEmployment Law Firm of the Year\u201d honors in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>About Epstein Becker Green&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Epstein Becker &amp; Green, P.C., is a national law firm with a primary focus on health care and life sciences; employment, labor, and workforce management; and litigation and business disputes. Founded in 1973 as an industry-focused firm, Epstein Becker Green has decades of experience serving clients in health care, financial services, retail, hospitality, and technology, among other industries, representing entities from startups to Fortune 100 companies. Operating in locations throughout the United States and supporting domestic and multinational clients, the firm\u2019s attorneys are committed to uncompromising client service and legal excellence. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebglaw.com?utm_source=about-ebg&amp;utm_medium=text-block&amp;utm_campaign=ebglaw-internal-links\" class=\"ek-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.ebglaw.com<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"September 9, 2025 \u2013 Epstein Becker Green is pleased to announce that Jenny Yu has joined the firm\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[45,49,48,124],"class_list":{"0":"post-135359","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jobs","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-jobs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}