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Scott A. Kruse

Scott
Kruse

Partner

CONTACT INFO

skruse@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 213.229.7970

FAX:+1 213.229.6970

Los Angeles

333 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 USA

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PRACTICE

Labor and Employment Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Appellate and Constitutional Law Business Restructuring and Reorganization Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits FDA and Health Care

BIOGRAPHY

A partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Scott A. Kruse joined the firm in 1972 as a member of the Labor and Employment Department.  From 1977 to 1979, he served as General Counsel to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Washington, D.C., participating in the mediation of national labor disputes.  Since 1972, his labor practice has ranged the entire area of employment law matters for employers, including wage and hour matters and class actions, employment discrimination and wrongful termination litigation, employment agreements, unfair competition, affirmative action, union organizing resistance, negotiations, and arbitrations, NLRB and NMB practice, OSHA, and employee benefits.  He has had extensive experience in federal and state courts and administrative proceedings, and with alternative dispute resolution.  He spends significant time as well in counseling and preventive planning.  His representations have included, for example:

  • Handling major wage and hour class actions in a variety of industries, including retail stores, manufacturing employees, service technicians, installers, drivers, emergency medical technicians, inventory takers, airport workers, and longshoremen.
  • Serving as chief negotiator for Delta Air Lines in its 2004 and 2006 critical negotiations with its pilots union (ALPA) that reduced pilot labor costs by half, including major pay and benefit reductions, productivity improvements, and termination of a defined benefit pension plan pursuant to agreements first negotiated with ALPA and then with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC).
  • Advising investment companies on labor and employment aspects of their acquisition and divestiture programs.
  • Representing a major airline and a major railroad in several critical interest arbitrations to decide the terms of new contracts with their unions.
  • Advising a State Governor re sex discrimination and pay equity matters in the State’s compensation structure.
  • Advising large and small companies in restructurings and layoffs.
  • Handling high-profile sex harassment litigation.

Mr. Kruse has been a member of the Committee on Equal Opportunity Law, Labor and Employment Section of the American Bar Association, serving as co-Chairman of its OFCCP Liaison Subcommittee, the ABA Airline and Railroad Labor Committee, and the International Bar Association’s Labor Committee.  He has lectured and written extensively in the area of labor and employment law, including the following publications:  “The New American Law of Wrongful Terminations” in the International Business Lawyer, “Giveback Bargaining” in the Personnel Journal, a section of a book regarding “Labor Aspects of Bankruptcy,” and an article regarding preparing for and handling OSHA inspections.  Mr. Kruse has been named as a “Best Lawyer” in employment law by The Best Lawyers in America® from 2012-2023.  He is a graduate of Princeton University and the Harvard Law School.

EDUCATION

Harvard University - 1972 Juris Doctor

Princeton University - 1969 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

California Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Firm News - August 15, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Lawyers Recognized in the Best Lawyers in America® 2020
Firm News - August 15, 2018 | 20 Gibson Dunn Partners Named Lawyers of the Year
Client Alert - December 2, 2014 | New California State Law Requiring California Employers to Provide Paid Sick Leave
Client Alert - December 2, 2014 | Overview of New Key 2015 Legislation for California Employers
Client Alert - August 2, 2013 | First Circuit Issues Troubling ERISA Decision for Private Equity Funds
Client Alert - November 18, 2010 | California Enacts Law Requiring Many Businesses To Disclose Efforts To Eradicate Forced Labor In Their Supply Chains
Client Alert - May 5, 2010 | The California Supreme Court Opens the Door for Increased Judicial Review of Employment Arbitration Awards
Client Alert - August 10, 2009 | Labor Department Proposes Rules Requiring Government Contractors to Post Notice of Unionization Rights
Client Alert - November 17, 2008 | New Developments Regarding California Employers’ Obligation to Provide Meal Periods
Client Alert - July 25, 2008 | State Court of Appeal Holds That California Employers Need Only “Provide” Meal Periods, Not Ensure That Employees Take Them
Client Alert - March 14, 2007 | “Employee Free Choice Act” Would Implement Most Sweeping Labor Law Changes in Decades, Strengthening Unions’ Hand in Both Organizing and Negotiations
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