Tiffany Phan is a litigation partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  Her practice focuses on labor and employment matters with experience in class action defense and complex employment litigation at both the trial and appellate levels.

Ms. Phan represents and advises employers in all aspects of labor and employment.  She has represented clients in the technology, retail, janitorial, security guard, education, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and agricultural industries, among others.  She has extensive experience litigating wage and hour class actions involving exemptions, pay equity, harassment, discrimination, meal and rest breaks, and employee reimbursements.  She has also conducted many internal investigations into complaints regarding executive employees.  She has advised on and negotiated executive terminations, including those of General Counsels and CEOs.  She has experience in matters before the NLRB and spends significant time counseling and advising employers on preventive planning.

Recent representative matters include:

• Arguing a successful motion for summary judgment in a religious discrimination case on behalf of a pharmaceutical company
• Successfully opposing six motions for summary judgment in a wage and hour class action and securing a favourable settlement
• Securing a favorable early individual settlement of a putative wage and hour class action following a motion to dismiss
• Obtaining reversal of a denial for motion for judgment on the pleadings in the Ninth Circuit
• Advising on labor and employment matters in a $2.0 billion acquisition
• Securing a two year rest break exemption for a California employer
• Defeating an attempt to remand a putative wage-and-hour class action to state court after removal under the Class Action Fairness Act

For the past three years, Ms. Phan has been recognized as The Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch in Labor and Employment.  Ms. Phan was named a 2022 BTI Client Service All-Star, 2022 Lawdragon Leading Corporate Employment Lawyer, 2022 Expert Guides Rising Star, and a Euromoney 2022 Rising Star in the Americas.

Ms. Phan graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 2013.  She was elected Phi Beta Kappa and graduated magna cum laude from Emory University, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.  Ms. Phan is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice law before the United States District Court for the Central, Eastern, and Northern Districts of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.