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DOUGLAS J. MELTON
Douglas Melton is a partner representing a
broad range of California employers with an emphasis on
architecture and other design firms, law firms, health care
professionals and other professional service providers. Mr.
Melton counsels employers on avoidance of harassment and
discrimination claims, wage and hour issues, employment policies
and procedures, employee handbooks, and other day-to-day legal
issues. He also defends employers in all types of litigation and
administrative proceedings in state and federal courts and
before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the
California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, and the
California Department of Labor, among others. Finally, Mr.
Melton regularly writes and speaks on current legal issues of
interest to employers.
In addition, Mr. Melton has substantial
experience defending lawyers in professional liability matters
(with an emphasis on legal malpractice claims arising from
underlying employment cases) and has a background in insurance
coverage/bad faith counseling and litigation with an emphasis on
construction defect issues.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, HASTINGS COLLEGE OF
THE LAW
San Francisco, California
J.D., 1992
ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY
Canton, New York
B.A., Multifield Studies, 1986
SIGNIFICANT LITIGATION EXPERIENCE
Mr. Melton has substantial litigation and
trial experience representing employers, lawyers and insurers in
state and federal courts throughout California. He also has
significant experience representing clients in numerous
alternative dispute resolution settings including private and
court-supervised arbitrations, mediations and early neutral
evaluation conferences. Finally, Mr. Melton has represented
employers in various administrative proceedings before the
California Department of Labor, the California Department of
Fair Employment and Housing and the U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND
ACTIVITIES
Mr. Melton is an active member of the Edward
J. McFetridge American Inn of Court and of the Bay Area Lawyers
for Individual Freedom. He is also a member of the San Francisco
Bar Association Labor and Employment Section. Mr. Melton is on
the Advisory Committee of the San Francisco LGBT Community
Center and provides the Center with pro bono employment
counseling services. He has also provided pro bono legal
services to indigent clients through the San Francisco AIDS
Legal Referral Panel.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Presenter: Overtime Requirements And
Exemptions In California, a one-day seminar for payroll
professionals, accountants, business owners and managers and
human resource professionals sponsored by Lorman Education
Services, San Francisco, California, February 5, 2002
Presenter: Exempt Or Non Exempt: Overtime
Pitfalls For Architecture Firms And Other Design Professionals,
Advanced Management Institute for Architecture and Engineering,
Bay Area Human Resources Group Luncheon, San Francisco,
California, November 11, 1999
Presenter: Risk Management Strategies For
Design Firms: How Not To Get Sued By Your Employees, MBH
Architects, Alameda, California, May 22, 2000
Presenter: The Employer’s Duty To Prevent,
Investigate And Respond To Sexual Harassment, Bay Area Large
Firm H.R. Roundtable, San Francisco, CA, March 15, 2000
Author: Overtime In The New Millennium: How
The “8-Hour Day Restoration & Workplace Flexibility Act”
May Impact Your Firm, California AIA Journal, December, 1999
Issue; Summary of Key Provisions Of New Overtime Laws Of
Interest To Design Professionals, California AIA Website
Regular Contributor: Long & Levit
Employment Law Case Updates, an occasional publication to
clients and interested parties highlighting significant
developments in California and federal employment law
Presenter: Litigating Employment Claims In
California: An Overview, Executive Risk Management
Associates, Simsbury, Connecticut, September 14, 1998
Co-Author: Risk Management: Strategies For
Avoiding Malpractice Liability, The Verdict: a publication
of the Alameda-Contra Costa County Trial Lawyers' Association,
Winter 1998-99
Presenter: Complying With The New
California Claims Handling Regulations, Penn-America
Insurance Company, Hatboro, Pennsylvania, June 14, 1998
PERSONAL
Born: Rochester, New York
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