Joshua Mizrahi is Chair of the Firm's Labor and Employment Practice Group and a Partner in Buchalter's Los Angeles office. He defends employers against claims in a variety of labor and employment law litigation areas, including class actions, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, discrimination, wage and hour, and retaliation matters. Mr. Mizrahi was recognized as a "Top Litigator and Trial Lawyer of 2019" by the Los Angeles Business Journal. He was also selected as a Southern California Super Lawyer from 2017-2021. In addition, he has also been recognized in the Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, for 2024.

Mr. Mizrahi also provides preventative advice and consultation to employers on a variety of matters, including:

hiring

terminations

disciplinary matters

labor audits and classification

resolution of employee disputes

wage and hour compliance

implementation of work place policies

employee handbooks and policies

alternative work schedules

WARN and state mini-WARN Acts

compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations

Mr. Mizrahi has significant experience defending companies of all sizes in the apparel, beauty, entertainment, transportation, and hospitality industries. He practices before state and federal agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the United States Department of Labor, the Department of Fair Employment & Housing, Employment Development Department, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Cal-OSHA. Mr. Mizrahi also works closely with the firm's corporate practice group providing all employment related due diligence for corporate transactions.

Previously, Mr. Mizrahi served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Judge Andria K. Richey at the Los Angeles Superior Court.

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Bar Admissions
California

Education
Loyola Law School, J.D. - Participated in the Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review

University of California, San Diego, B.A., Sociology, cum laude

Significant Accomplishments
Labor & Employment Representative Matters

• Obtained defense verdicts at numerous trials brought by employees who claimed wage and hour violations (overtime, meal and rest periods, commissions, reimbursement, and waiting time penalties) before the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.
• Obtained summary judgment in a disability and age discrimination matter brought by a former employee in the forklift manufacturing industry.
• Obtained summary judgment in arbitration in a sexual harassment brought by an assistant against a supervisor.
• Successfully eliminated claims either by way of demurrer or summary judgment against individual defendants in harassment, discrimination and retaliation matters.
• Negotiated and resolved favorably hundreds of matters involving claims of sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, failure to accommodate, failure to engage in the interactive process, and many other claims based in the Fair Employment and Housing Act.

Corporate Representative Matters

• Represented Radiant Services Corp, a premier linen service provider for luxury and premium hotels, in its sale to PureStar
• Represented Taos Footwear, a leading innovative footwear brand, in its investment by Prospect Capital
• Represented AB Airbags, a national supplier of dunnage airbags and accessory tools products, in its sale to Shur-Co
• Represented Salt & Stone, Inc., a skin and body care company, in its investment by Humble Growth Partners
• Represented Bloom Nutrition, a leading provider of greens and superfoods, in its investment by Nutrabolt
• Represented Sauce Ventures, LLC (dba TRUFF) in its investment by SKKY Partners, a private equity fund co-founded by Kim Kardashian and Jay Sammons
• Represented Turbo Wholesale Tires, a national and international tire supplier of proprietary and third party brands, in its strategic investment by Kingswood Capital Management, LP
• Represented Endeavour Capital and the other equity holders of Johnny Was in the sale of Johnny Was to Oxford Industries
• Represented Inspire Fitness, a leader in state-of-the-art fitness equipment, in its sale to HighPost Capital
• Represented JOCKO FUEL, an energy drink and supplement company co-founded by ex-Navy Seal Team Leader and podcaster, Jocko Wilnick, in its investment by Goode Partners
• Represented Re-Think It, a manufacturer and seller of recycled eating utensils and food storage accessories sold in Target, Amazon and Walmart, in its sale to Monolith Brands
• Represented VEP Healthcare Inc. in its merger with US Acute Care Solutions
• Represented Bocchi Laboratories in its sale to Bright International LLC
• Represented Mad Engine, LLC in its sale to Platinum Equity
• Represented CriticalPoint Capital, LLC in its acquisition of Farm Supply Distribution
• Represented Snak Club and New Century Snacks in its investment by Insignia Capital
• Represented Midnight Oil Agency in its sale to Imagine! Print Solutions

• Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: California's COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Returns

  By Joshua Mizrahi |March 2021

• Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: California's COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Returns

  By Joshua Mizrahi |March 2021

• Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: California's COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Returns

  By Joshua Mizrahi |March 2021

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