Christian Anthony Angotti

Christian A. Angotti represents employers with both national and local footprints in litigation and counseling matters.

His litigation practice focuses primarily on complex wage and hour class and collective actions. Christian has significant experience representing employers in state and nationwide wage and hour lawsuits across the United States involving allegations of off-the-clock, overtime rate calculation, misclassification (both related to independent contractor and exemption status), meal and rest break, minimum wage, and expense reimbursement violations.

In addition, Christian actively litigates matters involving employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation, and trade secret misappropriation and unfair competition. He has litigated cases through trial in the jury and employment arbitration settings, and also handles matters before various administrative agencies, including the Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, and the Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations.

With respect to counseling, Christian provides his clients with proactive and pragmatic strategies for managing litigation risk and ensuring compliance with employment law. He also frequently conducts workplace investigations and counsels employers on workforce-management issues, including wage and hour practices, employee discipline and termination, and employee policies.