Boyd v. BofA
Jan 19, 2016OUTCOME: $41.8 million in settlements, after prevailing on summary judgment
won a combined $41.8 million for staff and review appraisers in a wage-hour, overtime, misclassification case
Bryan Jeffrey Schwartz's Legal Cases (6)
Oakland, CA
Employment and labor Lawyer at Oakland, CA
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Meyer v. Department of State
Feb 19, 2015OUTCOME: nationwide disability class certified, upheld on review
certified class action against the State Department on behalf of Foreign Service applicants disqualified based upon their disabilities
Stanfield v. First NLC
Dec 21, 2007OUTCOME: $14 million settlement for wage/hour class
A class of approximately 3,000 mortgage industry employees nationwide received a $14 million settlement for alleged overtime and other wage/hour violations, and their employer reclassified most of its ... jobs as “non-exempt,†so that its employees would be entitled to overtime in the future.
Nigam v. US Dept of Housing and Urban Development
Oct 31, 2007OUTCOME: Bush Cabinet Secretary found to have discriminated
A Bush Cabinet Secretary was found to have discriminated personally against a mid-level manager in a non-selection, based upon race and national origin, and in denying her a bonus after she complained ... of his discrimination against her, based on retaliation. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission awarded the full damages sought, plus extensive injunctive relief, including posting of notices nationwide about the Secretary’s unlawful actions.
Cross v. Smithsonian
Sep 07, 2006OUTCOME: Federal whistleblower vindicated
A whistleblower was fired after exposing extensive corruption at the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum, including top managers’ use of the Agency’s employees to do the managers’ persona ... l projects. The Washington Post described the Agency’s wrongdoing, exposed by the employee, in a cover story. Ultimately, the Merit Systems Protection Board affirmed the Judge’s decision awarding full relief, and the employee returned to his job with head held high, and with complete backpay, after more than four years of heated litigation.
Bhat v. DC Water & Sewer Authority
Nov 01, 2005OUTCOME: Environmental whistleblower fully vindicated
The water quality manager for DC’s water provider was vindicated, after being terminated for disclosing to the EPA excessive lead levels in the drinking water. The Department of Labor’s 186-page de ... cision awarded full relief, plus compensatory and punitive damages, after an eight-day public hearing regarding her termination. The case was publicized nationally and internationally on MSNBC, NPR, Voice of America, and the Hindustani Times (India’s English daily), among others, and locally (in Washington, DC) on the front page and editorial pages of The Washington Post, on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and WAMU Radio (88.5 FM). The Washington Post editorial after her victory was entitled, “Justice for Seema Bhat.â€
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