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Michael D. Singer
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Michael D. Singer is devoted to representing employees and consumers in class actions, cases under the Private Attorneys General Act, and other complex litigation. Attorney Singer has been practicing law for over 35 years and has served as the managing partner at Cohelan Khoury & Singer for over 15 years.
Michael was co-lead counsel on several landmark wage and hour decisions, including Brinker Restaurant Co. v Superior Court (meal and rest period rights), Dilts v Penske Logistics (truck drivers’ wage rights), and Vaquero v Stoneledge Furniture LLC (commission employees’ wage rights). He is one of a small group of employment lawyers who have taken a wage and hour class action through trial (Dilts v Penske Logistics), resulting in a class liability finding.
In addition to certifying over two hundred class cases for settlement by stipulation, Michael has served as lead or co-lead counsel in obtaining class certification in contested proceedings against California Pizza Kitchen, Raytheon Corporation, Les Schwab Tires, Washington Mutual Bank, Wells Fargo Mortgage, Ethan Allen, Ashley Furniture, Albertson’s Supermarkets, AT&T, FedEx Ground, Brinker, Penske Logistics, Catholic Healthcare West, and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Save Mart Supermarkets, Kraft/Heinz, among others.
Michael was named to the Daily Journal 2012, 2013, and 2018 list of Top California Labor and Employment Attorneys and selected to Southern California/San Diego Super Lawyers each year from 2012 through 2020.
Mr. Singer is a contributing author to California Wage and Hour Litigation (CEB 2010-2020) and the winner of the 2011 ACLEA Award for Professional Excellence in the Best Publication Category [opening chapter overview on California wage and hour law and PAGA chapter]. Michael is also a certified professional coach (Coaches Training Institute, 2002), coaching lawyers on career satisfaction.
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Licensed in California for 41 years
State: California
Acquired: 1984
No misconduct found
Licensed in Colorado for 24 years
State: Colorado
Acquired: 2001
No misconduct found
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Cohelan Khoury & Singer
605 C St Ste 200, San Diego, CA, 92101
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"Michael Singer is a true superstar in the field. I've been lucky enough to have worked with him on several high profile employment related class action matters. The results speak for themselves. He is highly intelligent, responsive, and simply one of the best (if not the best) in our practice area."
"Michael Singer is exactly what you want a lawyer to be: smart, enthusiastic, ethical, compassionate, and highly talented. He is well respected for his breadth of knowledge as well as his willingness to share that knowledge with others in the legal profession."
"I endorse this lawyer. Mike singer and his partners are the preeminent gurus of labor law class action cases. They, literally, wrote the book. Must have him on your side for any wage and hour case."
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University of California, Hastings College of the Law
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San Francisco State University