Contact
Jeffrey S. Ranen
Partner
Los Angeles
633 West Fifth Street
Suite 4000
Los Angeles, California 90071
Phone: 213.580.3921
Fax: 213.250.7900
Email: [email protected]
Jeff Ranen is a Vice Chair of the firm’s Employment Law Practice, Co-Chair of the firm’s national Wage and Hour Class Action Department, and Chair of the Firm’s national Fair Credit Reporting Act practice sub-group. His practice is dedicated to defending employers in employment litigation and counseling.
In 2007, Mr. Ranen became the youngest partner in the history of the law firm. He is known for his intellectual aggressiveness, accurate evaluation of cases, early case resolution strategies, and working with employers to make business-savvy decisions with respect to approaching litigation – whether that means taking the case to trial or settling early on.
Mr. Ranen is involved in all aspects of employment-related litigation, including first-chairing trials before juries and arbitrators. In 2016, he first-chaired a pregnancy discrimination trial which led to the Plaintiff dismissing her case with prejudice in the middle of Mr. Ranen’s cross-examination of her and garnered front-page media attention. His robust practice includes defending employers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, ADA access, trade secret litigation, and Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) class actions. Mr. Ranen and his team also provide preventative counseling to employers regarding all employment practices, including drafting and auditing employee handbooks, preparing employment and severance agreements, drafting and reviewing employment applications for FCRA compliance, presenting sexual harassment prevention seminars, and evaluating termination decisions.
There are very few attorneys in the State of California who have successfully defended more wage and hour, FCRA, and consumer class actions than Mr. Ranen. He has defended well over 175 such class lawsuits, including defeating class certification or getting the cases dismissed at the outset. In 2015 alone, Mr. Ranen and his team defeated three class certification motions -- an unprecedented string of success. Mr. Ranen is a prolific speaker on wage and hour topics, and presents numerous seminars each year on helping employers avoid the pitfalls of class action litigation.
Mr. Ranen also specializes in defending businesses and individuals in sexual abuse cases arising both within and outside of the employment-law context. Mr. Ranen is skilled in developing a litigation strategy that recognizes the sensitive nature of these cases and achieves a favorable result for his clients.
When not practicing law, Mr. Ranen lives for spending time with his wife and two young children and is an avid Boston sports fan.