Jean-Claude Lapuyade

Attentive. Effective. Results-Driven.

About

Mr. Lapuyade is a San Diego based labor and employment attorney representing employees throughout California in employment law disputes. Mr. Lapuyade’s litigation practice focuses on claims for wage and hour class actions for unpaid overtime, minimum wage violations, meal and rest pay violations, back pay misclassification, wrongful termination, equal pay violations, harassment, discrimination, retaliation and whistleblower. Mr. Lapuyade prides himself on providing his clients with aggressive, attentive and result driven representation through the litigation process, trial and arbitration. Since 2007, Mr. Lapuyade successfully recovered more than $400 million in monetary awards for his clients.

Mr. Lapuyade is a four-time recipient of the Super Lawyers Rising Star by Thomson Reuters and two-time recipient of the prestigious Super Lawyer in Employment Law designation by Thomson Reuters.

Mr. Lapuyade served as co-editor of the Insurance Column for Consumer Attorneys of San Diego from 2011 to 2014. As editor, Mr. Lapuyade was responsible for publishing monthly articles in the Trial Bar News periodical analyzing complex insurance coverage issues.

Additionally, Mr. Lapuyade has multiple published California appellate opinions that setting legal protection precedents for California employees and consumers.

Practice Areas

Wage and Hour Class Actions on behalf of California employees for unpaid overtime, minimum wage violations, off-the-clock work, meal and rest period violations, unpaid wages, unreimbursed business expenses, misclassification, and regular rate of pay violations.
Wrongful Termination
Harassment
Discrimination
Whistleblower Claims
Unlawful Retaliation

Bar Admissions

California

U.S. District Court Southern District of California
U.S. District Court Central District of California
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court Northern District of California

Professional Associations

California Employment Lawyers Association, 2007 to Present
Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, 2007 to Present
American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Member, 2007 to Present
American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section, Member, 2007 to Present
American Bar Association, Tort, Trial & Insurance Section, Member, 2007 to Present
California Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section, Member, 2007 to Present
California Bar Association, Litigation Section, Member, 2007 to Present

Education

California Western School of Law, San Diego, California
- J.D. - 2006
- Honors: Dean's Merit Scholarship, California Western School of Law 2005 - 2006
University of Arizona
- B.A. - 2001
- Major: History

Honors

Super Lawyers Rising Star, Thomson Reuters, 2015 - 2018
Distinguished Advocate Award for Outstanding Oral Advocacy, 2005 - 2006

Published Opinions

Blanchette et al., v. The Superior Court of Imperial County, (GHA Enterprises) (2017), 8 Cal.App.5th 521
Chmurny v. State, 392 Md. 159, 2006

Current Employment

Managing Attorney

Past Employment

Insurance Column for Consumer Attorneys, Co-Editor, 2011 to 2014

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