Peter Rukin has litigated class action and individual employment cases in California and across the United States. He is the author of the section on Rule 23(b)(1) class actions in the upcoming BNA treatise Class Actions in Employment Law, and has published numerous articles on employment issues in national and state bar publications. Peter has served as counsel of record in various state and federal reported decisions, including as counsel for amici Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund et al in Kolstad v. American Dental Association, 119 S.Ct. 2118 (1999). He has also been appointed class counsel in various class action cases since forming his own firm in March 2003.
Peter graduated from New York University School of Law in 1991, and served as law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Harry D. Leinenweber in Chicago. Following his clerkship, Peter practiced at employee-side firms in Chicago (Stowell & Friedman) and New York (Vladeck Waldman Elias & Engelhard) and served as Of Counsel in the Employment Law Department at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker in San Francisco before starting his own firm.
Peter is admitted to the State Bars of California and New York, the bars of various federal district courts, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the California Employment Lawyer's Association and regularly volunteers his pro bono services to the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights.
Peter also serves as a mediator with the Northern District of California ADR program, and has mediated both public and private sector employment cases as well as other civil rights matters.
Peter is "AV" rated by Martindale Hubbell.
Employment Law - Employee
Wage Claims / Overtime
Disability Rights
Class Action Lawsuits