Rodney B. Sorensen
PartnerTel: 415.738-6841
Fax: 415.398.7863
rbs@paynefears.com
Rodney B. Sorensen is Chair of the San Francisco office and a partner in the Employment Law Group at Payne & Fears LLP specializing in all types of employment litigation, including wage and hour, trade secrets, wrongful termination, discrimination and sexual harassment in state and federal court proceedings, administrative hearings, mediation and arbitration. Mr. Sorensen also counsels employers on issues arising under state and federal employment laws, and conducts in-house employment law training programs. He advises employers regarding the protection of proprietary information, litigation avoidance, drafting compensation and severance packages, reductions in force and workplace violence.
Mr. Sorensen has successfully defended employers against numerous employee claims of sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, defamation and wrongful termination. He has obtained injunctive relief against employees for misappropriation of proprietary information, and secured summary judgment/adjudication in favor of employers in a multitude of cases, including class action wage and hour litigation, wrongful termination and disability discrimination. Mr. Sorensen has also obtained multiple verdicts on behalf of employers in hearings before the California Labor Commissioner, and has obtained multiple workplace violence temporary restraining orders and injunctions.
Mr. Sorensen was an Editor of the Santa Clara University Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Board. He received the American Jurisprudence Award for his outstanding achievement in Contracts. He also was an Emory Merit Scholarship recipient.
Mr. Sorensen volunteers as a big brother with Big Brother/Big Sisters of Santa Clara County.
Prior to joining Payne & Fears LLP, Mr. Sorensen was a partner in the employment law department of DLA Piper, US LLP, and an associate at Littler Mendelson, where he specialized in employment law. He served as a law clerk for the Honorable John F. Herlihy of the Santa Clara County Superior Court and for the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.
