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Laura Fleming is a principal attorney in the Employment Law Group at Payne & Fears LLP.  Ms. Fleming specializes in employment litigation and represents employers in all aspects of California labor and employment law.  Her practice includes preventative counseling, workplace investigations, administrative complaints, union arbitrations and negotiations, single-plaintiff employment disputes and wage and hour class action litigation.  Ms. Fleming has served as the lead associate successfully handling multiple summary judgment motions and a published Ninth Circuit case upholding dismissal of multiple discrimination claims.  She also has served as assistant counsel in successful jury trials resulting in defense verdicts. 

Ms. Fleming was selected to Southern California Rising Stars in Employment and Labor Law in 2007 and 2008 by Southern California Super Lawyers magazine.  She was a regular columnist for the Shanghai Star and has contributed articles to Orange County Lawyer.  Ms. Fleming frequently speaks at seminars on various employment law topics, including immigration law.

Prior to joining Payne & Fears LLP, Ms. Fleming was an associate at O’Melveny & Myers LLP in Shanghai, China and Newport Beach, California.