Perla J. Duvel

Overview

Perla Duvel is an attorney in the Labor & Employment Litigation Group. She has extensive experience in employment litigation and represents employers in a variety of employment-related matters including wage & hour issues, class actions, sexual harassment & discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, workplace investigations.

Prior to joining O'Hagan Meyer, Ms. Duvel worked for a boutique employment litigation firm in Santa Ana, California, representing employees and employers in civil actions, arbitrations and administrative matters involving wage & hour disputes, class actions, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, workplace discrimination (race, sex, age, medical condition, disability, etc.), retaliation & claims of failure to investigate, breaches of contract and other employment issues. She conducted numerous investigations into allegations of workplace misconduct on behalf of employers, provided employee & supervisor training and drafted workplace policies and handbooks.

Experience

• Published Opinion: Jameson V. Five Feet Restaurant, Inc., Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division 3, California. Labor Code Section 351 prohibits employers, managers and supervisors from collecting, taking or receiving gratuities, including those derived from a tip-pooling procedure

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Professional

• Member, California Bar Association
• Member, Former Chair, Orange County Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section
• Member, California Lawyers’ Association, Labor & Employment Law Section