Peter Choi focuses his practice on employment law matters, representing employers in all aspects of state and federal employment matters, including class actions and representative actions for wage and hour violations. He has extensive experience in representing employers of all sizes, spanning a range of industries, including the hospitality, security guard and transportation industries. Peter also has experience litigating large scale coordinated actions, including litigating a coordinated action against an international hotel company for wage and hour violations.
- Obtained a seven-figure settlement in a putative class action wage and hour matter shortly after taking the defendant employer’s deposition, following an initial offer to resolve the case on an individual basis.
- Litigated and worked to secure a significant eight-figure class action settlement on behalf of non-exempt security guards for wage and hour violations.
- Litigated and worked to secure a mid-six figure settlement in a disputed liability personal injury case where the defendant’s initial offer was fifteen thousand dollars.
- Obtained a preliminary injunction enjoining an imminent trustee sale of a personal residence without the requirement to post bond.
- Obtained a hung jury on behalf of a criminal defendant in a DUI case involving a blood alcohol concentration of .16.
- Worked to secure multiple seven- and eight-figure settlements.
- Quoted, AGs Prevail in Gig Wage Cases, But Contractor Issue Looms, Law360 Employment Authority, November 2023
- Speaker, Latest Developments in Class Action Litigation, GRSM Legal Education Conference, June 2023
Admissions
- California
Memberships
- Public Counsel
Education
- J.D., cum laude, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 2006
- Witkin Award for Computer and Internet Law
- 4.0 in Constitutional Law II
- Advanced Constitutional Law
- High marks in a comparative law class taught by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- B.A., Communication and Political Science, University of Southern California, 2003
Languages
- Korean