Payam Malakouti

Payam Malakouti is a committed advocate for employers. He is an associate, located in the Los Angeles office of Jackson Lewis P.C. His practice is primarily focused on multi-plaintiff and class action employment litigation in state and federal courts. Payam has defended more than 30 wage and hour class and representative actions over the last three years, including 20 actions brought under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA).

Some of Payam’s representative class and PAGA matters include the following:

• Class and PAGA action brought on behalf of over 13,000 restaurant workers involving claims of missed meal and rest break periods, and wage statement violations.
• Class and PAGA action brought on behalf of over 250 technicians involving claims of minimum wage, overtime, meal and rest break period, reporting time pay, and wage statement violations.
• Class and PAGA action brought on behalf of over 150 medical services employees involving claims of minimum wage, overtime, meal and rest break period, and wage statement violations.

Prior to joining Jackson Lewis, Payam worked as an employment litigation associate with an emphasis on class and PAGA matters in the Woodland Hills, California, office of a national law firm. While in law school, Payam clerked for the California Department of Justice with the Litigation Division, and also served as the research editor of the Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review while in law school.