CMCP Diversity Matters - May/June 2018

DAVID A. SHIMKIN
Member
Cozen O’Connor
Los Angeles
dshimkin@cozen.com
JULIA Y. TRANKIEM
Partner
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Los Angeles
jtrankiem@huntonak.com
David A. Shimkin focuses his litigation practice on
representing clients in the hospitality, construction,
and transportation fields, including trucking
companies involved in interstate and intrastate
claims. He is experienced in the defense of cases
involving alleged food contamination, and has
extensive experience in class actions and handling
toxic exposure and contamination cases involving
both property damage and bodily injury claims. David
has also handled fire damage cases. He has also
defended errors and omissions and professional
liability claims brought against officers of closely
held and public companies, accountants, and other
professionals. He has also defended intellectual
property and trade secret claims. David was an
adjunct professor at New York Law School and sits
on the board of a major nonprofit organization.
Julia extensively collaborates and partners
with companies to solve complex employment
issues. She has represented employers across
wide-ranging industries in class, collective,
representative and hybrid actions brought under
the Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage and
hour laws. Her wage and hour experience includes
litigation involving claims of misclassification, offthe-clock
work and unpaid overtime, and meal and
rest period violations. She has successfully limited
class size and defeated class certification.
Julia also provides advice to clients concerning
compliance and assists clients in litigation
avoidance by conducting audits and assisting
in the implementation of new practices focused
on compliance with state and federal wage and
hour requirements. Julia has a significant amount
of experience in defending claims of wrongful
discharge and employment discrimination. Her
extensive experience has resulted in obtaining
defense verdicts at jury trials and arbitration
hearings and favorable summary judgment rulings.
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