Vani Parti

• Second chaired a bench trial for a not-for-profit internet safety organization in a lawsuit for failure to pay final wages and all hours worked including overtime and vacation wages 
• Represented a global technology company in a wage-and-hour class and representative action regarding failure to provide meal periods, rest breaks, and timely final wages
• Represented a global technology company and a global retailer in a wage-and-hour representative action regarding suitable seating 
• Represented a national retailer in employment-related matters, including representative actions
• Represented a global telecommunications company and its affiliates in employment-related matters, including defense of claims involving employee termination and alleged discrimination
• Represented one of the world's largest car rental providers in successfully defeating class certification in a wage-and-hour class and representative action 
• Represented a national corporation providing project management and staff support to federal, state, and local governments and successfully defeated class certification of Section 1981 claims
• Represented a national healthcare entity and its affiliates in various matters, including defense of representative actions and discrimination claims
• Represented a global automotive services leader in employment-related matters, including defense of threatened employment litigation, representative actions, terminations and discrimination lawsuits
• Represented a large software company in a class and representative action regarding alleged overtime rounding claims and derivative theories
• Represented a leading provider of inventory counting services in employment-related matters, including governmental audits, defense of wage-and-hour collective and representative actions, and employment decisions
• Represented a global healthcare services company and its affiliates in a wage-and-hour class, collective, and representative action regarding misclassification of employees
• Conducted declaration drives in misclassification lawsuits, including for a leading rideshare provider, radio broadcaster, and home furnishings company
• Represented and counseled various referral agencies regarding AB-5 and independent contractor classification
• Represented mortgage lending provider in a collective action with misclassification claims

• Awarded, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, Labor and Employment Law – Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment, 2024
• Named, Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2019-2023
• Awarded, The Center for Social Justice Award, Outstanding Contribution to the Immigrants' Rights Clinic, 2015
• Awarded, New Jersey General Assembly Proclamation Recognizing Praiseworthy Advocates in S.D.N.Y
  Representation in Mediation Practicum, May 2015
• Awarded, Appellate Advocacy, Best Brief, 2015

Speaking Engagements

• DLA Piper’s Clean Energy Tax Credit Speaker Series Session 4 – “Renewable Tax Credit Adders: Requirements and Compliance Insights,” July 12, 2023
• DLA Piper’s Consumer Goods and Retail Speaker Series – “Employment Issues in the Entertainment and Retail Industries,” November 16, 2022
• "The Impact of Dynamex on Your DRA, Common Pitfalls, and Solutions," California Coalition of Domestic Referral Agencies (CCDRA) Fall Workshop, July 14, 2019
• "The Impact of the Recent Dynamex Ruling on Your DRA, Common Pitfalls, and Solutions," California Coalition of Domestic Referral Agencies (CCDRA) Spring Workshop, April 27, 2019
• "The Impact of the Recent Dynamex Ruling on Your DRA, Common Pitfalls, and Solutions," California Coalition of Domestic Referral Agencies (CCDRA) Fall Workshop, October 7, 2018
• "The Top Employment Law Issues Impacting Startups & Nuts and Bolts of Hiring / Firing," San Francisco, October 2, 2018
• "17th Annual All Day Labor Law Seminar," American Payroll Association, San Diego Chapter, July 28, 2018
• "Labor Law Seminar," American Payroll Association, San Diego Chapter, July 16, 2016