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Kathy A. Le is a principal in the Orange County, California, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Her practice focuses on representing employers in a broad range of employment law matters, including class and representative matters.

Kathy is experienced with all stages of civil litigation, from case inception through trial, and practices in both state and federal court. She also has a proven track record in resolving high-value class action/representative wage and hour claims and individual employment claims through mediation and direct negotiations.

A California federal judge recently certified a class of at least 843 Cinemark workers who allege Cinemark, a movie theater chain, failed to properly list overtime rates on employee wage statements, notwithstanding the fact that the purported class representative, Silken Brown, had settled her individual claim during the pending litigation. In opposing class certification, Cinemark