Jhaveri-Weeks Law is a general litigation law practice; information about specific practice areas is below. During his career, Bill Jhaveri-Weeks has represented businesses and individuals in many sectors, including banking, finance, insurance, media, consumer goods, and technology. He has deep experience handling complex litigation and class actions. He also offers representation in appeals, and to individuals in employment matters. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome in future cases.
For clients facing commercial litigation, Mr. Jhaveri-Weeks offers the legal ability and educational background of a top large-firm lawyer with the efficiency, value, and personal attention of a small practice.
Areas of available representation include:
- General commercial litigation
- Contract disputes
- Fraud claims
- Corporate governance and fiduciary duty
- Intellectual property
- Antitrust and unfair competition
Past representations at prior firms include:
- Hedge fund manager asserting commercial claims in international arbitration resulting in $80 million+ award.
- Board of telecom company defending claims of fiduciary breach seeking damages of $1 billion; obtained summary judgment, affirmance on appeal, and denial of certiorari from Supreme Court.
- Major Hollywood publication in copyright infringement action and in resisting discovery into confidential news sources.
- Foreign supplier of energy equipment in contract dispute with U.S. company.
- Hedge fund manager in dispute with bondholders of foreign oil and gas company.
- Major international bank defending antitrust claims involving auction-rate securities; obtained dismissal on pleadings and affirmance on appeal.
- One of largest global insurance companies defending securities class action seeking billions of dollars; settled favorably on eve of trial.
- Agricultural technology company in USDA regulatory proceedings and related litigation in federal court.
- U.S.-based client resisting discovery sought in connection with foreign proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 1782.
Bill Jhaveri-Weeks has served as class counsel in a range of employment and consumer cases. If you believe you have experienced a legal wrong that also harmed others, reach out to Jhaveri-Weeks Law to discuss your claim. Within the context of employment law, common class claims include: failure to pay overtime wages, often due to misclassification of employees as independent contractors or as "exempt" from overtime requirements; failure to provide meal and rest breaks under California law; failure to pay employees for all hours worked ("off-the-clock" work); failure to reimburse business expenses under California law; and wrongful deductions from pay or underpayments of amounts owed to employees.
Past representations at other firms include:
Past representations at other firms include:
- Class counsel on behalf of business development representatives and territory managers seeking unpaid overtime wages and meal and rest period premium pay.
- Class counsel on behalf of residential tenants charged late fees alleged to violate California law.
- Represented California and nationwide classes of residential real estate appraisers held by the court to be unlawfully classified as exempt from overtime requirements.
- Represented proposed class of consumers who purchased laminated flooring sourced from China that emitted formaldehyde above California legal limits.
- Represented proposed class of assistant managers at major big box retailer claiming unpaid overtime wages.
- Represented proposed class of employees challenging unlawful background check policies.
- Represented commissioned sales employees challenging employer's practices concerning commission pay.
Jhaveri-Weeks Law offers representation and counseling to employees confronting various workplace issues. In 2018 and 2019, Mr. Jhaveri-Weeks was named to LawDragon's "500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers" nationwide. Mr. Jhaveri-Weeks also offers counseling and representation to employers. Available areas of representation include:
- Discrimination and harassment
- Severance agreements and contract negotiations
- Whistleblower retaliation
- Wrongful termination
- Overtime, off-the-clock, and meal and rest break violations
- Breach of contract or commission agreement
Over the course of his career, Mr. Jhaveri-Weeks has authored or co-authored appellate briefs in the Second, Sixth, Eighth, and Ninth federal circuits, and has briefed and argued appeals in California and New York state appellate courts. He clerked for a federal appeals judge, and has a deep understanding of how to present appellate arguments persuasively.
Examples of appellate experience at prior firms include:
Examples of appellate experience at prior firms include:
- Authored numerous briefs in a series of related Ninth Circuit cases involving enforceability of arbitration agreements in litigation concerning background check policies.
- Authored an amicus brief on behalf of National Employment Lawyers Association ("NELA") in Sixth Circuit appeal of trial verdict for plaintiffs in off-the-clock overtime case. Brief available here.
- Assisted in briefing California appeal resulting in reversal of termination of union employee and reinstatement with backpay.
- Assisted in obtaining affirmance of summary judgment in Second Circuit for clients accused of breach of fiduciary duty to insolvent corporation; defeated petition for certiorari to United States Supreme Court.
- Represented Mexican national in Supreme Court case - client had been deprived of right to consular assistance before being sentenced to death in Texas. Medellin v. Texas, 552 U.S. 491 (2008); 554 U.S. 759 (2008).