Vickie V. Grasu

Partner

Office: Los Angeles - Woodland Hills

Direct: 213-306-1622

Fax: 213-306-1615

vgrasu@nullohaganmeyer.com

  • Professional Overview
    Vickie Grasu focuses her practice on Labor and Employment litigation and administrative proceedings. She advises and represents employers on a wide variety of employment issues including wrongful discharge, retaliation claims, harassment, discrimination, wage and hour claims. Vickie also works with in-house counsel and human resources personnel to provide advice and assistance in the areas of employee discipline, terminations, layoffs, and preventative measures such a policies and handbooks.

    Vickie routinely represents clients class actions and complex litigation in state and federal court. Ms. Grasu has vast experience in the area of wage and hour class actions. Vickie has defended a significant number of wage and hour class actions over the last several years. Ms. Grasu has also defended class action lawsuits brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

    In addition to her labor and employment practice, Vickie represents contractors, trade sub-contractors, construction managers and engineers in actions involving tort liability, breach of contract, and construction defect actions. Vickie also defends tort and contract claims, including premises liability and negligence.

    Vickie obtained a Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine School of Law’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and has mediated and arbitrated numerous matters in her areas of practice.

    Vickie is admitted to practice before all California state courts and all U.S. District Courts in California.
  • Practice Areas
  • Education and Admissions

    Education

    • J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law.
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution Certificate from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law.
    • B.S. from the University of Southern California, Political Science and Philosophy.

    States Licensed

    • California
  • Professional Organization Memberships
    • Defense Research Institute: Labor and Employment Law Committee
    • American Bar Association: Labor and Employment
    • Los Angeles County Bar Association
    • Professionals in Human Resources Association
  • News, Honors, Publications & Speeches

    Articles

    • California Implements Statewide “Ban the Box” Law, November, 2017
    • California On-Duty Meal Period – Not A Waiver of a Meal Period!, April, 2015
    • California Public Works Projects and Prevailing Wage Laws, June 2014

    Speaking Engagements

    • “New 2014 California Employment Laws: Developments Affecting Employee Wages and Benefits,” National Association of Women in Construction, January 2014
    • “Overtime Laws – Employee Classifications, Payment Requirements and Calculations and Penalties,” Building Industry Association, August 2013
    • “Misclassifying Workers and its Implications Under Current California Labor Law,” National Association of Women in Construction, June 2013