Partner, Employment Chair
Maria Stearns is a partner and chair of the Employment group at Rutan & Tucker in Irvine. She represents local and national employers doing business in California in employment litigation and transactional matters, with particular experience in healthcare, restaurants, manufacturing, and apparel. A significant part of her litigation practice is defending wage-and-hour class actions and PAGA representative claims, including meal and rest period, misclassification, and related allegations. She also counsels employers on employee handbooks, transactional documents, and employment practices. Her firm biography says the Daily Journal has included her on its lists of California's top women lawyers and top employment lawyers. She earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her B.A., summa cum laude, in Philosophy and Spanish from the University of Kansas.
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