Joseph Clapp Herron & Herron 268 Bush Street, Suite 3800 San Francisco, California 94104 (San Francisco County) Telephone: 415/788-2500 Facsimile: 415/788-2107 Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Business Litigation; Class Action Litigation; Trial and Appellate Practice Admitted: 1981, California Law School: McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, J.D., 1981 College: University of California at Berkeley, A.B., 1978 Member: State Bar of California Biography: Aurthor: “Practical Tip: Drafting a Complaint for Wrongful Termination," 5 San Francisco Barrister Law Journal 13, September, 1986; "Recognizing The Employee's Interests In Continued Employment - The California Cause of Action For Unjust Dismissal," 12 Pacific Law Journal 69, 1980. Lecturer, "Preemption After Lingle," Labor and Employment Law Section Conference, October, 1980. Comment Editor, Board of Editors, Pacific Law Journal, 1980-1981. Member: Traynor Society. Pending Wage & Hour Class Actions: Nostrum v. Albertsons, Inc., Monterey Superior Court No. M 66712 (Pharmacist meal periods); Wiggin v. North Bay Construction, Inc., Contra Costa Superior Court No. C 04 01384 (Construction worker prevailing wages). Recent Employment Cases: Smith v. Genstar Capital LLP, San Francisco Superior Court No. 313964 ($5 million civil class action/bankruptcy recovery for 600+ employees laid off without pay); Guillermo v. Silterra (Malaysia) SDN. BHD., Northern California U.S. District Court No. CV 0401533JW (six-figure recovery for a National Origin Discrimination lawsuit for an American terminated from a Malaysian company because he was not Malaysian). Born: Corvallis, Oregon, January 2, 1951