Aaron H. Cole is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Irell & Manella LLP, where he is a member of the litigation practice group.  Mr. Cole’s practice focuses on representing employers in labor and employment matters.  Mr. Cole has extensive experience defending Fortune 500 employers in both state and federal courts in wage-and-hour class actions from pre-certification to successful administration of settlements.  Mr. Cole also counsels employers regarding terminations, employment contracts, revisions of employee handbooks, compliance with wage-and-hour laws, and investigations by government agencies.  Mr. Cole’s active pro bono practice includes counseling non-profit and small community-based employers, and successful representation of low-wage workers before the DLSE.  Mr. Cole is also active in the Labor and Employment Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and was recently appointed to that section’s Executive Committee.  Mr. Cole’s litigation experience also includes intellectual property and professional negligence suits.  

Prior to joining Irell, Mr. Cole served as law clerk to the Honorable Gary A. Feess of the United States District Court, Central District of California. While attending UCLA School of Law, Mr. Cole also served as judicial extern to the Honorable Nora M. Manella of the Central District of California.

Professional Activities

• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section, Executive Committee Member
• “Legal Issues For Restaurant Owners,” September 24, 2011, 12th Annual Asian Small Business Expo, Presenter
• “The Changing Class Action Landscape:  What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Dukes v. Wal-Mart and AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion,” July 18, 2011, LACBA Labor & Employment Section Dinner Presentation featuring panelists Nancy Abell and Brad Seligman, Moderator
• “Overview of Legal Issues For Restaurant Owners,”  March 2, 2011, Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment Business Development Workshop, Presenter
• “Commercial Leases:  Some Basics You Should Know,”  September 25, 2010, 11th Annual Asian Small Business Expo, Presenter
• “Hernandez v. Hillsides and Hidden Cameras in the Workplace: Legitimate Surveillance or Employer Spying?” November 16, 2009, LACBA Labor & Employment Section Dinner Presentation, Moderator

Publications

Mr. Cole has co-authored "The Bishop's Alter Ego: Enterprise Liability and the Catholic Priest Sex Abuse Scandal," published in St. John's University School of Law's Journal of Catholic Legal Studies, Volume 46, Number 1, July 2007.

Bar & Court Admissions

• 2005, California
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court, Central District of California
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California