KamranMirrafati
Partner
Labor & Employment
kmirrafati@seyfarth.com
For nearly 20 years, Kamran has helped management avoid—or quickly resolve—employee disputes, so they can focus on their key business objectives.
More About Kamran
Kamran has defended employers in a wide range of employment litigation and arbitration matters involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, leaves of absence, breaches of contract, and wage and hour class actions. Employers also look to Kamran for help with labor arbitrations, unfair labor practice charges, and union election proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board.
Kamran provides practical legal advice on human resource and labor relations issues in order to achieve management goals while minimizing risk for his clients. He counsels on a wide range of employment matters, including personnel policies, wage and hour compliance, leaves of absence, terminations and layoffs, and employment agreements. Kamran also frequently serves as the chief negotiator for management in collective bargaining matters, and advises management on a broad range of labor issues such as union strikes and picketing, facility closures, and contract interpretation.
Kamran has extensive experience serving employers in the energy and hospitality industries. Additionally, Kamran represents clients in other industries, such as logistics, real estate, manufacturing, retail, finance, and health care.
Kamran understands that business demands are often urgent, so he prioritizes responsiveness to all client needs. He also maintains efficient services with a lean team, detailed budgets, or alternative fee arrangements, without sacrificing quality.
Kamran provides practical legal advice on human resource and labor relations issues in order to achieve management goals while minimizing risk for his clients. He counsels on a wide range of employment matters, including personnel policies, wage and hour compliance, leaves of absence, terminations and layoffs, and employment agreements. Kamran also frequently serves as the chief negotiator for management in collective bargaining matters, and advises management on a broad range of labor issues such as union strikes and picketing, facility closures, and contract interpretation.
Kamran has extensive experience serving employers in the energy and hospitality industries. Additionally, Kamran represents clients in other industries, such as logistics, real estate, manufacturing, retail, finance, and health care.
Kamran understands that business demands are often urgent, so he prioritizes responsiveness to all client needs. He also maintains efficient services with a lean team, detailed budgets, or alternative fee arrangements, without sacrificing quality.
- JD, University of California, Los Angeles
UCLA Law Review, editor - BS, University of California, Los Angeles
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- California
- US District Court, Central District of California
- US District Court, Eastern District of California
- US District Court, Northern District of California
- US District Court, Southern District of California
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- Represented various clients in numerous labor arbitrations involving employee discipline and contract interpretation
- Represented various clients in numerous unfair labor practice charges on a wide range of labor issues
- Represented a hotel in a kitchen-sink wrongful termination, sexual harassment, gender/disability discrimination, and retaliation claim — obtained summary adjudication of all key claims
- Represented an energy company in a mass action involving over 25 individual arbitrations regarding bonus pay — implemented a unique defense strategy which favorably resolved all of the matters
- Represented a commercial cleaning company in an independent contractor misclassification action — successfully defeated class certification and favorably resolved the individual claims
- Represented a telecommunications company in a contract interpretation arbitration involving millions of dollars in holiday pay — obtained a dismissal of the grievance
- Represented a telecommunications company in a contract interpretation arbitration involving the subcontracting of hundreds of bargaining unit employees — obtained a dismissal of the grievance
- Represented a telecommunications company in a wrongful retaliatory discharge action — prevailed on summary judgment
- Represented a staffing company in a sex discrimination action — prevailed on summary judgment
- Represented a pharmaceutical company in pregnancy discrimination action — prevailed on summary judgment
- Represented a pharmaceutical company against four wage and hour class actions — prevailed on summary judgment
- Represented a restaurant chain against a class certification of 45,000 employees — preemptively defeated class certification
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- Quoted, "Four-Day Workweeks: The Future, or Just a Fantasy?" Worldspan, World at Work (August 17, 2021)
- Quoted, "3 Tips For Acing Wage And Hour Depositions," Law360 (July 23, 2021)
- Quoted, "CA Gig Worker Law May Affect Promo Industry," Promogram, Advertising Specialty Institute (January 17, 2020)
- Co-Author, "Tackling Depositions In Wage And Hour Misclassification Suits," Law360 (May 10, 2018)
- “NLRB Advice Memorandum Upholds Limitations on Parking Lot Demonstrations,” Employer Labor Relations Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (September 3, 2013)
- Co-Author, “Fast food pay strikes headed to California?” The Daily Journal (August 16, 2013)
- “NLRB Advice Memorandum Provides Guidance On A Lawful Confidentiality Policy,” Employer Labor Relations Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 7, 2013)
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- “NLRB Acting General Counsel Announces New Practices For Electronic Distribution And Reading Of Settlement Notices,” Employer Labor Relations Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 28, 2012)
- Co-Author, “California Court Holds That Federal Labor Law Does Not Preempt Wage Deduction Claim,” Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 24, 2012)
- Advising California Employers and Employees, Chapter 6, “Vacations, Family and Medical Leave, and Other Time Off,” Continuing Education of the Bar (2010)
- Speaker, "What to Know About Employer Liability Concerns in the Age of COVID-19," THRIVE, a Paychex Business Podcast (September 15, 2020)
- Speaker, Association of Corporate Counsel, Labor & Employment Roundtable (2017)
For nearly 20 years, Kamran has helped management avoid—or quickly resolve—employee disputes, so they can focus on their key business objectives.
More About Kamran
Kamran has defended employers in a wide range of employment litigation and arbitration matters involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, leaves of absence, breaches of contract, and wage and hour class actions. Employers also look to Kamran for help with labor arbitrations, unfair labor practice charges, and union election proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board.
Kamran provides practical legal advice on human resource and labor relations issues in order to achieve management goals while minimizing risk for his clients. He counsels on a wide range of employment matters, including personnel policies, wage and hour compliance, leaves of absence, terminations and layoffs, and employment agreements. Kamran also frequently serves as the chief negotiator for management in collective bargaining matters, and advises management on a broad range of labor issues such as union strikes and picketing, facility closures, and contract interpretation.
Kamran has extensive experience serving employers in the energy and hospitality industries. Additionally, Kamran represents clients in other industries, such as logistics, real estate, manufacturing, retail, finance, and health care.
Kamran understands that business demands are often urgent, so he prioritizes responsiveness to all client needs. He also maintains efficient services with a lean team, detailed budgets, or alternative fee arrangements, without sacrificing quality.
Kamran provides practical legal advice on human resource and labor relations issues in order to achieve management goals while minimizing risk for his clients. He counsels on a wide range of employment matters, including personnel policies, wage and hour compliance, leaves of absence, terminations and layoffs, and employment agreements. Kamran also frequently serves as the chief negotiator for management in collective bargaining matters, and advises management on a broad range of labor issues such as union strikes and picketing, facility closures, and contract interpretation.
Kamran has extensive experience serving employers in the energy and hospitality industries. Additionally, Kamran represents clients in other industries, such as logistics, real estate, manufacturing, retail, finance, and health care.
Kamran understands that business demands are often urgent, so he prioritizes responsiveness to all client needs. He also maintains efficient services with a lean team, detailed budgets, or alternative fee arrangements, without sacrificing quality.
- JD, University of California, Los Angeles
UCLA Law Review, editor - BS, University of California, Los Angeles
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- California
- US District Court, Central District of California
- US District Court, Eastern District of California
- US District Court, Northern District of California
- US District Court, Southern District of California
Related Services
Related Key Industries
- Represented various clients in numerous labor arbitrations involving employee discipline and contract interpretation
- Represented various clients in numerous unfair labor practice charges on a wide range of labor issues
- Represented a hotel in a kitchen-sink wrongful termination, sexual harassment, gender/disability discrimination, and retaliation claim — obtained summary adjudication of all key claims
- Represented an energy company in a mass action involving over 25 individual arbitrations regarding bonus pay — implemented a unique defense strategy which favorably resolved all of the matters
- Represented a commercial cleaning company in an independent contractor misclassification action — successfully defeated class certification and favorably resolved the individual claims
- Represented a telecommunications company in a contract interpretation arbitration involving millions of dollars in holiday pay — obtained a dismissal of the grievance
- Represented a telecommunications company in a contract interpretation arbitration involving the subcontracting of hundreds of bargaining unit employees — obtained a dismissal of the grievance
- Represented a telecommunications company in a wrongful retaliatory discharge action — prevailed on summary judgment
- Represented a staffing company in a sex discrimination action — prevailed on summary judgment
- Represented a pharmaceutical company in pregnancy discrimination action — prevailed on summary judgment
- Represented a pharmaceutical company against four wage and hour class actions — prevailed on summary judgment
- Represented a restaurant chain against a class certification of 45,000 employees — preemptively defeated class certification
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Recognition
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- Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) for Employment Law - Management (2023-2025)
- Recognized as a Recommended Attorney for Labor and employment - Labor-management relations, The Legal 500 (Legalese Ltd.) (2024)
- Selected for inclusion in the Southern California Rising Stars by Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) (2013-2019)
- Selected for inclusion in the Northern California Rising Stars by Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) (2015)
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers
- Professionals in Human Resources Association (PIHRA)
- Quoted, "Four-Day Workweeks: The Future, or Just a Fantasy?" Worldspan, World at Work (August 17, 2021)
- Quoted, "3 Tips For Acing Wage And Hour Depositions," Law360 (July 23, 2021)
- Quoted, "CA Gig Worker Law May Affect Promo Industry," Promogram, Advertising Specialty Institute (January 17, 2020)
- Co-Author, "Tackling Depositions In Wage And Hour Misclassification Suits," Law360 (May 10, 2018)
- “NLRB Advice Memorandum Upholds Limitations on Parking Lot Demonstrations,” Employer Labor Relations Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (September 3, 2013)
- Co-Author, “Fast food pay strikes headed to California?” The Daily Journal (August 16, 2013)
- “NLRB Advice Memorandum Provides Guidance On A Lawful Confidentiality Policy,” Employer Labor Relations Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 7, 2013)
- “NLRB Takes Away Employers’ Longstanding Right To Withhold Witness Statements,” Employer Labor Relations Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (December 25, 2012)
- “NLRB Acting General Counsel Announces New Practices For Electronic Distribution And Reading Of Settlement Notices,” Employer Labor Relations Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 28, 2012)
- Co-Author, “California Court Holds That Federal Labor Law Does Not Preempt Wage Deduction Claim,” Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 24, 2012)
- Advising California Employers and Employees, Chapter 6, “Vacations, Family and Medical Leave, and Other Time Off,” Continuing Education of the Bar (2010)
- Speaker, "What to Know About Employer Liability Concerns in the Age of COVID-19," THRIVE, a Paychex Business Podcast (September 15, 2020)
- Speaker, Association of Corporate Counsel, Labor & Employment Roundtable (2017)