Allyson K. Thompson

Partner Allyson Thompson is a trial lawyer. Ms. Thompson routinely tries high stakes litigation in both state court and arbitration. Ms. Thompson focuses her practice on all aspects of employment litigation.

However, not every case needs to go to trial. Ms. Thompson routinely provides counsel to clients on state, federal and regulatory compliance matters so as to avoid litigation and has been providing employer-side advice and counsel for over 20 years. In addition to providing preventative advice, she also litigates all types of civil and employment cases, including discrimination, whistleblower, wage and hour, and complex cases before State and Federal Courts involving employment law disputes. She has broad experience involving complex litigation in trade secrets, defamation, unfair competition law, and employment contract disputes.

She routinely defends her clients in hearings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) as well as the Department of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE). Ms. Thompson’s advice and counsel practice includes preparation and assessment of multi-state employee handbooks, audit and compliance review of existing company policies and procedures, complete on-boarding advice including employee classification analysis, handling workplace investigations, handling disability issues, termination, and navigating clients through complex employer issues.

Ms. Thompson frequently lectures to statewide business organizations and associations throughout California on strategies to avoid employment related litigation, wage and hour issues, discrimination, preparation of key employment documents, and legislative changes to State and Federal labor laws. Recently, Ms. Thompson was recognized by the Los Angeles Daily Journal as one of the 2024 Women of Influence in Law and also by Orange County Business Journal as a Top Litigator and Corporate Attorney in 2025.