Art represents employers in high-stakes employment litigation and labor relations matters. Repeatedly named as one of the top 75 employment attorneys in California by The Los Angeles Daily Journal and the San Francisco Recorder, he has defended numerous employers in individual and class action lawsuits, including federal and state bench and jury trials. He regularly represents large and mid-sized corporations on these matters, and has first-chaired more than 100 employment litigations, arbitrations, and NLRB trials.

Art advises employers facing state and federal litigation involving complex claims of misclassification, overtime, meal period, discrimination, disability, harassment, wrongful termination, OSHA, whistleblower retaliation, and trade secret violations in California and other states.

In the early stages of class actions, he works closely with in-house counsel and human resources executives to analyze personnel policies, practices and compliance in light of federal and California laws, evaluate pay practices and compensation data, and develop creative strategies to win summary judgment or defeat class certification. Art has helped numerous clients successfully resolve disputes in early mediation before expending large legal fees, often before an initial status conference or the hearing on class certification. He is one of the few California attorneys to have defended a wage class action through trial.

Art represents employers in labor relations, including organizing campaigns, bargaining negotiations, strikes, picketing, boycotts, grievance and arbitrations, Section 301 litigation and multi-employer trust fund matters.

He writes and speaks extensively about employment law topics, including compliance under the FLSA and the California Labor Code. Art is the author of "Doing Business in California: An Employment Law Handbook" and "Complying With the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act and the California Pregnancy Disability Leave Law."