Fisher Phillips Welcomes William Stein, Powerhouse Employment Litigator in Los Angeles

Fisher Phillips, one of the country’s preeminent labor and employment law firms representing employers, is pleased to announce that William “Bill” O. Stein has joined the firm’s multi-disciplinary California Litigation Team as a Partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office.

Bill brings more than 25 years of experience from national and AmLaw 100 firms, where he has represented employers in high-stakes employment and business litigation in state and federal courts across California. He has litigated matters including wrongful termination, high-value employee departures, wage and hour disputes, and misappropriation of trade secrets. Having led over 40 jury trials, bench trials, and arbitrations, Bill has become an indispensable partner for employers across the state and in the retail, medical, hospitality, staffing and transportation industries. In addition to continuing his litigation practice at Fisher Phillips, Bill will advise and counsel clients on making sound day-to-day employment decisions that help avoid litigation.  

“Bill’s impressive history and track record of successful results in the courtroom further strengthens our ability to be the go-to law firm for defending employers in high-stakes employment matters,” said Kristen Nesbit and Karl Lindegren co-chairs of the firm’s California Litigation practice. “Adding attorneys like Bill, with his extensive litigation and trial experience, is strategic and an important component of the firm’s plan to build a litigation powerhouse that defends clients in employment matters from case inception through trial in California and across the country.”

Early in his career, Bill clerked for the Honorable Robert J. Kelleher in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He also served as counsel to the Webster Commission, which investigated the Los Angeles Police Department’s response to the Los Angeles riots in 1992.

Of Bill’s move to expand Fisher Phillips Los Angeles presence, Todd Scherwin, Regional Managing Partner of the firm’s Los Angeles office said: “We are in recruitment mode: In the past year, we have added 16 exceptional lawyers in our Los Angeles office in response to increasing client demand. With Bill’s arrival, we will only continue to expand our service offerings and continue to attract high-quality attorneys who share our commitment to providing excellent client service and enjoy our collaborative, entrepreneurial culture.” 

Fisher Phillips’ California Litigation Team has been in growth mode over the past five years and includes over 120 litigators in six offices across the state helping local, national, and global employers navigate California’s complex employment laws. Collectively, the team has decades of experience defending single-plaintiff lawsuits and class action cases brought under both federal law and unique state-specific claims including California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act and Private Attorney General Act. The team has a zest for victory and an unmatched work ethic that consistently produces winning trial results for clients across the state. To learn more about our California Litigation Team, click here.

Bill earned his J.D. from Loyola Law School and his B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.