Overview
Tyler Rasmussen is a partner in the Irvine office. His litigation practice involves representing employers in various aspects of labor and employment law, including employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims, wage and hour violations, trade secret protection, and various administrative proceedings.
Tyler also regularly counsels employers with difficult employment issues with their workforce including discrimination and harassment complaints and investigations, disciplinary actions, leaves of absences, and wage-hour laws.
Tyler has defended employers in civil litigation in state and federal court, as well as arbitration. Tyler has also defended employers before federal and state administrative agencies including the Department of Labor, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE), Department of Fair Employment and Housing, Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions, and the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (CUIAB). He regularly provides human resource training to clients and speaks to employers and employer groups regarding labor and employment issues.
While in law school, Tyler participated in the Los Angeles Family Law Clinic and served as the managing editor of the Loyola International and Comparative Law Review.
He is also the co-founder of the non-profit foundation "Heartbeats for Tom Rasmussen" which donates automatic external defibrillators to local schools and sports facilities and is active with Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.