Howard C. Hay

Chapman University School of Law
One University Drive, Orange, California  92866

B.A. Duke University
J.D. University of Michigan Law School, Magna Cum Laude

Howard C. Hay, is a former partner with Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP. Mr. Hay spent the last 38 years litigating and resolving every kind of employment and labor law matter. He is the only employment lawyer in Orange County who has been selected for inclusion in all fourteen editions of The Best Lawyers in America, which speaks volumes about his dedication and professionalism. Mr. Hay is known for his fairness, intelligence and effective demeanor.

Mr. Hay taught at Cornell Law School as the visiting Distinguished Practitioner in 2001 and currently teaches at Chapman Law School. He is a member of the American Law Institute Board of Advisors for its Restatement of Employment Law project. Mr. Hay was the moderator of the California State Bar's "Recent Developments in Employment Law" program in Orange County for 16 years. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Labor and Employment Section of the State Bar of California, and was Co-Chair of the Special Committee formed by the California Bar Association to study wrongful termination litigation and legislation. He has authored chapters of Schlei and Grossman, Employment Discrimination Law (BNA 1976, 1979 and 1983 Editions), Advising California Employers (CEB 1981 and 1996), Wrongful Employment Termination Practice (CEB 1987 and 1997), Sexual Harassment in Employment Law (BNA 1992) and several articles in the Orange County Bar Journal.

Mr. Hay has extensive experience in mediations, arbitrations, wrongful termination litigation, discrimination/harassment prevention and litigation, employment policies and handbooks, EEOC, DFEH, and wage/hour matters, federal and state court litigation, and NLRB and related union matters.