Thomas Rutledge

Focused in the following areas of litigation, but not limited to the following: Wage & Hour Class Actions; Employment law; Personal Injury; Auto Accidents; Family Law; and Landlord-tenant law. Over 20 years of experience representing individuals in the full range of employment law, family law, personal injury, and landlord-tenant matters. Since leaving the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps in 2002, I've worked extensively on wage and hour class action litigation in state and federal courts, as well as the litigation and negotiation of individual employment law, family law, landlord-tenant, and personal injury claims, including wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, whistleblower retaliation, slip and fall, automobile accidents, and similar claims. I'm a member of the San Diego County Bar Association of which I'm a member of the Labor and Employment (of which I was the Co-Chairman from 2006 to 2008) Law section, the National Employment Lawyers Association, the California Employment Lawyers Association, the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego of which I'm a Member of the Board of Directors (2015 to the present), and the California Consumer Attorneys of California. I'm also currently the Chairman of the San Diego County Bar Association’s Attorney-Client Assistance Section to the Client Relations Committee (2005 to the present). I'm a former Representative for the San Diego County Bar Association’s Board of Delegates Labor and Employment Law Section (January 2006 to December 2006) and the Civil Litigation Section (January 2006 to December 2006) as well as a former Judge Pro Tem for the San Diego Superior Court, Small Claims Court (January 2006 to June 2007). Bar Admissions: CA Bar (1999); MA Bar (1995)(Retired); and FL Bar (1995)(Currently Inactive)