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RESULTS

Results for workers.

Selected verdicts and settlements obtained for employees in wage-and-hour, discrimination, harassment, antitrust, and executive matters. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

$350M+
In verdicts and settlements over the past 10 years
2,000+
Class, collective & PAGA cases led by Craig since 2007
500,000+
Workers covered by those cases
200+
California and Washington class actions led or co-led

Wage and hour class actions

The core of the firm, unpaid wages, missed meal and rest breaks, misclassification and expense reimbursement, brought as class and representative actions.

$16M
Meal and rest break class action
Health-care workforce · approximately 23,900 workers · Washington · 2025
Final approval
$14M
Rest break PAGA settlement
Grocery workforce · California · 2024
Final · co-lead counsel
$10.94M
Meal break class action
Health-care workforce · approximately 11,600 workers · Washington · 2025
Final approval
$5.95M
Wage-and-hour class settlement
Health-care workforce · 7,494 workers · California · 2024
Final · with co-counsel
$4.7M
Wage-and-hour class settlement
Retail and apparel workforce · California · 2023
Final approval · with co-counsel
$3.3M+
Wage-and-hour class recovery
Transportation industry · drivers · 2016
Final, after seven years of litigation
$2.95M
Rest break class settlement
Transportation industry · 540 drivers · 2017
Final, after contested class certification
$2.4M
Wage-and-hour class settlement
Industrial-supply workforce · 1,992 workers · California · 2023
Final
$2.38M
Wage class settlement
Building-materials workforce · 7,202 workers · California
Final · with co-counsel
$1.5M
Unpaid wages and missed breaks class action
Timeshare-sales workforce · California · 2021
Final
$1.275M
Wage class settlement
Technology workforce · 9,206 workers · 2024
Final
$1M
Wage class settlement
Hourly workforce · 1,708 workers · California · 2024
Final approval
$975K
Work-from-home expense reimbursement class action
Technology workforce · 6,362 workers · California · 2024
Final, after a published appellate decision
$950K
Work-from-home expense reimbursement class action
Technology workforce · California · 2024
Final approval
$669K
Representative-action settlement
Event-staffing workforce · 4,567 workers · 2026
Final · with co-counsel
$600K
Representative-action settlement
Technology workforce · 3,978 workers · 2025
Final

Antitrust, no-poach

Wage-fixing and no-poach agreements that suppress workers' pay, brought as antitrust class actions.

$5.5M
No-poach antitrust class settlement
Transportation industry · truck drivers · 2022
Final approval, part of no-poach settlements totaling $9.75M collectively

Discrimination and harassment

Pay and promotion discrimination, and sexual and racial harassment, individual and multi-plaintiff.

$23.5M
Sexual harassment settlement
Financial-services workforce · 150 women · 2003
Final · Craig Ackermann served as second chair (prior-firm experience)
$15M+
Gender pay and promotion discrimination
Apparel industry · individual plaintiff · 2026
Jury verdict, subject to post-trial proceedings, statutory limits, and appeal. Not a settlement or a collected recovery.
$1.3M
Racial harassment
Construction workforce · 19 Black workers · 2021
Final
$1M
Sexual harassment
Shipping and logistics workforce · seven plaintiffs · 2022
Final
$1M
Racial harassment
Construction workforce · 27 Black workers · 2020
Final
$725K
Racial harassment
Paint-manufacturing workforce · 14 individual arbitrations · 2025
Final
$370K
Title VII retaliation judgment
Individual plaintiff · judgment includes fees and costs · Federal court
Final

Executive and contract disputes

Breach of employment contract, equity and severance for senior executives.

$3.4M
Executive-compensation dispute
Financial-services industry · individual executive · Confidential matter
Final
$2.5M
Wrongful termination and breach of contract
Real-estate industry · individual executive · Confidential matter
Final

Proposed or pending outcomes

Settlements awaiting final court approval and outcomes still subject to post-trial proceedings. These are not final or collected recoveries.

$17M
Meal and rest break class action
Health-care workforce · approximately 30,000 workers · Washington · 2026
Proposed settlement · preliminary approval granted

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is different; the value and outcome of your matter will depend on its specific facts.

What these results mean for you.

MOST CASES END IN SETTLEMENT

A settlement is not a lesser outcome. It is money paid without the years and risk of trial. Whether a case settles or goes further depends on its facts.

How class recoveries reach workers

In a class case, eligible workers are paid from the recovery, not just the person who called. If a case covering your workplace settles, you may be able to claim money without ever having sued, under the settlement's terms.

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The initial review has no cost or obligation. The firm will review what you share and contact you about possible options and next steps. Bring what you have, from pay stubs to schedules to messages.

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