Overview

Terry focuses his practice on helping clients with complex employment law matters. He advises and represents employers, boards of directors, and senior officers and managers regarding all types of employment litigation, counseling, and transactional matters. He has appeared on behalf of clients before federal and state courts and handles litigation at both the trial and appellate levels. Terry’s litigation skills make him frequently relied on by colleagues to handle business and commercial litigation matters. He also handles administrative proceedings matters pending with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, U.S. Department of Labor, and the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. Affiliated with the Lawyers Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation, Terry regularly participates as co-counsel for cultural heritage property/art law firms in civil litigation involving cultural property law and regulated sectors of the art market.

Although a majority of Terry's clients are in the state of California, he has also handled matters in coordination with local counsel in Texas, New York, Nevada, Arizona and Utah.

Professional & Civic Associations

  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation
  • Association of Ski Area Defense Attorneys (Past)
  • J. Reuben Clark Law Society - International Board:
    • Membership Committee, Current
  • Global Chapter Relations Council, Past Chair
  • North America West Region, Past Co-Chair
  • California Area, Past Director
  • Los Angeles Chapter, Past Chair
  • Lincoln Clubs of California, Downtown Chapter of Los Angeles County, Past Chair

Education

University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

  • J.D., 1990

University of Utah

  • B.A., 1985

Bar & Court Admissions

  • California, 1990
  • Utah, 1993
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Languages

  • Spanish (fluent)
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