Jeremy S. Millstone

Mr. Millstone’s practice focuses almost exclusively on employment law.  He serves as a litigator and as outside counsel to business owners of all sizes, managers, and human resource professionals in need of day-to-day personnel, risk management, and compliance advice.   As a litigator, Mr. Millstone primarily represents private employers (in both state and federal court as well as private arbitrations and mediations), defending them against claims for wrongful termination, breach of contract, unpaid wages (including class actions), and harassment, discrimination, and retaliation claims of all types.  As outside counsel, Mr. Millstone drafts and reviews employee handbooks, policies, employment agreements, commission agreements, arbitration agreements, and other personnel documents and forms essential to human resource managers in their effort to reduce their companies’ exposure to employee claims.

Areas Of Practice

• Employment 85%
• General Business 15%

Bar Admissions

• California, 1993
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California

Education

• University of California at Davis School of Law, Davis, California
  • J.D. – 1993
  • Honors: Moot Court Participant
• Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
  • B.A. – 1986
  • Honors: Bruno Kreisky Intern (Austrian Parliament)
  • Major: Government

Published Works

• “At Will Policy Worthless if Job Applicant is not Aware of It”, Sahra Newsletter, February, 2004
• “Paying Bonuses May Land Your Company In Court”, Sahra Newsletter, January, 2004
• “Supreme Court Decision Affirms Employers Right to Modify or Cancel Employment Policies”, Employment Law Bulletin, June, 2000
• “The Ninth Circuit Rules that Employee Releases Don’t Release Employers From All Liability”, Employment Law Bulletin, November, 1999
• “Supreme Court’s Kolstad Ruling Emphasizes ‘Good Faith Effort’ to Prevent Workplace Discrimination”, Employment Law Bulletin, July, 1999

Representative Clients

• Golden State Overnight Delivery Service
• A. Teichert & Son
• Ray, Douglas, Ann, & Patrick, Inc. dba RPM Company
• Regional Council of Rural Counties
• Applimotion
• Association of California Life & Health Insurance Companies
• California Sleep Solutions
• Henry Elliott & Co
• McDonald Plumbing Heating & Air Conditioning
• Nerds on Call
• Placer Podiatry
• Tahoe Luxury Properties
• Westin Engineering
• Strategic IT Staffing
• Laser Esthetica Medical Corporation
• Mexicali Restaurant Group
• Intuitive Networks

Classes/Seminars

• Wage & Hour Issues for 2004, SAHRA, 2004 to Present
• Employment Legislative and Case Law Update, Silvers HR, LLC, 2009 to 2009
• Privacy Issues in the Workplace, SAHRA, 2003 to 2003

Honors and Awards

• “Man of the Year”, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Sacramento Area Human Resources Association (SAHRA), Member, 2002 to 2012
• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Member, 2002 to 2012
• Roseville Chamber of Commerce, Member, 2005 to Present
• Sacramento Area Commerce & Trade Organization (SACTO), Member, Development Committee, 2004 to 2006
• Anthony M. Kennedy Inn of Court, 1994 to 1996

Past Employment Positions

• McDonough Holland & Allen PC, Shareholder, 2000 to 2005
• McDonough Holland & Allen PC, Associate, 1993 to 2000

Languages

• English