Alan S. Levins
Senior Counsel
Offices
San Francisco
101 Second StreetSuite 1000San Francisco, CA 94105
O +1 (415) 433-1940
F +1 (415) 399-8490
Professional & Community Affiliations
Member
National Labor Relations Act and Litigation committees
American Bar Association
Member
Developing Labor Law Subcommittee
American Bar Association
1975-present
Member
Bar Association of San Francisco
Member
State Bar of California
Former Board Member
Concordia/Argonaut
Former Officer
Concordia/Argonaut
Former Board Member
San Francisco Jewish Community Center
Former Board Member
Sherith Israel
Recognition
Named, The Best Lawyers in America®
2013-2025
Awarded, AV® Peer Review Rating
Martindale-Hubbell
News, Analysis & Press
Best Lawyers in America© 2020 Edition Honors More Than 200 Littler Lawyers; 14 Named Lawyer of the Year
August 15, 2019
The Best Lawyers in America© Honors More Than 180 Littler Lawyers in Its 2017 Edition
August 16, 2016
Littler Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America® 2014 Edition
August 15, 2013
Are Unpaid Interns A Thing Of The Past?
Nob Hill Gazette
April 1, 2013
NLRB Rules Employer’s Termination of Non-Union Employees for Facebook Posts Violated NLRA
Insight
December 27, 2012
Best Lawyers in America® Names 164 Littler Attorneys to 2013 Edition
September 7, 2012
Plaintiffs Lawyers in Major Gender Bias Case Try to Get out of 'Dukes' Shadow
The Recorder
July 27, 2012
Food for Litigation: Companies Sued for Failing to Provide Meal Breaks
Wall Street Journal Law Blog
August 30, 2011
California Court Finds Professional Overtime Exemption Applies to Law Clerks
Insight
August 19, 2011
U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Contract Formation Issues Are for Court Determination and Provides Guidance for Litigation Against International Union
Insight
July 2, 2010
U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Littler Clients
June 29, 2010
Interns: Employees or Not
California Lawyer
The State Bar of California
August 1, 2008
Alan Levins Discusses Political Talk in the Workplace
KGO Morning Radio Show
November 3, 2006
Let's Not Waffle On The Issue: The State Labor Commissioner Is Not The EEOC
California Employment Report
April 2004
Will The California Courts March To The Requirements Of Due Process As Set Forth In State Farm?
California Employment Reporter
February 2004
It Wasn't a Flurry, It Was a Blizzard
California Employment Reporter
December 2003
There is Nothing Classic About Class Action Arbitrations
California Employment Reporter
October 2003
The Supreme Court Should, Once Again, Step In to Stop 'Tort Inflation'
California Employment Reporter
August 2003
It Is Time For The Demise of The 'Death Knell' Doctrine
California Employment Reporter
June 2003
Let's NOT Be Averse to Requiring 'Adverse Action' That Is Truly Adverse
California Employment Reporter
April 2003
May It Please The Court
California Employment Reporter
February 2003
Looking Back at 2002
California Employment Reporter
December 2002
Who Can Be Against Privacy?
California Employment Reporter
December 2002
Employers Beware! Ignorance is No Longer Bliss: The Case of the Immaculate Perception
California Employment Reporter
August 2002
Let's Be Fair About Punitive Damages for a Change
California Employment Reporter
June 2002
How Are You Doing With Those New Year Resolutions?
California Employment Reporter
February 2002
Survey of Employment Issues Pending Before the Supreme Court
California Employment Reporter
December 2001
Arbitration - A Policy for All Employees, Not Just the Newly Hired
California Employment Reporter
October 2001
Let's Review the Importance of Performance Reviews - Why They Must Be Performed Properly
California Employment Reporter
August 2001
Tenure Track Travails-Plaintiff Proves Pretext but Not Discrimination; Summary Judgment Affirmed
California Employment Reporter
June 2001
Playhut Plays With Fire and Gets Burned; What Did the Court Really 'Say?
California Employment Law Reporter
April 2001
The Boss's Survival Guide
McGraw-Hill
2001
Only Claims Without Merit Benefit From Jury System's Inefficiencies
Daily Journal
September 28, 1999
Law Needed to Stop Abuses by Unethical Class-Action Attorneys
S.F. Chronicle
August 9, 1999
Books & Book Chapters
- The Boss's Survival Guide, McGraw-Hill, 2001
Speaking Engagements
San Francisco Breakfast Briefing
San Francisco, CA
February 12, 2020
Service Animal Accommodations
San Francisco, CA
October 19, 2017
A Special Labor Day 2013 Report: Is Labor Poised For Rebirth?
September 11, 2013
Wage-Hour Procedural Tactics, Pretrial and Trial Strategy: Update on the Developing Law
The 2012 Executive Employer® Conference
Littler Mendelson, Scottsdale, AZ
May 11, 2012
Brinker - The Final Decision: Healthcare
April 26, 2012
Lessons Learned from a Successful California Class Action
March 15, 2012
Preparing for Brinker - Healthcare Industry
February 8, 2012
Preparing for Brinker - Hospitality Industry
February 8, 2012
Northern California Employment Law Breakfast Briefing - San Francisco, CA
October 1, 2010
2010 Employment Law Update
March 25, 2010
Education
- J.D., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 1973
- B.A., University of Illinois, 1969
Courts
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
- California Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California