Aaron
Kaufmann

PARTNER

akaufmann@kgworklaw.com
Tel. (510) 817-4380

Aaron has practiced employment law for over 30 years. He represents workers in individual, group, and class action employment litigation, with particular emphasis on wage and hour, discrimination, retaliation, and whistle-blower law. He has served as class counsel in scores of wage and hour class and collective actions. He is a frequent author and lecturer in the areas of wage and hour law and employment class actions. He serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the American Bar Association's treatise on The Fair Labor Standards Act, and has served as Co-Chair for California Employment Lawyers Association’s Wage and Hour and Amicus Brief Committees. He was also a Fellow to The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, an organization honoring outstanding performance in the profession, exemplifying integrity, dedication and excellence.

  • California

    U.S. District Court Northern District of California

    U.S. District Court Eastern District of California

    U.S. District Court Southern District of California

    U.S. District Court Central District of California

    U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

    U.S. Supreme Court

  • Leonard Carder, Partner, 2012–2023

    Hinton, Alfert, Sumner & Kaufmann, Shareholder, 2003–2012

    Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian, Attorney, 1998–2003

    U.S. District Court Judge Edward Dean Price, E.D. Cal., Senior Law Clerk, 1991

    J.D., UC Law San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), 1990

    B.A., UC Berkeley, 1986

  • College of Labor & Employment Lawyers, Fellow

    Super Lawyer, 2007 - 2023

    AVA – Martindale Hubbel

  • American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section – Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee, past Co-Chair; Federal Labor Standards Act Sub-Committee, past Co-Chair

    California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA) – Co-Chair Amicus Brief Committee; past Co-Chair Wage & Hour Law Committee

  • · ABA Fair Labor Standards Act Treatise, Second, Third & Fourth Editions

    · ABA Fair Labor Standards Act Treatise, Annual Updates (2011-23)

    · “Experience Pays, but Interns May Have to Be Paid for Their Experience: When Interns Are Covered by Wage and Hour Laws,” California Labor & Employment Law Review, November 2013

    · "Private Enforcement of California's Wage & Hour Laws", The Verdict (Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers' Assoc. Magazine), Winter, 2004

    · Employment Discrimination Law, ABA, Chapter Editor, 2005 Edition, 2002 Supplement

    · "Overtime Pay -- Who's Eligible, Who's Not", California Employment Law Reporter, Winter, 2000

    · "Public Sector Employer's Obligations to Prevent Hostile Work Environments without Violating Free Speech Rights", Summer, 1997

    · "Sizing the Prize: Calculating Overtime Back pay for Salaried Employees", March, 1999

    · "The Changing Landscape of Wage & Hour Litigation", Forum (Consumer Attorneys of California Magazine), July/August, 2004

  • Legal Aid at Work – Board Member, past member of Executive Committee

    San Francisco Bar Association – Minority Law Student Scholarship Committee

    Friends of the Wiener Holocaust Library, London – Treasurer/Secretary