Jason C. Ross

Jason Ross is a partner in WSHB's San Diego office where his practice focuses on labor and employment. He represents employers of all sizes in a myriad of complex employment matters.

His work includes representing clients in single-plaintiff employee litigation, wage and hour class actions, and Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA) representative actions. Jason represents clients in state and federal court, arbitrations, and administrative proceedings, in addition to counseling clients on employment issues.

Jason also handles complex business litigation disputes involving real estate, business dissolution, unfair competition, breach of contract, and trade secret claims. He has successfully represented clients in appeals in the California Court of Appeal and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

He has secured countless victories for clients, including a reversal of a class certification decision on an interlocutory appeal, resulting in the decertifying of a statewide class of more than 20,000 retail employees in an expansive wage-and-hour case. Jason also obtained a full defense judgment after trial of a PAGA representative action involving wage-and-hour claims of over 20,000 retail employees who had made nine-figure demands.

Jason graduated from Columbia University and earned his law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law. He is frequently called upon to present on employment matters at both statewide and national conferences.

Newsroom

News

•California: Court Has Inherent Authority to Strike PAGA Claims as Unmanageable
Case Updates, 10.12.21
•California Votes to Regulate Warehouse Distribution Center Performance Quotas for Nonexempt Employees
Article, 9.21.21

Events, Seminars & Speaking Engagements

•The Hair Game Podcast, Is Your Salon Legal? What You Need to Know About the ABC Rule with Salon Industry Attorney Jason Mr. Ross, January 2019
•Employee Complaint Management Strategies that Keep You Out of Court, ASCA National Conference, Boston MA, April 2018
•Intake and Investigation: Effectively Handling Employee Complaints, ASCA National Conference, Orlando, FL, May 2015
•Medical Leave, San Diego Employers Association Roundtable, October 2014
•Effective Employee Complaint Intake and Investigation, National Conference for ASD Management, Inc., Dana Point, CA, October 2014
•Accommodation & Leave, CASA Statewide Conference, San Diego, CA, September 2014
•Waging the Wage-and-Hour Battle: Preventing Costly Lawsuits, ASCA National Conference, Nashville, TN, May 2014
•California Employment Law and Credentialing: Maximize Your Knowledge, Minimize Your Risk, California Ambulatory Surgery Center Statewide Conference, La Quinta, CA, September 2013
•The Five Tenets of Highly Effective Employee Risk Management: Using Progressive Discipline to Avoid Employee Litigation, American Surgery Center Association National Conference, Boston, MA, April 2013

Publications

•New California Employment Laws Impacting Employers in 2025: Navigating Opportunities and Challenges
Article, 1.6.25
•Court Declares Arbitration Agreement Unconscionable, Denies Employer's Motion to Compel Arbitration in Employment Law Case
Case Updates, 8.26.24
•California PAGA Reforms: What You Need to Know
Article, 6.21.24
•Unraveling the Complexity: Addressing the Hurdles of Unmanageable PAGA Claims in California
1.30.24

Community Activities

•Downtown YMCA, Board of Directors - 2011-2012
•LEAD San Diego, Impact Program - 2015 Graduate

In the News

•New California Employment Laws Impacting Employers in 2025: Navigating Opportunities and Challenges
•Court Declares Arbitration Agreement Unconscionable, Denies Employer's Motion to Compel Arbitration in Employment Law Case
•California PAGA Reforms: What You Need to Know
•Unraveling the Complexity: Addressing the Hurdles of Unmanageable PAGA Claims in California

Honors & Recognitions

•Selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America for Litigation - Labor and Employment in San Diego, CA (2025 - 2026)
•Super Lawyers Rising Star (2015 - 2017)
•San Diego Daily Transcript’s “Young Attorneys” Award (2011)
•Nominee, San Diego Daily Transcript’s Young Attorneys Award (2009 - 2015)
•Semi-Finalist, San Diego Daily Transcript’s Top Attorneys, Labor / Employment (2015)