Mr Peter Woodford Pierce | Partner
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About Peter
Mr. Pierce, a native Californian, is a trial attorney who comes to the firm after an extensive career in public service. He served for over five years as a senior staff attorney with the California Labor Commissioner’s Office (Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.), where he prosecuted the most challenging and complex cases brought by the Labor Commissioner; before administrative hearings, as well as trial and appellate courts, often obtaining seven-figure judgments. From 1993 until 2017, Mr. Pierce was a Senior Deputy District Attorney with the Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) office, where he tried well over 100 jury trials. He prosecuted and obtained convictions on more than six dozen highly complex felony cases. From 2009-2017, he was Senior DDA on the Real Estate and Mortgage Fraud Prosecution Team, White Collar Crime Unit, where he was responsible for prosecutions of all felony crimes involving real estate, mortgage, and securities fraud, including loan modification and re-finance fraud; false-recording, straw-buyer & identity-theft fraud; short-sale frauds; and real-property investment fraud. His previous OCDA previous assignments included Senior DDA in charge of the Orange County Auto Theft Task Force (OCATT), the Special Assignments Unit, and the Career Criminal Unit.
Mr. Pierce serves with the Firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group, where his knowledge and experience gained from his service as a CA Labor Commissioner Staff Attorney provides our clients with valuable expertise on most aspects of the California Labor Code, especially Wage & Hour violations, in both PAGA and Class-Action cases.
Mr. Pierce serves with the Firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group, where his knowledge and experience gained from his service as a CA Labor Commissioner Staff Attorney provides our clients with valuable expertise on most aspects of the California Labor Code, especially Wage & Hour violations, in both PAGA and Class-Action cases.
Experience
Senior Staff Attorney
California Labor Commissioner's Office
8018-2023
Los Angeles, CA
Senior Deputy District Attorney
Orange County District Attorney's Office
1993-2017
Santa Ana, CA
Admission
California
1993
Education
University of Virginia School of Law
J.D.
1992
Recognitions & Achievements
Associations
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California Bar Association
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Orange County Bar Association
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The Federalist Society
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