Practice Overview

Jonathan D. Hicks is an associate in the firm's Litigation and Employment groups. Jonathan works on matters related to employment practices, wage & hour defense and advice, fraud, breach of contract, trademark, copyright, media and entertainment, and general business litigation.

Jonathan has defended numerous businesses in Motion Practice, Arbitrations trials and before the department of Labor Standards Enforcement. Jonathan’s advocacy through law and motion practice resulted in numerous favorable decisions for his clients. Jonathan also periodically presents seminars throughout the Bay Area and Tri-Valley on employment topics, including wage and hour, hiring, terminations, discrimination claims and employee leaves.

Community Activities

Jonathan serves as a board member for the Family Giving Tree. The Family Giving Tree is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to fulfilling the wishes of children through a back-to-school backpack drive and Giving Tree donations during the holiday season.

Background

Jonathan graduated from the Law School at the University of Southern California in 2004. While at the Law School, he received honors grades in Contracts, Torts, Trial Advocacy and Remedies.  He was the Public Interest Law Foundation's auction co-chair, academic coordinator for the Black Law Students Association and a quarter-finalist in the Hale Moot Court competition. He clerked for Associate Justices Ronald B. Robie and Coleman A. Blease in the California Court of Appeals, Third Appellate District. He also wrote a dissertation on California reforms in direct democracy with Professor Erwin Chemerinsky.

Jonathan received his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley for political science in 1999. He received the California Alumni Awards in 1998 and 1999, and the Chancellor's Leadership Award.  He also coordinated a mentorship program for 4th and 5th graders at Le Conte Elementary School through Stiles Hall.

Admissions

Jonathan is admitted to practice law in all California courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States District Courts of California for the Central, Eastern, and Southern Districts.