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Corey Singer is a management-side labor and employment litigator with a particular focus on the entertainment, media, and technology industries. He represents employers in high-stakes employment disputes in state and federal court and in arbitration, including claims involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblowing, wrongful termination, wage-and-hour issues, and breach of contract. Corey handles matters from their earliest stages through discovery, depositions, dispositive motions, arbitration, and appeals, and regularly briefs and argues motions for summary judgment and motions to compel arbitration.

Corey also maintains an active entertainment-industry labor practice. He represents motion picture and television studios, production companies, and other entertainment employers in grievances, arbitrations, and disputes arising under collective bargaining agreements with the entertainment guilds and unions, including the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA. His work requires navigating the distinctive agreements, practices, and relationships that govern the entertainment industry and translating them into practical litigation and labor strategies.

In addition to his litigation and labor practices, Corey regularly advises in-house legal, human resources, and business teams on sensitive employment matters, including performance management, discipline and termination, workplace investigations, discrimination and retaliation issues, disability accommodation and leaves of absence, wage-and-hour compliance, personnel policies, and arbitration agreements. His approach is practical and litigation-informed: helping clients make sound business decisions while anticipating the issues most likely to create risk down the road.

Representative Matters

• Obtained summary judgment for Warner Bros. in a federal employment action asserting race discrimination, retaliation, and hostile-work-environment claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the judgment in full, and the U.S. Supreme Court subsequently denied the plaintiff’s petition for certiorari.
• Obtained summary judgment for Paramount Global and CBS Interactive on an employee’s FEHA retaliation claim, defeating the employee’s derivative wrongful termination claim and request for punitive damages.
• Obtained an order compelling five plaintiffs’ individual employment claims to separate arbitrations and staying the remaining non-individual PAGA claim, defeating challenges to enforcement of the arbitration agreements, including arguments under the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act.
• Represented an employer in Bradsbery v. Vicar Operating, Inc., a published California Court of Appeal decision affirming summary adjudication for the employer and holding that California law permits voluntary, revocable prospective written waivers of meal periods for qualifying shifts.
• Obtained partial summary judgment in long-running entertainment industry litigation, eliminating all contract and wage-based claims, and successfully opposed plaintiffs’ sanctions motion, significantly narrowing the case.
• Secured favorable settlements and other negotiated resolutions for employers in employment disputes, including through mediation and following discovery and dispositive motion practice.
• Represents entertainment-industry employers in labor arbitrations, grievances, and other disputes arising under collective bargaining agreements with the WGA, SAG-AFTRA, and other entertainment guilds and unions, including disputes concerning the interpretation and application of collective bargaining agreements, and has obtained dismissal or significant narrowing of claims in guild proceedings.
• Regularly represents employers in discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower, and wrongful termination matters in state and federal court and private arbitration, with extensive experience taking and defending depositions of plaintiffs, executives, human resources professionals, decisionmakers, and third-party witnesses.

Honors & Awards

• "Ones to Watch," Best Lawyers in America® in:
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment (2024-2026)
  • Technology Law (2024-2026)

Professional, Business and civic Affiliations

• Board Member, University of Pennsylvania Platt Performing Arts House Advisory Council
• Board Member, Penn Performing Arts Regional Council of Los Angeles

Other Career Experience

Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 

Summer Associate, Fox Entertainment Group 

Summer Associate, Greenberg Traurig LLP 

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