PHILIP A. TOOMEY
CHRISTOPHER D. CARICO
S.V. STUART JOHNSON
WILLIAM G. BENZ
DAVID D. CARICO
CARLA B. HOFFMAN
ANGELA KIL
BRUCE M. MACDONALD
STEVEN C.PAPKIN
DITTA A. REED
ANITA V. SHAH
ADRIANA KU
JESSICA OLSON
JANICE PARKER
HEATHER SICKLES
CELESTE TOOMEY

Areas of Practice:

• Business Litigation
• Employment Litigation
• Employer Legal Compliance Counseling
• Public Sector Labor Law

William Benz is an attorney with a primary emphasis on civil, employment, and labor litigation. He represents a broad array of employers ranging from large and small privately-owned businesses to public municipalities. He also counsels clients in all stages of the employer/employee relationship.

Mr. Benz’s employment litigation experience includes defending employers in class action cases, public employee disciplinary appeals arbitrations, sexual harassment claims, and Employment Development Department matters.

Additionally, he has also counseled public and private employers on issues such as employee privacy, wage and hour compliance, workplace violence, and narcotics policies.

Beyond the sector of employment law, Mr. Benz has experience in litigating contract disputes, construction defect cases, civil rights claims, and fraud claims involving both private parties and public entities.

Mr. Benz is a graduate of The University of California, San Diego (B.A. in Political Science – Public Law) and The University of California, Davis (J.D.), where he served as Senior Editor of the U.C. Davis Business Law Journal.