Join the DRC, Californians For the Arts, Arts for LA, and the Actors Fund for a convening that is centered upon unpacking the details of AB5.
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Special Guests: Julie Baker + Adam Y. Siegel
Julie Baker is a passionate arts professional. Prior to becoming Executive Director of CFTA in October of 2018, Julie Baker served on the board for four years as chair of the membership committee and Confluence, an arts advocacy conference. She is the owner of Julie Baker Projects, a full-service arts consulting firm. From 2009-2017, Julie Baker served as the Executive Director of The Center for the Arts, a non-profit performing arts venue and California WorldFest, an annual music and camping festival.
Baker worked in New York City at several prominent art galleries and the international auction house Christie’s before becoming the President of her family’s art marketing agency, Gerngross & Company Inc. From 1998-2001, she worked as a Senior Executive Producer for Tristream, a 20- person web development and marketing/branding company. From 2001 -2009 she owned and operated Julie Baker Fine Art, a gallery of emerging artists, and for 2 years co-founded Flow art fair in Miami. She currently serves on the board of California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project.
Adam Y. Siegel is a Principal in the Los Angeles, California, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. His practice focuses on employment litigation, as well as on advising employers regarding daily workplace issues. Mr. Siegel has litigated cases in both state and federal court. Mr. Siegel’s litigation experience includes handling a wide range of employment-related issues including discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, whistleblower claims, and wage and hour claims. Mr. Siegel has litigated numerous wage and hour class and multi-plaintiff actions and has trial experience. Mr. Siegel has also conducted and prepared workplace Investigation Reports. He conducts training seminars and speaks on a multitude of employment law topics.
Mr. Siegel has defended more than 45 wage and hour class action cases. The size of the putative classes in these matters ranges from a low of approximately 15 to a high of more than 40,000 putative class members. These matters have included claims brought under a wide variety of California and federal wage and hour laws, involving issues such as misclassification of exempt status, meal and rest breaks, work off the clock, failure to pay commissions, expense reimbursement, accurate wage statements, and Business and Professions Code section 17200.
In single discrimination matters, Mr. Siegel has recently obtained two defense verdicts in Los Angeles Superior Court and has had summary judgment granted in a third matter.
Mr. Siegel practices in both state and federal court and also before such tribunals as the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing and the California Department of Industrial Relations – Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. He has represented employers in the housing, retail, restaurant, manufacturing, transportation and hospitality industries, among others.