Speaking Engagements

Aashish Desai - Speaker
OCBA Labor & Employment Law Symposium
A Class Action - War Stories About a Federal Wage & Hour Trial
4101 Westerly Place
Newport Beach, CA 92660
October 7, 2023
Aashish Desai - Speaker
OCBA Labor & Employment Law Symposium
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About PAGA
4101 Westerly Place
Newport Beach, CA 92660
October 8, 2022
Aashish Desai - Speaker
OCBA Labor & Employment Law Section Webinar
State of Class/PAGA Actions
March 14, 2022
Live Webinar
Aashish Desai – Teacher
NITA National Trial Institute for Trial Advocacy
Deposition Skills: Online
July 14-16, 2021
Virtual
Aashish Y. Desai - Teacher
NITA National Trial Institute for Trial Advocacy
Deposition Skills: Orange County
Chapman University
1 University Dr, Orange, CA 92866
July 25-27, 2019
Aashish Y. Desai - Speaker
OCBA 2019 Labor & Employment Law Symposium
From Intake Through Trial The Mistakes I’ve Made!!
Chapman University
1 University Dr, Orange, CA 92866
June 8, 2019
Aashish Y. Desai - Speaker
OCBA 2019 Labor & Employment Law Symposium
The Leading Edge: Key Developing Issues in PAGA Litigation
Chapman University
1 University Dr, Orange, CA 92866
June 8, 2019
Aashish Desai – Speaker
OCBA Litigating Wage & Hour
Class Actions in 2019 – Panel
OC Civil Complex, Det. CX101
February 25, 2019, at 12 PM
Aashish Desai – Speaker
Bridgeport Wage & Hour 2016
Mid-year Update Webinar
June 17, 2016
Aashish Desai – Speaker
2016 ACI’s 28th Wage & Hour Conference
Views From The Plaintiff’s Bar
Park Central Hotel
San Francisco, CA
September 26-27, 2016
Aashish Desai – Speaker
2015 PLI’s Cutting-Edge Employment Law Issues:
The California Difference
Litigating PAGA Claims
PLI California Center
San Francisco, CA
September 30, 2015
Aashish Desai – Speaker
2015 ACI’s 25th Wage Hour Claims & Class Actions
Emerging wage & hour states, industries, claims, and theories of liability
Hotel Kabuki
San Francisco, CA
September 28-29, 2015
Aashish Desai – Speaker
2015 State Bar Advanced Wage & Hour Conference
JW Marriot LA Live, Los Angeles, CA
July 9, 2015
Aashish Desai – Speaker
11th Annual Advanced Wage & Hour Seminar
Four Points By Sheraton LAX
Los Angeles, CA
April 17, 2015
Aashish Desai – Speaker
2014 Bridgeport Consumer Class Action Litigation Conference
The Westin South Coast Plaza
Costa Mesa, California
January 9, 2015
Aashish Desai – Speaker
The Complex Litigator – Podcast
Episode 11 – June 23, 2014
http://thecomplexlitigator.com/post-data/2014/6/23/episode-11-of-the-class-re-action-podcast-is-now-available
Aashish Desai – Speaker
4th Annual Advanced Wage & Hour Conference
JW Marriot LA Live – Los Angeles
July 30, 2014
Aashish Desai – Speaker
Bridgeport Annual Wage & Hour Update
Webinar
June 20, 2014
Aashish Desai – Speaker/Moderator
CELA’s Tenth Annual Advanced
Wage & Hour Seminar
PAGA Discussion
Hotel Shattuck, Berkeley
Friday, April 11, 2014
Aashish Desai – Speaker
Orange County Bar Association
Last Dash 2014
Whittier Law School
Employment Law Basics
Costa Mesa, California
January 18, 2014
Aashish Desai – Speaker
Bridgeport Seminars
Consumer Class Action
Costa Mesa, California
January 10, 2014

Aashish Desai – Speaker
NALFA’s The Attorney’s Fees Conference
San Francisco, California
October 25, 2013
Aashish Desai – Speaker
Bridgeport Seminars
FLSA Wage & Hour
Houston, Texas
September 20, 2013.
Aashish Desai – Speaker
Bridgeport Seminars
2013 Class Action Litigation & Management
Dealing with Class Objectors
San Francisco, California
August 22, 2013
Aashish Desai – Chair
Bridgeport Seminars
Wage and Hour Class Action Update
San Diego, California
June 7, 2013
Aashish Desai – Speaker
ABA Litigation Section Conference
“Buy this Product and Become Stronger, Healthier, and Sexier”
Chicago, IL
April 26, 2013
Aashish Desai – Speaker
Orange County Bar Association
21st Annual MLCE Last Dash
Whittier Law School
Brinker – Update on Wage & Hour Law
Costa Mesa, California
January 19, 2013
Aashish Desai – Chair
Bridgeport Seminars
FLSA Management & Litigation
Houston, Texas
June 29, 2012
Aashish Desai – Speaker
Bridgeport Seminars
Consumer Class Action
Costa Mesa, California
January 10, 2014
Aashish Desai – Speaker
The Attorney Fees Conference of 2011
NALFA
Loyola Law School, CA
November 17, 2011
Aashish Desai – Speaker
Wage & Hour After AT&T and Dukes
State Bar of California – CLE
Los Angeles, CA
August 17, 2011
Aashish Desai – Speaker
7th Annual Advanced Wage & Hour Seminar
California Employment Lawyers Association
Manhattan Beach Marriott
April 29, 2011
Aashish Desai – Speaker
Class Action Employment Panel
13th Annual LACBA Labor & Employment Symposium
Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
March 31, 2010
Aashish Desai – Speaker
Consumer Class Action in California Conference
Bridgeport Seminars
Costa Mesa, CA
October 23, 2009
Aashish Desai – Speaker
Bridgeport Seminars
Consumer Class Action
Costa Mesa, California
January 10, 2014
Aashish Desai – Co-Chair
Wage and Hour Class Action Update
Bridgeport Seminar
Los Angeles, CA
December 10 & 11, 2009
Aashish Desai – Speaker
2008 Wage & Hour Litigation Conference
UCLA – Covel Commons, Los Angeles, CA
December 2 & 3, 2008
Aashish Desai – Speaker
2008 Class Action & UCL Litigation & Conference
Westin South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, California
October 3, 2008
Aashish Desai – Speaker
National Association of Legal Fees Analysis
“Attorney Fee Litigation: It Pays to be Reasonable”
Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, CA
June 19, 2008
Aashish Desai – Speaker
Bridgeport Continuing Education
Wage & Hour Litigation – FLSA Collective Actions
University of San Diego, Manchester Conference Center
June 12 & 13, 2008
Aashish Desai – Speaker
OC Labor and Employment Section
“Discovery Issues in Employment Law”
Radisson Hotel, Newport Beach
June 9, 2008
Aashish Desai – Speaker
Los Angeles Bar Association
28th Annual Labor & Employment Law Symposium
Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles
March 6, 2008
Aashish Desai – Co-Chair
National Business Institute
“Class Action Update: Today’s Trends and Strategies for Success”
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Beverly Hills, California
January 24, 2008

Aashish Desai – Co-Chair
OC Employment Lawyers Meeting
“Parks v. Eastwood Attorney Fee Order”
Irvine, California
October 22, 2007
Aashish Desai – Co-Chair
National Business Institute
“Class Action Update: Today’s Trends”
Atrium Hotel at Orange County Airport, Irvine, California
January 31, 2007
Aashish Desai – Co-Chair
National Business Institute
“Litigating the Class Action Wage and Hour Case”
Luxe Summit Hotel, Bel-Air, California
September 25, 2006
Aashish Desai – Speaker
National Business Institute
“Wage and Hour Law: Answers to Everyday Questions”
Doubletree Hotel, Westwood, California
April 19, 2006
Aashish Desai – Speaker
National Business Institute
“Successfully Litigating the Class Action”
Embassy Suites Hotel, Irvine, California
August 5, 2005
Aashish Desai
National Business Institute
“A Critical Update on the Class Action Fairness Action (“CAFA”)”
Doubletree Hotel, Irvine Spectrum, California
June 24, 2005
Aashish Desai
National Business Institute
“Litigating the Class Action Lawsuit”
West Coast Anaheim Hotel,
Anaheim, California
April 19, 2005
Aashish Desai
Orange County Bar Association
“Workers Say, Show Me the Money – Employment Class Actions”
Radisson Hotel, Newport Beach, California
February 9, 2004
Aashish Desai
National Business Institute
“Litigating the Class Action Lawsuit in California”
Doubletree Hotel, Westwood, California
February 26, 2004
Aashish Desai – Speaker
California Employment Lawyers Association
“3rd Annual Advanced Wage & Hour Seminar: Getting to and through a Class Action Trial”
Hacienda Hotel, El Segundo, California
May 11, 2007
Aashish Desai
National Business Institute
“Litigating the Class Action Lawsuit”
West Coast Anaheim Hotel, Anaheim, CA
November 4, 2003
Adrianne De Castro
As easy as A,B,C?…Impact of AB 5 on Worker Classification”, California Lawyers Association, Labor and Employment Section, (Virtual, Sept. 2020).
Aashish Desai – Co-Chair
National Business Institute
“Class Action Update: Today’s Trends and Strategies for Success”
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Beverly Hills, California
January 24, 2008
Adrianne De Castro
Annual Wage and Hour Law Update”, Orange County Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section, (July 2017)
Adrianne De Castro
Reviving Hybrid FLSA Collective Actions and Class Actions”, California Employment Lawyers Association Annual Wage and Hour Conference, (Oakland, 2016)
Adrianne De Castro
The Trouble with Lawyers: A conversation with Deborah Rhode”, CELA Annual Conference (Oakland, September 2015)
Aashish Desai – Speaker
California Employment Lawyers Association
“3rd Annual Advanced Wage & Hour Seminar: Getting to and through a Class Action Trial”
Hacienda Hotel, El Segundo, California
May 11, 2007
Adrianne De Castro
Employment Class Actions”, Workers Rights Clinic at the Legal Aid Society of Orange County (Santa Ana, November 2015)
Adrianne De Castro
Diversity Leadership Summit: Diversity in the Legal Profession,” California State Bar (April 2015)
Adrianne De Castro
Start your Pre-litigation Engines,” California Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference (San Jose, September 2013)
Adrianne De Castro
PAGA: Nuts and Bolts”, Orange County, California Employment Lawyers Association (Costa Mesa, 2012)
Adrianne De Castro
Managing the Surge in Retaliation Claims after Crawford and Other Key Decisions and Developments”, AmericanConference
Adrianne De Castro
Institute’s National Advanced Forum on Employment Discrimination Claims and Class Actions (San Francisco, June 2009)

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