Hardin Law Group, APC - Newport Beach, CA

High-Stakes Employment Litigation for California Workers

When an employer breaks the law by terminating an honest employee, withholding earned compensation, or ignoring rampant misconduct, leveling the playing field requires elite trial experience. Headquartered at 2901 West Coast Highway, Suite 200 in Newport Beach, Hardin Law Group, APC represents employees throughout Orange County, Los Angeles, and across California. Founding attorney James B. Hardin brings more than twenty-five years of sophisticated litigation insight to employee advocacy. Having trained at prominent national corporate law firms and authored the authoritative practice treatise on California trade secret litigation, Mr. Hardin harnesses big-firm defense strategies to secure justice for individual workers and classes of mistreated employees.

Tenacious Advocacy in Wage and Hour Violations

Corporate wage theft deprives California workers of millions of dollars each year through deceptive payroll methods and illegal company policies. If you need a wage and hour lawyer to audit your pay stubs or pursue a class action lawsuit, Hardin Law Group, APC provides unrelenting courtroom firepower. The firm routinely takes on corporate employers in complex disputes involving:

• Unpaid overtime wages, double-time compensation, and mandatory minimum wage enforcement under California Labor Code regulations.
• Systematic failure to provide compliant thirty-minute uninterrupted meal periods and ten-minute paid rest breaks.
• Misclassification of non-exempt workers as salaried exempt employees or independent contractors to avoid overtime pay, insurance, and payroll taxes.
• Failure to furnish accurate, itemized wage statements under California Labor Code Section 226, triggering statutory penalties.
• Unpaid sales commissions, unlawful forfeiture of earned bonuses, and failure to reimburse necessary work-related business expenses.

Protecting Careers Against Wrongful Termination and Retaliation

Being abruptly fired or forced out of a job through intolerable working conditions creates profound personal and financial hardship. When looking to hire a wrongful termination lawyer or an employment discrimination attorney in Southern California, workers choose Hardin Law Group, APC for its record of recovering eight-figure and seven-figure verdicts and settlements. Practice focuses include:

• Wrongful termination in violation of public policy, including terminations resulting from refusing to participate in unlawful corporate schemes.
• Whistleblower retaliation claims, protecting workers who report legal infractions, safety violations, or financial misconduct.
• Medical leave interference and retaliation under the Family and Medical Leave Act, the California Family Rights Act, and pregnancy disability laws.
• Workplace discrimination and hostile work environment claims based on race, sex, disability, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs.
• Defending departing employees against aggressive lawsuits alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of duty, or non-solicitation violations.

Personalized Legal Strategy with No Recovery, No Fee

At Hardin Law Group, APC, cases are never handed off to junior associates or case administrators. James Hardin works directly on every client matter, providing hands-on communication, strategic clarity, and tenacious representation from inception through trial or settlement. The firm handles employee claims on a contingency fee arrangement, ensuring that workers obtain high-caliber legal counsel without paying upfront legal fees or out-of-pocket hourly rates. If you need an employment lawyer in Newport Beach to protect your livelihood and demand fair financial compensation, contact Hardin Law Group, APC today to arrange a free, confidential case evaluation.