Littler Adds Shareholder in Orange County

Littler has added Mark A. Romeo as a shareholder in its Irvine office. He was previously a partner with Crowell & Moring LLP.

In a release, the firm said Romeo’s background in employment law includes counseling clients on matters involving workplace investigations, executive employment agreements, reductions in force, whistleblower/retaliation, restrictive covenant agreements and employment-related due diligence in mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions, with a particular focus on trade secrets issues and computer forensics. Romeo has also represented clients before such agencies as the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Labor and the California Department of Labor Standards Enforcement, as well as against claims of discrimination and harassment, misclassification and wrongful termination. Early in his career, he practiced as an associate at Littler.

Romeo received his J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1994 and his B.S. from the University of Southern California in 1988.