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Raina Singer

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Associate

T 213.655.9622 Los Angeles
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Raina Singer focuses her practice on complex wage-and-hour class, collective, and PAGA representative actions in both state and federal court. She has experience defending employers in various industries, including healthcare, agriculture, transportation, food service, entertainment, payroll, and insurance.

Raina's understanding of various industry operations allows her to strategically and creatively litigate cases and develop practical solutions tailored to her client's problems. In addition to multi-plaintiff actions, Raina represents employers in single-plaintiff lawsuits that include claims of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and other matters arising from the employer-employee relationship.

Having started her practice initially representing plaintiffs in employment disputes, Raina brings a unique understanding to her client's cases as she is able to anticipate opposing viewpoints and motivations. This perspective enables her to effectively litigate and advise clients through complex employment issues.

Practice Highlights

Class, collective, and representative actions

Focuses on wage-and-hour class, collective, and PAGA representative actions. Provides thorough investigations into clients' policies and practices to best position them during active litigation, while also providing practical recommendations to avoid future litigation. Leverages analytics of both traditional and non-traditional data to obtain favorable settlements for clients, reduce significant areas of liability, and undermine class certification arguments.

Advice and counseling

Works with employers to develop compliant policies and practices to prevent lawsuits from occurring in the first place. Counsels clients on a range of issues, including wage-and-hour compliance, misclassification, reasonable accommodations, leaves of absence, internal complaints, and employee discipline and termination.

Favorable wage-and-hour class action settlement*

Defended multiple affiliated companies in wage-and-hour class action. Narrowed class size after meeting and conferring with plaintiff's counsel and secured favorable settlement. (2021)

Early and favorable settlement for multi-chain restaurant franchise*

Defended multi-chain restaurant franchise in wage-and-hour class action involving over 8,000 putative class members. Obtained early and favorable settlement before engaging in formal discovery. (2020)

Favorable settlements with California Labor Commissioner's Office*

Represented entertainment and payroll clients against multiple union employees' wage-and-hour claims before the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and successfully negotiated favorable settlements. (2021) 

Thwarted threatened PAGA representative lawsuit and obtained favorable settlements on individual basis

Successfully thwarted potential PAGA representative lawsuit threatened by multiple plaintiffs and subsequently procured individual settlements after meeting and conferring with plaintiffs' counsel regarding defects with potential claims. (2021)

Dismissal of wage-and-hour and contract claims against national motor carrier*

Secured dismissal of wage-and-hour and breach of contract claims brought by independent contractor against national motor carrier through early motion practice. (2021)
*Denotes an attorney's experience prior to joining Davis Wright Tremaine
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Admitted to Practice

  • California, 2018
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California

Education

  • J.D., University of San Francisco School of Law, 2018
  • B.A., Political Science, University of Arizona, 2013

Professional Recognition

    • Named "One to Watch" by Best Lawyers in Labor and Employment Law - Management, 2025

Background

    • Associate, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Los Angeles, 2020-2021
    • Associate, Levin & Nalbandyan LLP, Los Angeles, 2019-2020
    • Summer Associate, Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP, San Francisco, 2017
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