Drew R. Hansen

Drew Hansen serves as co-chair of Nossaman’s Employment Group and is also the chair of the Firm’s Trucking, Logistics, & Warehouse Industry Group. He also periodically services as a discovery referee.

Drew is an employment and business litigator specializing in defending employers and companies against wage and hour class actions, collective actions, PAGA actions, consumer fraud class actions, other complex commercial disputes, individual employment lawsuits of all kinds, breach of contract cases, and unfair business practice claims.

Drew represents both major companies and midsize businesses. He has successfully defended against class certification and won significant victories in a number of notable class action lawsuits in California. He has been successful at resolving cases at summary judgment and has had a significant number of cases dismissed at the pleadings stage.

Drew’s record of success for his clients has been acknowledged by Daily Journal, which named him one of the top lawyers in the State of California early in his career. Super Lawyers magazine, which profiled his vibrant class action defense practice, also recently named Drew a top rated class action attorney in Southern California.

Prior to going to Stanford Law School and becoming an attorney, Drew had a successful collegiate basketball career at the University of Utah, where he was a co-captain and started at guard in the 1998 NCAA championship game against the Kentucky Wildcats.

Experience

EMPLOYMENT

• Successfully resolved dozens of wage and hour class action lawsuits and PAGA representative matters for a wide variety of employers, including numerous trucking and logistics companies, healthcare corporations, financial institutions, credit card processing companies, manufacturers, technology corporations, etc.
• Successfully defended employers in a broad range of individual employment disputes, including against claims for wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, violations of ERISA, etc.
• Obtained summary judgment in favor of employers in numerous employment cases
• Secured dismissal of a variety of class actions and individual employment disputes at the pleadings stage
• Compelled numerous putative class actions to individual arbitration, including in transportation cases
• Negotiated very favorable individual settlements in numerous putative wage and hour class actions, collective actions, and PAGA claims

COMPLEX LITIGATION

• Successfully defended the nation’s largest refrigerated trucking company against a misleading advertising putative class action
• Secured pre-trial dismissal of misleading advertising claims filed against one of the world’s largest computer manufacturers under Business & Professions Code §§ 17200 and 17500
• Defeated class certification in federal court lawsuit alleging that defendant misrepresented the capabilities of its air purifiers
• Obtained pre-trial dismissal of lawsuit alleging that one of the nation’s largest credit card processors charged excessive processing fees
• Secured dismissals and successful resolutions in multiple TCPA matters including both class actions and individual disputes arising under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• Obtained complete pre-trial dismissal of class action lawsuit filed against direct marketer under California's Business & Professions Code §§ 17200 and 17500
• Secured pre-trial dismissal of lawsuit alleging a debt consolidation company had engaged in unfair business practices
• Obtained pre-trial dismissal of lawsuit alleging vendor of nationwide pre-paid phone cards violated Business & Professions Code §§ 17200 and 17500
• Negotiated numerous favorable settlements in a broad range of consumer class actions

DISCOVERY REFEREE

• Served as a discovery referee in the high-profile, complex litigation between Mattel, Inc. and MGA Entertainment, Inc. regarding the Bratz doll line; over a multi-year period, oversaw dozens of party and third-party depositions, prepared numerous Discovery Master orders addressing a wide variety of discovery disputes (e.g., motions to compel discovery of all types, motions for protective order, motions to quash, etc.), and assisted the Court with multiple hearings

News

Community & Professional

American Trucking Associations, Member

California Trucking Association, Member

North American Transportation Employee Relations Association, Member

Honors & Recognitions

Named to The National Law Journal's list of "Employment Law Trailblazers," 2021

Selected to the Southern California Super Lawyers list, 2017-2020

Selected to the Southern California Rising Stars list, 2009-2015

Selected to the Up-and-Coming Top 25 Orange County Rising Stars list, 2015

Named to Daily Journal's Top 20 Under 40 list, 2009