Prior to joining Arent Fox, Harry was a partner at one of the largest law firms in the world, serving as the practice coordinator for the labor and employment group in its Los Angeles office. There, his representations included the following:

• Represented a major telecommunications company in the full range of unfair labor practice and labor arbitration defense, and traditional labor advice and counseling
• Defended an international software company and obtained a “no cause” finding in a case of alleged discrimination and protected leave rights violations
• Defended a major pharmaceutical company and won summary judgment dismissals of multiple wage and hour class actions brought under California and other state laws where the plaintiffs contended that the company misclassified pharmaceutical sales representatives as exempt from state-law overtime requirements
• Defended a nationwide provider of security guard services against a California wage and hour class action
• Won several dismissals of wage and hour class actions brought against the nation’s premier retailer and department store chain and successfully defended its employee arbitration policy
• Represented a national leader in the grocery retailing industry in a putative wage and hour class action brought by employees, with important victories at both trial court and appellate levels
• Defended a leading homebuilder against putative wage and hour class action filed by onsite sales coordinators
• Represented a pest control company in arguing on appeal that a state law overtime exemption for drivers of hazardous materials applied to employees in a wage-hour class action involving approximately 400 drivers, and in proceedings to vacate a negative arbitration award
• Represented a major California health system against a wage-hour class action alleging multiple California Labor Code violations
• Represented a major client in drafting a voluntary election campaign conduct agreement to minimize disruption and negative feelings arising from a hotly contested union representation campaign
• Represented a grocery retailer in negotiations over a potential card check and neutrality agreement with a union
• Represented several grocery retailers in union corporate campaigns
• Represented a major telecommunications company and affiliates in NLRB union-related successor litigation and other litigation related to their acquisitions and spinoffs 

Harry’s published works and speaking presentations include:

• “After Hours” labor and employment video podcast series 2010-2012 (25+ episodes)
• “Wage & Hour Update,” 2012 California Employment Law Review, December 6, 2012
• “Common Mistakes Employers Make in Arbitration Agreements - And How to Avoid Them” HR Options webinar, September 27, 2012
• “Sea Change for Class Action Waivers or Flash in the Pan,” Association of Corporate Counsel March 2012 Teleconference, March 2012
• “Tricks and Treats from the Wage-Hour Crypt: The Worst and Best Developments for Employers,” 2011 Arent Fox California Employment Review, October 2011
• “Retailer Employment Law Challenges,” 6th Annual National Retail Tenants Association Conference; September 12, 2011
• “Employment Issues for the Entrepreneur,” UCLA Business School Global Entrepreneurship Conference; August 11, 2011
• “Dukes v. Walmart: Future Employment Guidance and Defenses,” Arent Fox Legal Alert; June 24, 2011
• “AT&T Mobility Re-Opens the Issue of Employment Arbitration Agreements and Class Action Waivers,” BNA’s Class Action Litigation Report, Vol. 12, No. 11, June 10, 2011
• “More and More Effective Corporate Campaigns,” American Conference Institute’s Advanced Forum on Labor Relations Conference, New York, New York, October 2010
• Inside the Minds: The Impact of Recent Regulatory Developments in Employment Law, July 2010
• “Catholic Bishops Issue ‘Respecting the Just Rights of Workers’,” AHA Health Care Labor Report; July/August 2009
• “Significant Labor and Employment Initiatives of the Obama Administration and 111th Congress,” Association of Business Trial Lawyers Report, Orange County, Vol. XI, No. 1; July 2009
• “Creating Workable Arbitration Agreements in the Post-Gentry Era,” Employee Relations Law Journal, co-written with George S. Howard; winter 2008
• “Individual Arbitration,” Focus & Forum, Los Angeles Daily Journal; July 31, 2007
• “Who Let the Weingarten Rights Out? The National Labor Relations Board Compounds Earlier Error by Supreme Court,” Michigan State Law Review; spring 2002
• “California Labor Update,” Los Angeles, California; January 28, 2010
• “Defense Strategies for Wage-Hour Class Mediations,” Irvine, California; October 8, 2009
• “Preparing for Employment Legislation from the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress: The Employee Free Choice Act and Much More,” Costa Mesa, California; April 29, 2009
• “Latest Developments in Labor and Employment Legislation, Regulation and Enforcement,” Washington, DC; March 19, 2009
• “Employment Law Update: The Start of a New Era,” 2009 Health Care Labor & Employment Symposium, Scottsdale, Arizona; March 4, 2009
• “The New Employment Law Landscape,” 2009 Health Care Labor & Employee Relations Symposium, Scottsdale, Arizona; March 2-4, 2009
• “Employee Free Choice Act Briefing,” Los Angeles, California; January 8, 2009
• “Wage and Hour Litigation and Developments: Recent Trends, New Types of Cases, and What to Expect in 2009,” Los Angeles, California; September 18, 2008
• “Arbitration Agreements and Class Actions,” American Conference Institute's 2007 Wage & Hour Claims and Class Actions Conference, New York, New York; April 2007