Charles A. Jones
Owner & Founder
Class Action Litigation
Employment & Wage Law
Trial Lawyer
Professional Background
Charles A. Jones primarily practices civil litigation with a particular emphasis on class action litigation and is the owner/founder of Jones Law Firm. Mr. Jones began his legal career as an associate with the Reno based law firm of Laxalt & Nomura. During his four years with Laxalt & Nomura, Mr. Jones represented hundreds of clients in general civil litigation matters. During this time, Mr. Jones successfully defended multiple clients in numerous civil jury trials, as well as over 35 arbitrations.
In 2003, Mr. Jones devoted his practice almost exclusively to representing employees in wage and hour related class action law suits. He has successfully represented tens of thousands of class members in class action litigation in both state and federal courts in Nevada, California, Colorado and New York alleging violations of federal and/or state wage and hour laws on the issues of misclassification of employees as exempt from overtime laws, unpaid overtime compensation, meal and rest break violations, unpaid vacation pay, final payments at time of termination, uncompensated off-the-clock compensation, rounding of employee work time, and minimum wage violations.
Mr. Jones routinely litigates wage and hour related class action cases against some of the nation’s largest corporations, including, Wal-Mart, Taco Bell, Wells Fargo, Sears, Staples and Office Depot. Mr. Jones has also successfully represented thousands of Nevada workers in wage and hour class actions against various casinos in Nevada.
Class Action Experience
Mr. Jones has handled over twenty-five (25+) class action cases on the areas noted above. Additionally, he has been appointed lead or co-lead plaintiffs’ class counsel in more than ten (10) certified class actions. Mr. Jones is knowledgeable in all aspects of complex class action litigation, including conducting class-wide discovery, obtaining contact information for putative class members prior to class certification, obtaining class certification, defeating motions to decertify certified classes, trying class action cases using random statistical sampling techniques, and proving class-wide damages.
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Notable Case
Puchalski v. Taco Bell Corp.
Mr. Jones is among a select few attorneys who has actually tried an
employment‑related wage and hour class action. Specifically, Mr. Jones was
lead trial counsel in Puchalski v. Taco Bell Corp. The trial
of the Puchalski class action, an overtime exemption misclassification case,
lasted for four months and resulted in the Plaintiff class calling over
thirty (30) class members as witnesses at trial.
Settlement Amount
$20,000,000
The settlement achieved in the Puchalski case resulted in the class members
receiving one of the highest dollar‑per‑work‑week settlements to date in an
overtime misclassification case involving the executive exemption.
Education
Born
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
1973
Undergraduate
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
University of Puget Sound, 1994
Law School
Juris Doctor
University of San Diego School of Law, 1998
- Member of the national moot court team
- Graduated in the top third of his class
Bar Admissions
Admitted to practice law in both state and federal courts in the following jurisdictions:
- Nevada
- California
- Colorado
- New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit