Chantal Payton
Top rated Employment & Labor attorney in Los Angeles, California
Payton Employment Law, PC
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Employment Litigation; view more
Licensed in California since: 2013
Education: University of San Diego School of Law
Selected to Rising Stars: 2019 - 2023 Call today:
(424) 334-3194
Payton Employment Law, PC
11500 Olympic Blvd.Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90064 Visit website
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Chantal McCoy Payton is the founder and Principal Managing Partner of the law firm, Payton Employment Law, PC in Los Angeles. Passionately practicing law for almost a decade, she represents employees throughout the state of California and aggressively fights to obtain justice and protect their rights.
A committed employment law attorney, Ms. Payton tirelessly works to be the voice of employees whose rights have been violated or who have faced discrimination, retaliation, or harassment in their workplace. Throughout her career, Ms. Payton has also represented employees that have been subjected to wage violations, including overtime, minimum wage, meal and rest break violations, in single-plaintiff, multi-plaintiff, and class action and Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) matters. She has worked with and represented professionals from numerous industries, including health care, retail, hospitality, construction, entertainment, tech, and service industries, as well as state and local government workers.
Quite often referred to as a diligent and reliable attorney by her previous clients, Ms. Payton always strives to ensure that all her clients' goals are met and most importantly, that they feel happy and satisfied at the end of the day. Her ability to connect with people and articulate their life stories and situations, helps her effectively communicate their needs and advocate for them in courts and in negotiating on their behalf. She is rated "Superb" on Avvo for her outstanding and superior client services.
Ms. Payton attended the University of California San Diego and received her bachelor’s degree in international studies in 2009, where she was an active member of the Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law fraternity. She joined the University of San Diego School of Law to pursue her law studies and earned her Juris Doctor in 2013. During her three years at law school, she held internships in several organizations and government offices.
Before founding Payton Employment Law in 2018, Ms. Payton worked at two prominent legal firms in the Greater Los Angeles area, where she fiercely advocated to protect the rights of the employees and sought to obtain financial compensation when employers failed to follow the law.
Practice areas
Employment & Labor: Employee, Employment Litigation: PlaintiffFocus areas
Employment Discrimination, Employment Law - Employee, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wage & Hour Laws, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
First Admitted: 2013, California
Professional Webpage: http://paytonemploymentlaw.com/
- $750,000.00 settlement on behalf of a public employee who was subjected to egregious harassment based on his race, sexual orientation, and HIV status and retaliated against after he made protected complaints about the harassment internally to HR and externally to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing.
- $700,000+ Private Attorney’s General Act (“PAGA”) Action settlement on behalf of a class of resident managers who contended they were subjected to violations of the California Labor Code and Business and Professions Code as a result of their employers failing to pay minimum and overtime wages for all hours worked, failing to provide uninterrupted meal and rest breaks, failing to provide accurate and itemized wage statements, failing to reimburse business expenses, and failing to pay all wages owed at termination.
- $600,000 settlement on behalf of an Executive Vice President who was subjected to sex- and gender-based discrimination and harassment by her manager who had a history of making disparaging comments that were sexist and outright offensive toward women. He terminated her, disguising it as a “layoff” for financial reasons, and later hired two men to do the same job she was excelling at on her own.
- $489,500 Class Action settlement on behalf of a class of security officers that contended they were subjected to violations of the California Labor Code and Business and Professions Code as a result of their employers failing to pay minimum and overtime wages for all hours worked, failing to provide uninterrupted meal and rest breaks, failing to provide accurate and itemized wage statements, failing to reimburse business expenses, and failing to pay all wages owed at termination.
- $315,000 settlement on behalf of an Operations and HR Manager who was retaliated against for speaking out against unlawful sick leave policies. Despite numerous complaints from his employees that he escalated to his manager and manager’s manager, he was told to ignore them and continue enforcing the illegal policy. When he refused, he was terminated with his employer citing false, pretextual reasons for his termination.
- $300,000 settlement on behalf of multiple sales representatives who were subjected to disability discrimination and wage violations, including unpaid overtime wages and meal and rest break violations.
- $290,000 settlement of claims for misclassification as overtime exempt, unpaid work time, missed meal and rest periods and retaliation.
- $262,500 Class Action settlement on behalf of a class of restaurant workers that contended they were subjected to violations of the California Labor Code and Business and Professions Code by their employers failing to pay minimum and overtime wages for all hours worked, failing to pay split shift wages, failing to provide uninterrupted meal and rest breaks, failing to provide accurate and itemized wage statements, and failing to pay all wages owed at termination.
- $230,000 settlement on behalf of a public employee who contended she was subjected to harassment at work on the basis of her disability (client retained her position as part of the settlement and is still employed by the agency).
- $200,000 settlement for a breast-cancer survivor who alleged she was not permitted to return to work at a minimum-wage restaurant job after completing chemotherapy and undergoing a double mastectomy (total wage loss of less than $20,000)
- $185,000 settlement on behalf of a Field Special Services Protection Agent who was classified as an exempt employee, yet his job duties proved otherwise. He worked up to 24-hour shifts without proper overtime and double time compensation, or legally compliant breaks, and we recovered lost wages, plus additional damages, interest, and penalties.
- $180,000 settlement for an administrative employee of a non-profit who alleged that, subsequent to a consensual long-term sexual relationship with her supervisor, she was subjected to unwanted sexual advances by the same supervisor
- $175,000 settlement on behalf of a long-term employee who suffered a serious workplace injury as a direct result of his employer’s failure to accommodate his disability and was subsequently denied the right to return to work because he required accommodations
- $163,328.70 court judgment for an individual who contended he was not properly compensated for work he performed in relation to cleaning and security services, and subsequently awarded prevailing party attorneys' fees in the amount of $82,915.00
- $160,000 settlement on behalf of two physician assistants who were subjected to various Labor Code violations, including their employer’s failure to pay overtime compensation in accordance with the law and failure to provide legally compliant meal and rest breaks
- $150,000 settlement on behalf of a sales account manager who was denied commissions and subsequently terminated in retaliation for his complaints about unpaid and untimely paid commissions
- University of California, San Diego, Bachelor of Arts in International Studies, 2009
- University of San Diego School of Law, Juris Doctor, 2013
- Volunteer Attorney Scorer, 15th Annual ABA Labor & Employment Law Mock Trial Competition, 2018
- Volunteer Attorney Scorer, Riverside County Mock Trial competition, 2014
- Volunteer Attorney Scorer, 14th Annual ABA Labor & Employment Law Mock Trial Competition, 2017
- An honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Only 2.5% of attorneys in Southern California receive this distinction., Named to Southern California Rising Stars List, Superlawyers, 2021
- Named to Up-and-Coming 100 List of the 2022 Southern California Rising Stars list, Superlawyers, 2023
- Named to the Up-and-Coming 50 List of 2022 Women Southern California Rising Stars List, Superlawyers, 2023
- An honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Only 2.5% of attorneys in Southern California receive this distinction., Named to Southern California Rising Stars List, Superlawyers, 2023
- An honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Only 2.5% of attorneys in Southern California receive this distinction., Named to Southern California Rising Stars List, Superlawyers, 2022
- An honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Only 2.5% of attorneys in Southern California receive this distinction., Named to Southern California Rising Stars List, SuperLawyers, 2020
- An honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Only 2.5% of attorneys in Southern California receive this distinction., Named to Southern California Rising Stars List, SuperLawyers, 2019
- California Employment Lawyers Association, Associate Member, 2023
- Langston Bar Association, Member, 2020
- California Employment Lawyers Association, Associate Member, 2022
- California Employment Lawyers Association, Associate Member, 2021
- Langston Bar Association, Member, 2019
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Member, 2020
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Member, 2019
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Section Member, 2015
- California Employment Lawyers Association, Associate Member, 2020
- California Employment Lawyers Association, Associate Member, 2019
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Section Member, 2018
- Riverside County Bar Association, Member, 2014
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Section Member, 2014
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Section Member, 2017
Office location for Chantal Payton
11500 Olympic Blvd.
Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Phone: (424) 334-3194
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2019 - 2023
