Ian Wieland

Ian Wieland is the Managing Partner of Carmel & Naccasha’s affiliate employment law firm Sagaser, Watkins & Wieland. He represents private and public sector employers in all aspects of labor relations and employment law matters, including employment discrimination, wrongful termination, harassment, retaliation, labor relations, union matters, class and representative actions, administrative agencies, and wage and hour. He regularly counsels employers regarding human resources policy matters and employee relations issues.

Ian has extensive experience with class action and PAGA representative lawsuits, particularly those involving claims for unpaid overtime, off-the-clock work, record  keeping violations, misclassification, meal & rest periods, inaccurate wage statements, and unreimbursed expenses.

He has defended over five hundred (500) class action, FLSA, and/or PAGA representative lawsuits in various industries, including agriculture, growers, packing houses, farm labor contractors, trucking/transportation, manufacturing, food processing, health care industry, hospitals, restaurant, retail, storage services, sales, property management, and temporary staffing.

He has defeated numerous attempts to bring class action and PAGA lawsuits against his clients and has advised clients on the implementation of practices to prevent future class and PAGA lawsuits from occurring in the future.

Ian also represents employers in all types of employment litigation matters, including wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage & hour in all California state and federal courts. Mr. Wieland also aggressively litigates complex employment cases in private arbitrations and mediations and has represented clients before numerous state and federal administrative agencies such as the DFEH, EEOC, ALRB, NLRB, and Cal-OSHA. He has additionally defended dozens of employers before the California Labor Commissioner and the Department of Labor regarding wage audits, wage citation appeals, and hearings. Mr. Wieland also provides advice and counsel to employers regarding proactive policies and practices to avoid claims and liability.

In addition to his employment litigation practice, Mr. Wieland represents private sector clients with business litigation matters, including unfair competition, trade secret, and breach of contract. In total, he has represented clients in thousands of various types of litigation matters.

Ian was born and raised in Madera, California and currently lives in Fresno, California. He is married to Allie and they have two young boys.

COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

• Fresno County Bar Association, Board of Directors -> Fresno County Bar Association, Board of Directors (2020 – 2022)

• Fresno Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors Member, Chair (2020), Executive Committee -> Fresno Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors Member, Chair (2020), Executive Committee Member (2017 – 2021), Board of Directors (2015 – 2022)

• American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section, Member

• State Bar of California, Employment Law Section, Member

• Fresno County Young Lawyers

• Central California Society for Human Resource Management (“SHRM”)

• Fresno Leading Young Professionals (“FLYP”)

• Madera County Farm Bureau, Business Member

• The Maddy Institute of Public Affairs Board of Directors Member, Maddy Associate Member

• Central California Employment Round Table (CCERT), Board Member

• Business Associates Board Member, Craig School of Business, California State University – Fresno, 2016 – 2022

• The Fresno Business Council, Executive Committee Board Member, 2019 to Present

• Fresno Chamber of Commerce, Political Action Committee (Chair 2021, 2022),
  (Member, 2017 – Present)

• Fresno State Alumni Association, Board Member, 2021 to Present

 BAR ADMISSIONS

• California

• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California

• U.S. District Court Northern District of California

• U.S. District Court Central District of California

• U.S. District Court Southern District of California

• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

• Supreme Court of California

 EDUCATION

• San Joaquin College of Law, (J.D.)

• California State University, Fresno (B.A. magna cum laude)