Shareholder
David Fujimoto
Los Angeles, CA
San Diego, CA
Email: dfujimoto@unioncounsel.net
Telephone: 510-337-1001
Education:
J.D., University of San Francisco School of Law, 2014
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 2005
Practice Areas:
Appellate Litigation
Class Actions and Wage and Hour Litigation
Collective Bargaining
Employment Discrimination
Labor and Trust Fund Arbitrations
Organizing Campaigns
Nonprofit Organizations
Political and Legislative Action
Private Sector Labor Relations
Public Sector Labor Relations
Training for Union Advocates
Trust Funds and Employee Benefit Plans
Union Governance
Workplace Immigration Developments
David Fujimoto is a shareholder with Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld. He joined the firm in 2017. Mr. Fujimoto advises unions on a range of topics, including organizing campaigns, strikes, collective bargaining agreement enforcement, contract negotiations, communications, the duty of fair representation, internal matters, protection of the right to engage in concerted activities, and immigration enforcement. Through his work, Mr. Fujimoto strives to expand the labor movement and improve working conditions and the rights of workers everywhere.
His practice includes representing workers and unions in state and federal court on a variety of matters including wage and hour violations, employment discrimination, and sexual harassment. Mr. Fujimoto has extensive hearing experience as he frequently represents unions and workers in employment and labor arbitrations and before administrative agencies, including civil service commissions, merit boards, the Public Employment Relations Board, and the National Labor Relations Board.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Fujimoto was a union member and served on a bargaining team during successor contract negotiations. During law school, he clerked with a plaintiff-side employment discrimination firm, as well as Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus in the nonprofit’s workers’ rights program, where he helped low-wage workers collect unpaid wages and penalties by pursuing claims through the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. He then worked for a solo practitioner, where he represented plaintiffs in employment and personal injury litigation, helping recover over $1 million in verdicts and settlements.
Notable Accomplishments at WRR
Advised and represented a union during a two-year-long campaign to organize counselors, resulting in the establishment of 15 new bargaining units in seven states.
Represented trustees in a collections action in which Mr. Fujimoto, inter alia, helped the client prevail in a motion for partial summary judgment which contributed to the collection of delinquent contributions.
Advised tech workers in their efforts to organize in their workplace.