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title: Dave Rudy
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# Dave Rudy

Dave Rudy celebrates his 25th anniversary in 2016 as a full-time mediator and part-time arbitrator, beginning with the opening of *Bates Edwards Group* in San Francisco in 1991. Before his career as a neutral, he tried many jury and court cases to verdict (including one of 13 months’ duration). He has extensive experience in mediating employment and wage-and-hour class actions as well as in a number of other case types. He is affiliated with ADR Services. Based in San Francisco, his practice takes him throughout California and into other states.

### Articles written by this author:

## [Settlement issues in employment cases brought under PAGA](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-april/settlement-issues-in-employment-cases-brought-under-paga "Settlement issues in employment cases brought under PAGA")

PAGA is still an effective way to address labor code violations as traditional wage-and-hour class actions become rarer

[Dave Rudy](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/dave-rudy "Dave Rudy")

[2016 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-april)