Hunter Pyle

Hunter Pyle is the Principal at Hunter Pyle Law.

Hunter Pyle has represented California employees for more than 25 years. He is a Lecturer at Berkeley Law and an author of several chapters of practice guides. In 2024, he was a member of the negotiating team that led the successful effort to save and improve California’s Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”).

Mr. Pyle graduated from Boalt Hall School of Law (now called Berkeley Law) in 1997. Since that time, he has been recognized as “one to watch” (2007); a “Rising Star” or a “SuperLawyer” every year since 2009; a “Multi-Million Dollar Advocate”; a Champion of Justice (2017); an Advocate of the Year (2024); and by Best Lawyers in America (2024). He regularly presents to other lawyers on various topics including California wage and hour law.

In addition to practicing law full time, Mr. Pyle is a Lecturer at Berkeley Law School, where he teaches a course on California Wage and Hour Law. He has also been a faculty member of the Stanford Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop for several years.

Mr. Pyle is the primary contributor to www.workersrightsblog.com. He is also the principal author of “Civil Penalties Under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA),” a chapter in Employment Damages and Remedies (CEB), as well as Chapter 6 of PLI’s publication on California Employment Law, which is titled “Disability Discrimination under California Law.” Mr. Pyle is also the past editor for the Employee and Union Member Guide to Labor Law (West), Chapter 2 (“Opposing Discriminatory Discharges”).

Mr. Pyle handles all types of employment litigation, including class actions, jury trials, wage claims, and unemployment insurance hearings. He has served as the Chair of the Wage and Hour Committee of the California Employment Lawyers Association; the Chair of the Alameda County Bar Association Labor and Employment Committee; and the President of the Bay Area Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. In 2002, in his spare time, Mr. Pyle was the Outreach Director for Just Cause Oakland, which successfully passed Measure EE (providing that tenants may not be evicted without just cause).

Mr. Pyle regularly speaks at and organizes seminars for other attorneys. In recent years, these seminars have included jury selection, trial victories, and cross examination; as well as advanced seminars regarding class actions featuring the judges and research attorneys from Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

Mr. Pyle is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States and all federal and state courts in the State of California.