Dwayne P. McKenzie

Dwayne McKenzie is the managing partner at Cox, Castle & Nicholson (CCN) and has a diverse practice that has grown to meet the needs of a wide variety of real estate and construction industry clients in traditional labor relations, employment law, ERISA matters, and litigation in state and federal courts. He represents owners, public agencies, developers, contractor trade associations, and employers in traditional labor relations, in their industry-wide master labor agreement negotiations, and in legislative matters. Mr. McKenzie negotiates project labor agreements on behalf of owners and developers. He also provides ongoing representation for owners, developers, contractors, and contractor trade associations in managing relationships and resolving disputes with individual unions and building trades union councils. Mr. McKenzie has also been involved extensively in prevailing wage law legislation, interpretation, and litigation for over 20 years. He is active in public works, prevailing wage, skilled and trained workforce, and related labor-related issues. Mr. McKenzie regularly represents developer, contractor, and property owner trade associations and individual developers and contractors before the Department of Industrial Relations and in the courts. He also represents employers across various industries in a wide range of litigation, including class action claims; wage and hour violations; wrongful termination; sex, race, religious, and other forms of discrimination; sexual harassment; unfair competition; trade secret infringement; breach of contract; company founder and director liability; and various other employment, and business-related issues. Mr. McKenzie routinely defends employers against charges brought before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. Mr. McKenzie further counsels employers in their day-to-day activities, such as managing and negotiating employment issues in merger and acquisition transactions; negotiating employment and severance contracts; establishing and maintaining employment policies and documents; responding to employee claims of violations of state and federal law; and advising on risk management issues.