Gary R. Basham is a founding partner of the employment law firm of Basham Parker LLP, where he exclusively practices employment law and related litigation.  Mr. Basham advises clients on numerous workplace law issues and has extensive experience in wrongful termination, sexual harassment, retaliation and employment discrimination litigation in federal and state courts.  Mr. Basham regularly defends employers against employment claims for breach of contract, discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful termination, unfair business practices, violation of wage and hour laws, as well as numerous other tort and statutory employment law causes of action.  Substantive areas of expertise include the Age Discrimination and Employment Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII, Equal Pay Act, Family Medical Leave Act, California Fair Employment and Housing Act, California Labor Code, California Family Rights Act, California Workplace Violence Safety Act, and workplace privacy laws. 

Mr. Basham is a member of the Labor and Employment Section of the State Bar of California, Sacramento County Bar Association, Sacramento Human Resource Management Association, Central Valley Human Resource Management Association, California Chamber of Commerce, and Professional Liability Underwriting Society.   Mr. Basham serves on the California Chamber of Commerce’s Committee on Employee Relations.

Mr. Basham regularly speaks on a wide variety of employment law topics before a variety of organizations.  Recently, he has been a guest speaker at the Northern California Human Resources Association’s Annual Conference, the Sacramento Human Resource Management Association’s Legal and Legislative Conference, the Sacramento Human Resource Management Association’s monthly breakfast seminars, the California Rehabilitation Association’s Annual CEO Workshop and the Central Valley Human Resource Management Association’s monthly seminars.  He also frequently conducts training seminars on employment law issues for management employees of clients.

Mr. Basham graduated with honors in 1984 from Michigan State University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance.  In 1987, Mr. Basham graduated from the University of Michigan Law School and received his Juris Doctor cum laude. He joined Jackson Lewis in 1993.

Mr. Basham is the Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Sacramento Union Gospel Mission, an organization dedicated to helping the homeless.

Education
J.D., University of Michigan Law School, cum laude (1987).
B.A., Michigan State University, with honors (1984).