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Gage C. Dungy

Partner
916-584-7000 | gdungy@lcwlegal.com

Gage C. Dungy, a partner in Liebert Cassidy Whitmore’s Sacramento office, has over 20 years of experience providing management-side representation and legal counsel to clients in all matters pertaining to labor and employment law throughout the State of California.  Gage’s clients include cities, counties, special districts, and hospitals as well as non-profit agencies and other employers.

Throughout the course of his legal career, Gage has represented and advised public agency employers on all aspects of labor and employment law issues, including matters pertaining to employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, disability accommodation, family/medical leaves of absence, wage and hour law, employee discipline and due process. He also regularly works with clients in the meet and confer process, labor relations and negotiations, and the preparation of employment guidelines and policies.

In addition to providing advice and counsel to clients on labor and employment law issues, Gage also served as chief negotiator for public sector agencies in labor negotiations with their employee organizations, including both miscellaneous and safety employee units covered under the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (MMBA). He has successfully negotiated Memoranda of Understanding involving police officers, sheriffs, firefighters, public safety management staff, miscellaneous employees, management and supervisory staff in addition to other bargaining units. In negotiations, Gage excels in forging strong, effective relationships both with his clients and the employee organization representatives with whom he works. Based on this experience, he is very familiar with the relevant laws and strategic considerations related to the representation of public sector clients at the bargaining table, including the impact of the MMBA’s impasse fact-finding obligations.

Gage also tracks labor and employment law legislation and has worked closely over the years with the League of California Cities, California State Association of Counties (CSAC), and California Special Districts Association (CSDA) to advise on the impacts of such legislation.

Additionally, Gage is a popular training speaker in the areas of performance management, preventing workplace harassment, family/medical leaves of absence, wage and hour law, the meet and confer process, and public safety employment. He has also published articles on current labor and employment law cases and trends in the Daily Journal and the California Public Employee Relations Journal.

Professional and Community Involvement

Gage is a member of the Sacramento County Bar Association and is active within its Labor and Employment Law Section, where he has provided an annual legislative update on new labor and employment laws for the past several years.

A graduate of the University of California Davis Law School, Gage served on the school’s Alumni Association Board of Directors from 2006 to 2016, including as its Board President from 2013 to 2015.

Recognitions

Gage was recognized as a Northern California Super Lawyer in 2023 and also as a Northern California Rising Star in the field of employment and labor law for nine straight years from 2009-2018.   He has also been recognized in Sacramento Magazine’s 2023 list of Top Lawyers in Sacramento.

He was also the recipient of the University of Notre Dame Young Alumni Award in 2008.

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Expertise

Education

JD, University of California, Davis School of Law

BA, University of Notre Dame

Did You Know

While in high school, Gage was selected to attend the California Boys State program in Sacramento. While there, he passed their bar exam, was elected by his peers to the State Supreme Court and wrote the first judicial opinion in the history of the program and was selected as “Judge of the Year”.

City of Redding

IBEW Maintenance Unit – Three-Year Agreement (2019)

IBEW Electric Unit – Three-Year Agreement (2019)

UPEC Redding Fire Management Unit (UPEC-RFMU) – Two and a Half Year Agreement (2021)

Redding Police Officers Association (RPOA) – Two and a Half Year Agreement (2021)

Redding Police Managers Association (RPMA) – Two and a Half Year Agreement (2021)

Redding Police Officers Association – Miscellaneous (RPOA Miscellaneous) – Three Year Agreement extension as part of reopener negotiations (2022)

Redding Independent Employees Organization (RIEO), Clerical, Technical, and Professional Unit; and Supervisory/Confidential Unit – Three Year Agreement extension as part of reopener negotiations (2022)

IBEW Maintenance Unit – Three-Year Agreement (2022)

IBEW Power Production Unit – Three-Year Agreement (2023)

IAFF Fire Employees Unit – Year and a Half Agreement (2023)

Redding Police Officers Association (RPOA) – Three Year Agreement (2023)

UPEC Redding Fire Management Unit (UPEC-RFMU) – Three Year Agreement (2023)

IBEW Electric Unit – Three-Year Agreement (2023)

Redding Police Managers Association (RPMA) – Three Year Agreement (2023)

Shasta County

Shasta County Corrections Officers (DSA-CO) – Signed MOU extension as part of reopener negotiations. (2014)

Shasta County Public Works Employees (Teamsters) – Two Year Agreement (2014)

Shasta County Miscellaneous Employees (UPEC) – Reopener Negotiations on Disciplinary Policy (2015).

Shasta County Supervisory Employees (SCEA) – Two and a Half Year Agreement (2015)

Shasta County General Unit Employees (UPEC) – Three Year and Eight Months Agreement (2016-2017)

Shasta County Professional Employees (UPEC) – Three Year Agreement (2016)

Shasta County Sheriffs Management (SAA) – Three Year Agreement (2016)

Shasta County Sheriffs Deputies (DSA) – Two Year Agreement (2016)

Shasta County Probation Officers (PPOA) – Three Year Agreement (2016)

Shasta County Mid-Managers (MMBU) – Three Year Agreement (2016)

Shasta County Public Works Employees (Teamsters) – Three Year Agreement (2016)

Shasta County Corrections Officers (DSA-CO) – Three Year Agreement (2017)

Shasta County IHSS Workers (SEIU) – Four Year Agreement (2014-2017)

Shasta County Supervisory Employees (SCEA) – Three Year Agreement (2018)

Shasta County Sheriffs Deputies (DSA) – Two Year Agreement (2018)

Shasta County Professional Employees (UPEC) – Three Year Agreement (2019)

Shasta County Sheriffs Management (SAA) – Three Year Agreement (2019)

Shasta County Probation Officers (PPOA) – Three Year Agreement (2019)

Shasta County Public Works Employees (Teamsters) – Three Year Agreement (2019)

Shasta County Mid-Managers (MMBU) – Three Year Agreement (2019)

Shasta County General Unit Employees (UPEC) – Three Year Agreement (2020)

Shasta County Corrections Officers (DSA-CO) – Three Year Agreement (2020)

Shasta County Sheriffs Deputies (DSA) – Three Year Agreement (2020)

Shasta County Sheriffs Management (SAA) – Reopener and Extended Three Year Agreement (2020)

Shasta County Supervisory Employees (SCEA) – Three Year Agreement (2021)

Shasta County IHSS Workers (SEIU) – Three Year Agreement (2021)

Shasta County Probation Officers (PPOA) – Three Year Agreement (2022)

Shasta County Professional Employees (UPEC) – One Year Agreement (2022)

Shasta County Public Works Employees (Teamsters) – Three Year Agreement (2022-2023)

Shasta County Mid-Managers (MMBU) – Three Year Agreement (2022-2023)

Shasta County Deputy Coroners (Teamsters – DCI) – Three Year Agreement (2023)

Shasta County General Unit Employees (UPEC) – Unilateral Implementation (2022-2023)

Shasta County Corrections Officers (DSA-CO) – Unilateral Implementation (2023)

Shasta County Professional Employees (UPEC) – Two Year Agreement (2023)

Shasta County Sheriffs Deputies (DSA) – Two Year Agreement (2023)

Shasta County Sheriffs Management (SAA) –Three Year Agreement (2023)

Shasta County Corrections Officers (DSA-CO) – Two-Year Agreement (2023-2024)

Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District

Employees Association – Three Year Agreement (2023)

 South Placer Municipal Utility District

Employee Association – Two Year Agreement (2023)

Management Employees – Two Year Agreement (2023)

Carmichael Water District

Treatment and Distribution Employees (AFSCME) – Four Year Agreement (2018)

Treatment and Distribution Employees (AFSCME) – Three Year Agreement (2022)

Shasta Area Safety Communications Agency (“SHASCOM”)

Teamsters Unit – Three Year Agreement (2021)

City of Lincoln

Fire Unit (Local 522) – One-Year Agreement (2019)

Fire Unit (Local 522) – One-Year Agreement (2020)

Tehama County

Tehama County General Unit (Local 39) – Two Year Agreement (2017)

Tehama County Sheriffs Deputies (DSA) – Two Year Agreement (2017-2018)

Tehama County General Unit (Local 39) – Ongoing Negotiations (2019-2020) [Left Firm – October 2020]

Tehama County Sheriffs Deputies (DSA) – Ongoing Negotiations (2019-2020) [Left Firm – October 2020]

Yuba County

Yuba County District Attorneys (DDAA) – Three Year Agreement (2017-2018)

Yuba County District Attorneys (DDAA) – One Year Agreement (2020)

City of American Canyon

General Employees Unit (Teamsters) – Five Year Agreement (2016-2017)

Mid-Managers Unit (Teamsters) – Five Year Agreement (2016-2017)

Calaveras County Water District

General Employees Unit (SEIU) – Three Year Agreement (2017)

City of Ceres

Ceres Firefighters Unit – Two Year Agreement (2014)

Ceres Public Safety Managers Unit – Two Year Agreement (2014)

Ceres First Line Supervisors/Confidential Employees Unit – Two Year Agreement (2014)

Ceres Mid-Managers Unit – Two Year Agreement (2014)

Kings County

Kings County Firefighters Unit – One-Year Agreement (2011)

Kings County Sheriffs Deputies (DSA) – Two-Year Agreement (2011)

Kings County Detentions Employees – One-Year Agreement (2011)

Kings County Detentions Employees – Two-Year Agreement (2012)

Kings County Sheriffs Deputies (DSA) – Three Year Agreement (2013)

Tulare County

Tulare County Probation Officers Unit (TCCA) – Impose Terms and Conditions (2011)

Tulare County Criminal Investigators (DACIATC) – Two-Year Agreement (2011)

Tulare County Welfare Investigators (TCDAIA) – Impose Terms and Conditions (2011)

Tulare County Public Works Unit (UAW) – One-Year Agreement (2011)

Tulare County Physicians (PATCOP) – Two-Year Agreement (2011)

Tulare County Probation Officers Unit (TCCA) – One Year Agreement (2012)

Tulare County Welfare Investigators (TCDAIA) – One Year Agreement (2012)

Tulare County Public Works Unit (UAW) – One Year Agreement (2012)

Tulare County Probation Officers Unit (TCCA) – One Year Agreement (2013)

Kern County

Kern County SEIU Miscellaneous Units – Negotiated to Impasse and Conducted Mediation and Factfinding (2010-2011)

City of Visalia

City of Visalia Miscellaneous (Group M – Carpenters Union) – One Year Agreement (2010)

City of Visalia Mid-Managers Miscellaneous (Group E) – One Year Agreement (2010)

City of Visalia Miscellaneous (Group M – Carpenters Union) – One Year Agreement (2011-2012)

City of Madera

City of Madera Miscellaneous Employees (OE-3) – Assisted with negotiations at impasse stage and negotiated Two Year Agreement retroactively (2011-2012)

City of Mendota

City of Mendota Police Officers Association – Two Year Agreement [Initial MOU] (2010-2012)

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