Howard A. Sagaser - a Fresno, California (CA) Employment Litigation Lawyer

Fresno Employment Litigation Lawyer

Updated: 02/16/2026

Areas of Practice

Employment Litigation
Labor Law
Employer Advice
Class Action Defense
Business Litigation
Arbitration

Attorney Information

Overview

Howard A. Sagaser grew up on his family’s cattle ranch near Avenal, California. He was admitted to the Bar of the State of California in 1976. He graduated from Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo in 1973 and received Outstanding Senior in Agriculture Award. He attended Hastings College of Law. He graduated in the top 10% of his class and was Order of the Coif, 1976. While in law school, Mr. Sagaser was a member of the Thurston Society and editorial associate for Hastings Law Journal. He served as an extern to Justice William P. Clark at the California Supreme Court his third year of law school.

EXPERIENCE

Howard A. Sagaser has been representing employers in employment litigation and labor law matters since 1976. He has extensive jury trial and court trial experience in both Federal and California State Courts. He also has extensive litigation experience before the NLRB, ALRB, EEOC and other administrative agencies on a broad range of labor matters. Howard has participated in over 50 NLRB and ALRB elections and has extensive collective bargaining experience with various unions.

“He was the original lead counsel in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid (2021) 594 U.S. ____, 141 S.Ct. 2063 where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Claifornia’s ALRB Access Rule was unconstitutional.”

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

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Honors

Selected as Super Lawyer
Listed in Martindale Hubbel Preeminent Lawyers
Named as one of 75 Outstanding California Labor Lawyers by the Los Angeles Daily Law Journal, 2011
AV Rated by Martindale Hubbel for over 35 years
Lawyer Representative for the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1997 and 1998

Other Sources of Feedback About Howard A. Sagaser

Included on the 2026 Northern California Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2025 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2024 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2023 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2022 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2021 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2020 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2018 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2017 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2016 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2015 Northern California Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), San Francisco, California, 1976
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: Extern for California Supreme Court
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  Honors: Top 10% of the class
  Honors: Hastings Law Journal
Non Legal Education
- California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, California, 1973
  B.S., Bachelor of Science
  Honors: California Polytechnic Outstanding Senior in Agriculture Award
  Honors: Western Agricultural Economics Association Outstanding Undergraduate in California Award for Student Majoring in Agricultural Economics

Current Employment Position(s)

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Past Positions

California Army National Guard, 1969 - 1975

Representative Cases

Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Mendes, 160 Cal.App.4th 136 (2008)
Artesia Dairy v. Agricultural Labor Relations Board, 168 Cal.App.4th 598 (2008)
Affordable Housing Development Corp. v. City of Fresno, 433 F.3d 1182 (2006)
Boghosian Raisin Packing Company, Inc. and Packing House Employees and Warehousemen’s Union, Local 616 a/w International Brotherhood of Teamsters, AFL-CIO, 342 NLRB No. 32 (2004) (Boghosian Raisin)
City of Fresno v. People Ex Rel Fresno Fire Fighters, 71 Cal.App.4th 82 (1999)
Joe A. Freitas & Sons v. Food Packers, Processors and Warehousemen Local 865, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 164 Cal.App.3d 1210 (1985)
Mergerdigian v. Western Farm Service, (1986) 788 F.2d 760
Quinn Company, 273 NLRB No. 107 (1984)
Agri-Sun Nursery, 13 ALRB No. 10 (1987)
Agri-Sun Nursery, 13 ALRB No. 19 (1987)
Artesia Dairy, 33 ALRB No. 3 (2006)
Artesia Dairy, 33 ALRB No. 3 (2007)
Dole Fresh Fruit Company, 22 ALRB No. 4 (1996)
Henry A. Garcia Dairy, 33 ALRB No. 4 (2007)
La Cuesta Verde Ginning Co., 13 ALRB No. 23 (1987)
McCaffrey Goldner Roses, 28 ALRB No. 8 (2002)
Milky Way Dairy, 29 ALRB No. 4 (2003)
Orange County Nursery, Inc., 19 ALRB No. 3 (1993)
S & J Ranch, Inc., 18 ALRB No. 2 (1992)
S & J Ranch, Inc., 18 ALRB No. 10 (1992)
South Lake Dairy, 39 ALRB No. 1 (2013)
Tule River Dairy, 35 ALRB No. 4 (2009)
Vincent B. Zaninovich & Sons, 25 ALRB No. 4 (1999)
Vincent B. Zaninovich & Sons, 34 ALRB No. 3 (2008)
Woolf Farming Co., 35 ALRB No. 2 (2009)
Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid (2021) 594 U.S., 141 S. Ct. 2063

Bar Admissions

California, 1976
U.S. Federal Courts, 1976
U.S. Supreme Court, 1988
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court Northern District of California
U.S. District Court Southern District of California
U.S. District Court Central District of California

Other Affiliations

Fresno County Young Lawyers, 1982 - 1983 (President)
California State Bar, Labor Law Section, Member, 40 years
Fresno County Bar, 1982 - 1983 (Board of Directors)

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Fresno, CA

5260 N. Palm Avenue
Suite 400
Fresno, CA 93704

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Website: https://www.sagaserlaw.com

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