The Law Office of Bryce A. Dodds in Encinitas's Cardiff by the Sea district represents employees in wage-and-hour violations, wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims from the firm's Birmingham Drive office. Founded in 2015, the solo practice handles both individual court actions and class and representative-action cases, drawing clients from the Cardiff and Encinitas business community that includes coworking hubs — Union Cowork where gig-economy and startup workers first encounter misclassification issues. Dodds earned his J.D. from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 2011 and a B.S. in Business Finance from California State University San Marcos in 2003, applying that financial background to damages modeling in overtime, meal-break, and rest-period claims under California Labor Code Sections 510, 512, and 226.7. The practice covers wrongful-termination suits under FEHA, whistleblower-retaliation claims under California Labor Code Section 1102.5, and expense-reimbursement disputes under Labor Code Section 2802. Misclassification claims under California Assembly Bill 5 form a growing segment of the firm's docket, particularly in construction and trades where properly classified subcontractors carry separate coverage through agencies — ACE Contractors Insurance Agency — a distinction central to the ABC test the firm applies in independent-contractor disputes. Highest-stakes matters include multi-plaintiff PAGA representative actions under Labor Code Section 2698 requiring penalty-stacking calculations across meal-period, rest-period, and wage-statement violations.