Employment & Labor Relations

My preferred new clients are willing to engage in the litigation process, clients who pay, and clients who listen.

• Workers' Compensation
• Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

• Age Discrimination
• Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Disability Discrimination
• Discipline/Suspension
• Emotional Distress
• Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)
• Employee Rights
• Employment Contracts
• Equal Pay Act (EPA)
• Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA)
• Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
• Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)
• Race Discrimination
• Racial Harassment
• Severance Packages
• Sex Discrimination
• Sexual Harassment
• Termination
• Uniformed Services Employment & Reemployment Rights Act
• Wage & Hour Laws
• Whistleblower
• Wrongful Termination

• Age Discrimination
• Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Disability Discrimination
• Discipline/Suspension
• Emotional Distress
• Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
• Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)
• Race Discrimination
• Racial Harassment
• Sex Discrimination
• Sexual Harassment
• Termination
• Uniformed Services Employment & Reemployment Rights Act
• Whistleblower
• Workers' Compensation
• Wrongful Termination

CA, Dec 1976
Bar Number: 70925

All California State Courts; United States District Court, Central District of California

California State Bar, American Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association

I have spent most of this latest compliance period studying worker's compensation issues as well as employment law issues.

As lead counsel, I have litigated through trial a case involving a wrongfully terminated tradesman with a major aerospace corporation.

I was the lead plaintiff's counsel on a case involving a private pension malpractice case against the pension administrators. This case was very labor and document intensive and I successfully managed both.

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California

I spent a good portion of my legal career almost exclusively in the tort and personal injury litigation field. I still do that but I am changing focus. My focus now is changing from personal injury litigation to employment law and worker's compensation, both on behalf of employers and employees. I offer dispute resolution anywhere from a well placed letter, through and including full litigation services. I am one of the few attorneys who handle both worker's compensation as well as employment law because of the fertile crossover issues involved. I therefore offer full litigation services as well as work before the Worker's Compensation Appeals Board. I also handle dispute resolution with regard to employment contracts to include litigation. I established my own firm in 1992.

I was House Counsel to the Continental Insurance Group in Los Angeles for 11 years and I spent an additional five years working for insurance defense firms of various sizes before I opened my own office in 1992.

I sit as a judge pro tem within the Los Angeles Superior Court. I am also a Los Angeles Superior Court Arbitrator. I have done both for over 25 years.

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(310) 641-8315

Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

No

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Depending on the strength of the matter, I may work on a partial hourly plus a partial contingency fee. In appropriate cases with strong evidentiary admissibility, I charge on a contingent fee basis which is 33 1/3% if resolved before a law suit is filed and then 40% thereafter.

$230

Yes, up to 30 minutes.

The retainer depends on the strength of the case. It is generally, approximately $1,500-$2,000 depending on the case. This is a deposit towards fees.