Employment & Labor Relations

Employment discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, and unpaid wages.

• Workers' Compensation
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgender (LGBT) Rights

• Affirmative Action
• Age Discrimination
• Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Compensation, Benefits, & Pensions
• Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
• Disability Discrimination
• Discipline/Suspension
• Emotional Distress
• Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)
• Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
• Employee Rights
• Employment Contracts
• Equal Pay Act (EPA)
• Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
• Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA)
• Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA)
• Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
• Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)
• Race Discrimination
• Racial Harassment
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
• Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866
• Sex Discrimination

• Affirmative Action
• Age Discrimination
• Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Compensation, Benefits, & Pensions
• Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
• Disability Discrimination
• Discipline/Suspension
• Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)
• Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
• Employee Rights
• Employment Contracts
• Equal Pay Act (EPA)

CA, Jun 1991
Bar Number: 152376

California Supreme Court, Colorado Supreme Court, Ninth Circuit, District Court, United States Supreme Court, Court of Appeals.

Marin County Bar Association, California Bar Association, Colorado Bar Association, and Marin County Consumer Attorneys.

I have conducted dozens of seminars for lawyers and paralegals in which I instruct in the areas of discovery, trial skills, and mediation. I attended Harvard program on mediation and provides mediation services to attorneys throughout the Bay Area.

Articles have been published in a broad array of professional publications on topics such as discrimination in the workplace, unpaid wage law, sexual harassment and mediation and resolution of employment disputes.

In the last two years alone, the firm has successfully resolved discrimination, unpaid wage, sex harassment and fraud cases with individual values as high as $700,000.

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California

The firm represents employees and employers in discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination and unpaid wage litigation.

The firm was established in 1994 and has represented hundreds of clients in all manner of employment disputes. We have been featured on CNN for our class action work in the wage and hour field. We successfully recovered millions of dollars for underpaid employees and employees who have suffered discrimination and harassment.

The firm was called Kesten, Colton and Brandt. We received national recognition for our work on behalf of employees who were not paid the wages they worked for and deserved.

I have served as a judge pro tem with the Marin County Superior Court, am a lead arbitrator with the San Francisco Attorney Client fee dispute program. I have been recognized by the YWCA, Marin County Legal Aid and the San Francisco Bar Association for his Pro Bono work. Steve's articles in the area of employment have been published in a variety of legal publications.

Ellen.

(415) 457-2848

Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

For emergency after hours, please call (415) 457-2668.

Yes

I represent employees on a contingency basis. My fee to employers is $300 per hour.

$300.

Yes.

Depends on the case.