Employment & Labor Relations

I prefer to work with employees who have been seriously wronged by their employers by discrimination, harassment, or failure to pay wages and overtime pay, e.g. misclassification - workers falsely told they are exempt and not entitled to overtime pay. I represent individuals and groups of employees who have been wronged.

• Disability Discrimination
• Employee Rights
• Sexual Harassment
• Wage & Hour Laws

CA, Jan 1978
Bar Number: 75593

None applicable

All California courts, US Supreme Court, 5th and 9th Circuit Courts of Appeal, Texas Supreme Court, Federal District Court, Northern District of California.

California and Texas State Bars

I review California employment appellate opinions and keep up with employment law developments through seminars. I taught Legal Remedies (including employment law) at New College of California School of Law in San Francisco for seven years.

I've published articles and papers in connection with criminal law and representing political defendants in criminal cases.

Cortez v. Purolator Products Air Filtration Company. I argued in the California Supreme Court and was trial and appellate counsel. The decision enforced workers rights to sue in a representative capacity to recover four years of illegally withheld overtime pay, interest and penalties.

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California, Texas

I have litigated and tried sexual harassment, discrimination and wage cases since 1985. I have my own firm and only represent employees. I was the trial and appellate counsel in the landmark California Supreme Court case of Cortez v. Purolator Products Air Filtration Company which enforced the right of workers to recover illegally withheld overtime wages, penalties and interest.

I believe in and enforce individual and group worker rights to deter discrimination, harassment and to correct the failure to legally pay employees.

I was a Reginald Heber Smith Fellow with the Navajo Legal Services Program for two years. I practiced criminal law from 1969-1985. I taught Remedies, including employment law from 1978-1985 at New College of California law school. Since 1985, I have represented workers in wage, harassment and discrimination claims with excellent results in settlements and trials.

I only take cases I believe in. I enjoy getting to know my clients, understanding the issues and achieving life changing results for them. I coach folks on unemployment claims and labor commission wage claims.

No Office Manager/Assistant

(707) 829-7039

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

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My fee is either a percentage of the money I win for the person I represent or an hourly fee.

My hourly rate is $350. I usually represent people for a percentage of the money I win for them, which is called a "contingency fee."

I do not charge for initial consultations.

Varies according to the scope of the work.