Employment & Labor Relations

I represent all employees who have been mistreated at work, including government employees. I represent employees who have been wrongfully terminated, sexually harassed, discriminated against, denied proper minimum or overtime wages, or have suffered any injustice or unfairness from their employer or co-workers. I also negotiate severance agreements for employees whose employers are forcing them out.

• Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

• 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)
• Government Employees
• Immigration Reform & Control Act of 1986 (IRCA)
• Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA)
• Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
• Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)
• Race Discrimination
• Racial Harassment
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
• Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866
• Severance Packages
• Sex Discrimination
• Sexual Harassment
• Termination
• Wage & Hour Laws
• Whistleblower
• Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification (WARN) Act
• Wrongful Termination

• Collective Bargaining
• Labor Arbitration
• Labor Disputes
• Labor Legislation
• National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
• Picketing/Freedom of Speech
• Unfair Labor Practices
• Unions

CA, Dec 1987
Bar Number: 129780

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I am constantly educating myself to stay ahead of the curve in the rapidly changing field of employment law and often take more courses than the minimum required by the State Bar.

Yes, I am the sole author of numerous articles, including rules for drug testing employees, published in the Daily Journal.

Over the years I have helped employees collect millions of dollars that their employers have owed them for firing them, harassing them, discriminating against them, not paying proper minimum or overtime wages, and all other forms of mistreatment and breaches of contract. Each case is extremely important to me and I fight all out, whether it is for employees barely making minimum wage or for executives and professionals making six figures or more. I am not afraid to sue the biggest corporations in America and fight the largest law firms in California. I usually obtain a very favorable result for my clients.

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I began specializing in labor and employment law in 1987 and have taken to trial and won numerous cases and successfully settled many more. I started my own law firm in April 1996 and for over ten years have represented clients exactly the way I wanted and the way I would want an attorney to work for me -- with zeal, fire, courage, and determination to achieve the best possible result.

Before starting my own firm in 1996, I worked for a variety of small to medium firms specializing in labor and employment law. I discovered that I needed to establish my own firm so I could do precisely what I thought was best for my clients.

I occasionally volunteer for the Bar Association of San Francisco. It is an intake service where we find out if people have a case or not.

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(415) 439-8833

Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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My fee is either hourly or a percentage of the amount I win for my client.

Most of the time, my clients pay only a percentage of the amount I win for them. For hourly clients, my rate is $295.

I do not charge for initial phone consultations.

It depends on how much work my client wants me to do when paying by the hour.