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Marc Aaron Goldbach
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Attorney with 35 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Bankruptcy, Business and Personal Injury
Southwestern University School of Law
For more then 2 decades, Mr. Marc Aaron Goldbach has worked tirelessly to develop a successful bankruptcy and civil law practice for clients located throughout Los Angeles County. Whether his clients are facing insurmountable debt, foreclosure, serious felony charges, immigration or other legal issues such as personal injuries, workplace harassment, family and medical leave act violations, whistle blowing and retaliation, consumer law, criminal defense they can be rest assured that Marc Aaron Goldbach will take all steps necessary to fight for their legal rights to protect their interests. Marc Goldbach has represented many legal cases with 100% success...
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Kurt Maahs
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Mr. Maahs has tried, arbitrated, and mediated hundreds of cases throughout his career. These cases involve multi-million dollar exposure and significant injuries such as traumatic brain injury, paraplegia and burns. Mr. Maahs’ experience and practice includes automobile liability, premises liability, products liability, professional liability, trucking accidents, workers’ compensation, employment law, insurance, and commercial litigation.
Throughout his career, Mr. Maahs has represented consumers and numerous Fortune 500 companies, including Walgreens, United Technologies, Nationwide, State Farm, Chubb Insurance, Auto-Owners, Hartford, AIG, Johnson and Johnson, Marriott, Phillip Morris, Home Depot and DaVita. With 26 years of extensive experience, Mr. Maahs is committed to...
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Beth A. Schroeder
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Attorney with 39 years of experience
(310) 440-4100
1800 Avenue of the Stars
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Employment and Business
UCLA School of Law and University of Wisconsin
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Abraham Pampakottu Mathew
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Pepperdine Univ School of Law
Abraham is an experienced employment attorney in Los Angeles. He primarily advocates for employees who have been harassed or discriminated against by their employers. If you believe you have been treated unlawfully at work, contact his office today and set up a free consultation.
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Navid Yadegar
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 25 years of experience
(310) 919-0091
1875 Century Park East
Suite 1240
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Employment and Business
UCLA School of Law
Navid Yadegar is the managing partner of Yadegar, Minoofar & Soleymani LLP. Prior to forming his own law firm in 2006, Navid worked at two preeminent law firms in Los Angeles (Proskauer Rose LLP and Arnold & Porter) handling complex commercial and employment litigation for large corporate and individual clients. In 2006, Navid left the large firm practice to create a litigation boutique where he could combine his litigation experience with his understanding of changing business environments as they intersect with law, public policy and technology to bring his clients the highest level of legal service, in an efficient and...
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Jessie Ann Kohler
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Employment and Personal Injury
University of California - Santa Barbara
Jessie is an experienced trial lawyer who specializes in labor and employment. In addition to her work as an attorney, she is the Executive Director for the rest of the personal injury team at Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP, responsible for overseeing the management of the firm.
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Barbra A. Arnold
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
(310) 712-6813
1900 Avenue of the Stars
7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Employment and Business
Harvard Law School
Barbra Arnold has over ten years of experience representing management in all facets of labor and employment law, including claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, unfair competition, trades secrets, collective bargaining with unions and wage and hour law including class actions relating to failure to pay overtime, and meal and rest period claims.
Barbra advises employers nationwide in these areas as well as on disability and religious accommodation, protected leaves of absence, personnel policies, employee handbooks, arbitration agreements, employment contracts, employee discipline and discharge, union avoidance and labor relations. She lectures and consults in these areas and on other employment-related...
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Adrian Jay Adams
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 31 years of experience
(800) 464-2817
Corporate office:
2566 Overland Ave., #730
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Employment
Southwestern Univ School of Law
Prior to earning a Masters in Business Administration from UCLA and a Juris Doctorate from Southwestern Law School, Adrian managed large community associations. Adrian’s experience gives our firm a unique perspective on the legal needs of homeowner associations and allows us to provide practical solutions to legal issues associations encounter. Adrian also serves as an expert witness on standards of care issues involving association boards of directors and community managers. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the CIDLAW Organization and previously served on both the Los Angeles and Orange County chapters of the Community Associations Institute. Because...
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Richard Berberian
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Elder, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Southwestern Law School
Richard Berberian is a partner at Berberian Ain LLP and has over 15 years of legal experience handling personal injury, medical malpractice, elder law and nursing home abuse matters. Mr. Berberian started his career on the other side defending insurance companies and self-insured entities. His experience gave him firsthand insight on tactics used by insurance companies against plaintiffs. Fast forward to 2010, where Mr. Berberian shifted his focus to defending plaintiffs against big bully insurance companies. This decision led him to meet his partner in crime, Farris Ain, a fierce litigator who brings 15 years of legal experience to Mr....
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Larry Jay Litzky
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Arbitration & Mediation, Asbestos and Workers' Comp
Southwestern Law School
Attorney Larry J. Litzky has over 25 years of experience representing individuals and families in catastrophic injury cases. He is a Supervising Attorney at The Dominguez Firm and oversees the case management of seriously injured accident victims. Litzky’s role is critical in solving complex claims and helping those who have been wronged obtain maximum compensation. He has helped recover over $50 million on behalf of the firm’s clients.
Attorney Larry Litzky works closely with the firm’s CEO and Managing Partner, Juan J. Dominguez; as well, with the in-house team of trial attorneys, to evaluate and make strategic decisions, which are in...
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Joseph Huprich
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
University of San Diego School of Law
For over 20 years, Joseph has been listening to his clients' stories, searching for the truth, and fighting for just results. He approaches each case as a unique story to tell and believes in what's right. The practice of law is more than just a job, it's a profession. And that's why his motto is more than just words: vision, integrity and resolve.
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Jennifer Ostertag
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Attorney with 25 years of experience
Employment and Personal Injury
Loyola Law School
Jennifer Ostertag is a senior attorney at Genie Harrison Law Firm. Ms. Ostertag represents employees whose employers have harassed them, discriminated against them, or deprived the employees of their fair wages. Ms. Ostertag’s passion is advocating for her clients in both the courtroom and boardroom. Before joining Genie Harrison Law Firm, Ms. Ostertag has served as associate general counsel for a top Internet search engine at the peak of the technology explosion. Ms. Ostertag also has tried cases as lead counsel both in court and in arbitration. Her work does not end at the courtroom steps. Ms. Ostertag is also...
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George Azadian
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
UCLA School of Law
George S. Azadian – Los Angeles Employment & Wrongful Termination Lawyer practices in the area of employment law, exclusively representing employees. His work focuses on cases involving wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower, harassment, and wage & hour disputes. He is highly regarded as one of the best Los Angeles employment law lawyers & wrongful termination lawyers and recovers millions of dollars every year for his client.
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Michael Burke
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 36 years of experience
(949) 423-6422
11377 West Olympic Blvd
Suite 500
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Health Care and IP
University of California - Los Angeles
Business lawyer and litigator with diverse experience representing closely held companies, private equity firms, and other business enterprises. My experience as general counsel and on corporate boards gives me a big picture overview to business transactions, business decision processes, and complex litigation management. I also bring that same sensibility to bear on trial and appellate strategy. An acknowledged litigation expert and speaker, I am frequently consulted by other lawyers for trial strategy, business strategy, and ethics issues.
I handle matters in the following areas: business litigation and unfair competition cases, shareholder litigation and partnership disputes, employment...
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Jonathan Daniel Winters
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Employment, Family, Landlord Tenant and Personal Injury
Western State University College of Law
I am a trial lawyer with over 22 years experience in civil litigation.
I have undergraduate degree in biology. I have extensive experience handling legal cases in the areas of Toxic Mold exposure, personal injury, class actions, landlord tenant evictions, employment and family law.
I enjoy solving problems and I am a perfectionist and believe in giving 100% effort in everything. I care for the people I am fortunate enough to have the privilege to help. I have recovered millions of dollars in settlements and/or judgements after trial on behalf of my clients clients.
I have obtained one of the...
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Lisa M Howard
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Landlord Tenant
UWLA School of Law
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Diego Aviles
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Employment
Santa Clara University School of Law and University of California - Irvine
Diego Aviles is a first-generation college graduate who received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from UC Irvine in Political Science and in Criminology, Law & Society. He subsequently received his law degree from the Santa Clara University School of Law where he headed several student run groups such as the Santa Clara La Raza Law Student Association, the Santa Clara Immigration Society, and competed in the Honors Moot Court - Jean Pictet Competition.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Aviles held positions at various organizations, including as a legal extern for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in San Francisco, the...
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Joseph Farzam
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Employment, Maritime and Personal Injury
Pepperdine Univ School of Law
Joseph Farzam Law Firm is located in Los Angeles and is dedicated to handling personal injury, employment, maritime and class action claims. Our firm's reputation is based solely on the outstanding service which we have exhibited. It is not surprising that most of our practice is built on referrals from satisfied former clients.
Joseph Farzam is the founder of Joseph Farzam Law Firm. He has extensive experience in the area of Personal Injury, Employment Law, Maritime Law, and Class Action litigation. He has valiantly fought against many corporate giants and has resolved and won many cases for his clients. He...
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Arby Aiwazian
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Attorney with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Southwestern University School of Law
Arby stands up for workers in class and complex wage-and-hour matters involving employers in multiple industries, including agriculture, banking, and hospitality. He is the Shareholder of Lawyers for Justice, PC. Multilingual in English, Armenian, and Spanish, Arby speaks for those who haven’t been heard.
Arby’s discipline and determination has enabled him to successfully obtain class-wide resolutions in over 250 cases. Under his guidance and supervision, Lawyers for Justice, PC has recovered millions of dollars for thousands of individuals. Arby is always working to help clients recover what’s rightfully theirs. His recent wins in contested class certification motions include certification of...
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Ani Aghaeian
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
Employment, Insurance Claims, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Southwestern University School of Law
Ani Aghaeian is the managing attorney, founder, and president of ALPC Law Firm. One of the fastest growing law firms in Los Angeles. She has over a decade of experience handling accident, injury, and employment matters, from early case resolution up to and including rigorous litigation. She has fought and won millions for her clients.
Attorney Ani Aghaeian graduated from UCI with a Bachelors Degree in International Studies. Following graduation, she worked for a national law firm developing her understanding of the legal practice. In 2005, she attended Southwestern Law School, where she was involved in various organizations, including the Trial...
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Samuel Hauser
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Attorney with 2 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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Jeffrey Knoll
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Southwestern University School of Law
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Nima Javaherian
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
Employment and Business
Harvard Law School
Nima was born and raised in Los Angeles, and went on to graduate from UCLA summa cum laude, with a major in psychology. His legal education took place at Harvard Law School, which led him to work as an associate and counsel at some of the largest law firms in the country.
Here, Nima worked on some of the largest and most sophisticated litigation matters in the country, as well as practicing mergers and acquisitions on behalf of private equity firms.
After receiving invaluable training from some of the nation's top legal minds, Nima set out on his own to found...
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Andrea Lenore Cook
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Employment, Civil Rights and Elder
Southwestern Univ School of Law
I am hardwired to help people, to solve problems, right wrongs, and fight injustice. My job is to bridge the gap between my client’s rights and the systems that secure and enforce those rights. Our firm works tirelessly to get the best possible results for our clients.
Andrea Cook is a native of Long Beach, attended Long Beach Wilson High School and moved to Mammoth Lakes, California, where she raised her two sons and ran a small restaurant for ten years. Returning to Long Beach, Ms. Cook attended college (UCLA, Honors) and then Southwestern University School of Law. Ms. Cook spent...
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Gregory Wong
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationEmployment
University of California - Berkeley
A graduate of the UC Berkeley Law School (Boalt Hall School of Law) and Stanford University, Greg Wong has practiced exclusively in the area of labor and employment law throughout his entire career as an attorney.
Mr. Wong joined the Barkhordarian Law Firm in January of 2019 in order to establish the firm’s Labor and Employment Department. He currently serves as the head of the Labor and Employment Department and the Firm’s Managing Attorney.
Throughout his 20+ year career as an employment litigator and counselor, Mr. Wong has assisted clients ranging in size from Fortune 100 Corporations to closely held family businesses...
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Okorie Okorocha
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Employment, Cannabis Law and Civil Rights
Whittier Law School and California State University - Northridge
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Troy William Slaten
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Workers' Comp
Pepperdine Univ School of Law
Troy Slaten, a criminal defense attorney at Floyd, Skeren & Kelly, is a partner and the managing attorney of our firm's criminal defense practice. Located at the Beverly Hills criminal headquarters office, Mr. Slaten graduated with honors from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and continued his education at Pepperdine University School of Law, there earning his Juris Doctorate.
Mr. Slaten clerked at the Los Angeles District Attorney's (DA's) office and was involved in a multitude of cases as a volunteer prosecutor. Dealing with misdemeanor and felony cases, including drug, theft, sex, and a multitude of other complex cases, Mr....
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Gabriel Pimentel
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Personal Injury
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Mr. Pimentel earned his law degree from Loyola Law School in 2009. He focuses his practice on representing plaintiffs in a broad range of personal injury claims and labor/employment disputes, including auto accidents, catastrophic injuries, unpaid wage claims, and wrongful termination. Mr. Pimentel has significant experience litigating claims, obtaining several jury verdicts and multi-million dollar settlements for his clients. Passionate about the law and dedicated to seeking justice for his clients, Mr. Pimentel works hard to provide experienced representation focused on results.
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Michael Nourmand
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Civil Rights and Personal Injury
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Mr. Nourmand has successfully litigated hundreds of cases in the areas of employment law, wage and hour, class action, personal injury, and insurance bad faith.
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Christine C Zaouk
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Employment and Construction
Southwestern Law School
Attorney Christine C. Zaouk joined the McCathern Los Angeles office as an Of Counsel attorney in March 2016. After years of representing insurance companies in structural and property damage cases, Ms. Zaouk now represents employees in employment discrimination and wrongful termination cases, as well as Wage and Hour class actions. She also handles consumer class actions on large scale issues. Ms. Zaouk’s prior experience on the defense side gives her an advantage in prosecuting such cases and her working knowledge of civil procedure, coupled with the aggressive nature of her litigation style, correlates to successful results for her clients.
Ms. Zaouk...
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Patricia Alabise
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Attorney with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
Southwestern Law School
Patricia Alabise is a sought-after personal injury litigation attorney at The Dominguez Firm. As a valuable member of the firm’s trial team, she represents clients in all types of cases, seeking justice for those who have been injured by negligent third parties in all types of accidents. She served as Executive Administrator and Chief Operating Officer of The Dominguez Firm, working directly with the CEO and executive management and has made notable contributions, working in collaboration with the firm’s various departments.
Attorney Alabise earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Business Law from California State University,...
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Steven G. Pearl
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Consumer
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Steven G. Pearl is principal of The Pearl Law Firm. He focuses on wage and hour litigation, class actions, unfair competition, and consumer protection litigation. Mr. Pearl earned his Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors from the University of California at Berkeley and was a Deanâs Scholar at the University of California Hastings College of the Law. He served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Fern M. Smith, Judge of United States District Court, Northern District of California, and was an associate at a prominent national law firm before opening his own law firm in 1994....
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Evan Selik
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Employment and Insurance Claims
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Evan Selik is a partner at McCathern, PLLC in the law firm's Los Angeles office. Mr. Selik represents employees in wrongful termination litigation and employment discrimination cases and he also handles wage and hour class actions and consumer class actions.
Mr. Selik earned his Juris Doctorate from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Michigan in 2006, where he graduated in the top 5% of his class. Prior to attending law school, he graduated with a double major in political science and Spanish from Indiana University in 2003.
Evan Selik’s vision is to provide his clients with aggressive representation to level the playing...
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Amy Schaefer Ramsey
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Attorney with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
I've practiced employment law for more than 20 years. I used to defend employers, but now I represent employees only. From this vantage point, I have some critical observations and experiences.
First, your employer is likely violating California employment law. When your employer is not following the law, you should not have to pay the price. I have the knowledge and experience to understand the employer conduct that caused you to seek legal representation and other unlawful employer conduct you might never have considered.
Second, I know what makes employers tick. Years of experience defending employers allows me to detect what...
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Ken Sterling
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Attorney
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Entertainment & Sports and Real Estate
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
With over 20 years of experience in media, tech, and law, I am passionate about empowering and representing artists and brands in the digital age. Having founded tech companies, digital agencies and a bank - I have a unique view of how business works and thrives.
Originally a techie (early hacker, Cisco CCNA and Microsoft MCSE), I have a unique understanding of the cyber world, AI and emerging technologies.
As an attorney at Sterling Media Law, I focus on media law, cyber law, business law, and real estate law - negotiating complex and creative deals. My mission is to help...
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Alexander Russell Wheeler
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Personal Injury
Pepperdine Univ School of Law
Alex is a Partner at the PARRIS Law Firm and represents the Firm’s clients in severe personal injury and wrongful death cases in both the mass- and single-plaintiff context. Alex has been selected to the Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars List from 2012 to the present.
As an attorney, Alex has been appointed Lead Class Counsel in dozens of federal and state class actions and has obtained over $500 million in verdicts and settlements over the course of his career. Alex was also on the faculty at Pepperdine University School of Law, where he taught “Advanced Trial Practice.” Alex is...
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Marnin Weinreb
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Insurance Defense and Legal Malpractice
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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Brian Fu
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer
Employment, Business, Entertainment & Sports and Immigration
Melbourne Law School
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Brian Fu works closely with major production studios, talent and management agencies, and multinational corporations to devise creative immigration strategies for executives, on-screen talent in film and television, production teams, musicians, athletes, and artists to work on multi-million dollar projects in the United States. As a trusted advisor on global mobility matters for leading companies in such sectors as entertainment, fashion, design, cosmetics, and videogames, Brian counsels on complex labor and employment issues for foreign nationals. Brian has studied law at top schools in the United States, Australia, and Japan – on the prestigious Monbukagakusho Scholarship awarded by the...
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Robert Ebert Byrnes
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Stanford Univ Law School
Robert Byrnes is the head of litigation for Lawyers for Employee and Consumer Rights. During the past decade, Robert has represented employees with legal claims in state and federal courts, as well as in the arbitration settings that employers increasingly force workers into. He has represented, and secured substantial settlements on behalf of workers in the many industries most affected by workplace-protection laws. For example, Robert negotiated a $2-million dollar settlement on behalf of a national department store’s sales associates who alleged they had been denied meal and rest breaks. He has also represented a national children’s clothing store’s employees...
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Susan Aurelia Rodriguez
Los Angeles County, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Employment and Business
Univ of Michigan Law Sch
The Law Offices of Susan A. Rodriguez, APC guides employers through the maze of California employment law to help clients assess and minimize risk. We resolve employment, commercial and bankruptcy adversary disputes on their behalf in a results-oriented and cost-efficient manner that enables business owners to focus on productivity and growth.
In addition to handling employment law matters such as harassment and discrimination, DFEH complaints, and wrongful termination, Susan and her team specialize in defending class action employment lawsuits as well as litigation under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) and wage and hour laws.