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Jahan Sagafi
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Attorney with 21 years of experience
(415) 638-8800
Outten & Golden LLP
One California Street, 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Employment
Harvard Law School
JAHAN C. SAGAFI is the partner-in-charge of the firm’s San Francisco office, where he represents workers in employment class actions challenging discrimination, wage and hour abuses, Fair Credit Reporting Act violations, and other types of exploitation. He has won a jury trial for a nationwide class of approximately 1,000 technical support workers, an en banc appeal in the Ninth Circuit, and many settlements to recover backpay for overtime compensation, meal and rest breaks, vacation benefits, discriminatory pay and promotion gaps, and more.
Mr. Sagafi has represented a wide array of workers throughout the country, including HVAC service technicians,...
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John Marshall Feder
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Employment, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
John Feder is a personal injury lawyer in San Francisco and a partner at Rouda Feder Tietjen & McGuinn. Since 1978, Mr. Feder has been practicing in the legal field. Currently, he serves as president of the Consumer Attorneys of California, and he also serves on the organization’s Executive Board and Board of Governors. For the past ten years, Attorney Feder has been selected for inclusion in the list of California Super Lawyers®. For your free case evaluation, please contact his firm today.
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Spencer C. Young
Oakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Golden Gate University School of Law
Spencer practices employment, civil rights and personal injury law. He is dedicated to representing employees in employment disputes and individuals and their families in personal injury cases.
Since 2005, Spencer has litigated discrimination, wrongful termination, wage and hour, retaliation, and other employment disputes, such as contract breach and commission cases. He also litigates vehicle accidents, premises liability, wrongful death, and civil rights claims. His legal experience dates back to 1996. He has appeared in Northern District Federal Courts, California State Superior Courts, the California Fair Employment and Housing Commission, the California Department of Labor Standards Enforcement, the Merit...
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Latika M. Malkani
Oakland, CA Employment Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
Employment and Appeals
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Latika Malkani joined Siegel LeWitter Malkani in 1996, and since then has fought to preserve and enforce the rights of women and men working in a variety of professions. Latika's advocacy has included tireless representation of employees seeking justice and improved conditions in the workplace. Latika has a proven record of successful results, and has helped hundreds of employees establish better working conditions, negotiate severance and post-separation packages, as well as obtain fair and just compensation through enforcement of state and federal laws. Latika believes that no employee should be made to suffer inequality or humiliation in order to earn...
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Pamela Kong
Oakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Employment, Civil Rights and Landlord Tenant
Golden Gate University School of Law
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James Hardin
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Attorney with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
UCLA School of Law
James Hardin is an experienced attorney who founded Hardin Law Group, an elite law firm, to fight for the rights of employees. After training as a business lawyer, James has focused his practice on representing employees in employment-related disputes regarding almost every imaginable issue, including cases or issues involving wrongful termination, discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, wage and hour violations, medical leaves, employee benefits, privacy, class actions, and trade secrets.
With over 20 years litigation experience since graduating from the prestigious UCLA School of Law in 1999, James has recovered over $110 million in verdicts and settlements, in addition to obtaining many...
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Scott Edward Cole
Oakland, CA Employment Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Civil Rights and Consumer
University of San Francisco School of Law
Scott Cole is the founder and principal attorney at Cole & Van Note, one of California's best-known and most highly-respected employment and consumer rights class action law firms. He is a graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law (1992), and San Francisco State University (B.A., Speech Communications; 1989). He is a member of the California State Bar and the State Bar’s Labor and Employment Law Section, is admitted to practice before all California federal courts (including the 6th and 9th Circuit Court of Appeals), has prosecuted cases in numerous states including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida,...
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N. William Metke
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Civil Rights
U of San Francisco School of Law
An Advocate for Your Rights in the Workplace.
The Law Office of N. William Metke specializes in employment law litigation. The firm provides vigorous advocacy on behalf of individuals who have encountered injustice in the workplace. This includes discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, unpaid wages, and other wrongs in the employment context. We represent clients throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
tel: 415-572-9556
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Jill Diamond
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Cornell Law School
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Alan Adelman
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
For over twenty years I have focused my entire legal practice on exclusively representing employees in a wide variety of employment matters, including wrongful terminations, unpaid wages, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, defamation and severance negotiations. I handle all lawsuits on a contingency fee basis, meaning that I do not charge a fee in a litigation if I do not secure a recovery on behalf of my client. I have advocated on behalf of several hundred employees in State and Federal Court and have completed nearly twenty trials.
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Daniel L Feder
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Attorney with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Arbitration & Mediation, Personal Injury and Stockbroker Fraud
University of California - Los Angeles
Law Firm Specializing in Employment Discrimination and Harassment and Personal Injury Cases. The Law Offices of Daniel Feder consistently provide consumers and employees with top-quality attorney representation. Mr. Feder represents employees in discrimination, harassment and whistleblower lawsuits against their former employers. He also practices in the area of personal injury and medical malpractice. He provides representation on a contingency basis. He offers free initial one hour consultations to the public. The Law Offices of Daniel Feder is dedicated to providing employees in California with access to top-quality representation in disputes with their former employers. Mr. Feder has spent more...
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Robert Nathaniel Davis
Oakland, CA Employment Law Attorney with 39 years of experience
Employment, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Golden Gate University School of Law
Robert Davis is a Workers' Compensation Attorney with over 30 years of experience. Mr. Davis has handled thousands of cases before the Workers Compensation Appeals Board with a value of over 100 million dollars. Mr. Davis has work for both applicants and defense law firms.
He is an aggressive, ethical and experienced Workers' Compensation Lawyer who knows exactly how to navigate your case through the confusing and frustrating maze the insurance company creates. His experience working for the insurance companies gives him a distinct advantage over the vast majority of Workers' Compensation Lawyers, not only because he knows the opponents playbook,...
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Janelle J. Smith
Berkeley, CA Employment Law Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Business
University of San Francisco School of Law
I help clients with their employment, business, and start-up needs. I also represent clients involved in civil litigation. Please contact me to find out how I can help you with your legal needs.
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William Bernard Reilly
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Appeals, Insurance Claims and Personal Injury
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law
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Andrew Joseph Mailhot
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
University of Michigan Law School and University of California - Davis
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Joseph Andrew Creitz
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
Employment, Consumer and Insurance Claims
Golden Gate University School of Law and University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Since 1995, Joe has specialized in ERISA counseling and litigation. He has represented hundreds of ERISA benefit plan participants and beneficiaries, in individual benefits suits, breach of fiduciary duty litigation, and ERISA class action litigation. From 2003 to 2005 he represented the United States Secretary of Labor in ERISA litigation and investigations.
In 2012, Joe won the California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year ("CLAY") award. In 2019, Super Lawyers magazine ranked Joe among the Top 100 Northern California Super Lawyers, after including Joe as an employee benefits Super Lawyer for 6 years running. In 2019, Best Lawyers magazine also...
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Gina Szeto-Wong
Oakland, CA Employment Law Attorney with 11 years of experience
Employment, Civil Rights, Family and Personal Injury
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Ms. Szeto-Wong completed her undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley. She obtained her law degree from UC Berkeley School of Law and has been litigating civil rights, family law, and employment cases in state and federal court since 2012.
Ms. Szeto-Wong has a successful track record including favorable verdicts and awards in the millions of dollars. She is bilingual in English and Cantonese.
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Richard J Vaznaugh
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
UC Hastings COL
For the last 27 years ago I have focused my practice on representing workers from executives to rank and file in claims against their former and current employers.
I maintain a limited case load to make sure each case gets the attention it deserves.
I am highly experienced, so you can be sure you have the right lawyer to take on your civil employment dispute.
I try to make a real and positive difference for each client by honest advice and advocating vigorously and ethically for you.
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After living in several countries and several states as a child, at 18, I...
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Tiega N Varlack
Hayward, CA Employment Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
Employment, Business, Civil Rights and Consumer
Howard University School of Law
Since starting Varlack Legal Services in 2009, I have been on the front lines of litigation as a trial attorney. Valuable experience in the courtroom was gained as a member of the Alameda County Bar’s CAAP program and Lawyer Referral Service. These programs helped me grow my practice as a young attorney while allowing me to grow as a litigator. As a graduate of Howard Law School, I chose to become “a social engineer” rather than a “parasite on society.” After law school, I served on the Charles Houston Bar Association’s Board of Directors, as membership...
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Benjamin D. Weisenberg
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Attorney with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Capital University Law School and The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Len Watkins
Oakland, CA Employment Law Attorney with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Antitrust, Business and IP
University of San Francisco School of Law
A resident of Oakland, Len spent much of his legal career with prestigious, top-ranked, San Francisco law firms. Mr. Watkins brings the same level of expertise, and standard of excellence, to his practice in the East Bay. Focusing on consumer bankruptcy and business law, Mr. Watkins’ depth of experience and training include:
A Masters of Business Administration, concentrating on finance, from the University of California, at Davis
A stock brokerage license (inactive) from the National Association of Securities Dealers
A California Real Estate Broker’s license
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Bruce James Highman
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Employment
Stanford Univ Law School
I specialize in representing employees in all types of employment cases. I have been selected as a Northern California Super Lawyer each year from 2004 through the present. Only about five percent of the lawyers in Northern California earn the Super Lawyers honor. I have also been named one of the Top 100 High Stakes Litigators in Northern California from 2020 through the present. I have been lead counsel on a number of cases that have resulted in published precedent decisions, have participated in numerous trials, and have appeared as a guest lecturer on employment law issues....
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Maria Cristina Molteni
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Universidade de Sao Paulo
Cristina focuses her practice on representing clients in employment law matters—including litigating wage and hour claims, class action employment cases, wrongful termination, harassment, retaliation, and discrimination law— and providing advice on prevailing wage and public works law, severance agreements, employee privacy, and workplace issues. Cristina conducts training seminars and presentations in Spanish and Portuguese on a broad range of employment law topics. Cristina has worked in the labor and employment law fields since the early days of her legal career. Before moving to California, she was a law clerk in the National Labor Court in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and...
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P. Bobby Shukla
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
UC Hastings COL
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Ramsey Hanafi
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
201 Spear Street Suite 1100
San Francisco, CA 94105
Free ConsultationEmployment
Golden Gate University School of Law
I have been practicing employment law and business law since 2009. I primarily represent Plaintiffs in individual and class action cases in wage and hour, discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, hostile work environment, unpaid commissions, misclassification cases, independent contractor cases, and many others. I practice all over the State. Wherever you are, I can be there. My experience with small business clients and technology startups also provides me with a unique background in the intersection between employment law and business. I have experience litigating and consulting with business clients on numerous transactional issues; intellectual property (trademark and copyright);...
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Enrique Martinez
Oakland, CA Employment Law Attorney with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
UCLA School of Law
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John Francis Hyland
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Employment and Civil Rights
Golden Gate University School of Law
John Hyland is a partner with Rukin Hyland & Riggin LLP. He practices exclusively in the area of employment law. John was Of Counsel with Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker in the firm’s San Francisco office where he advised and represented companies in State and Federal court actions covering all areas of employment law, including wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, disability law, employee privacy, employee leaves, and wage and hour issues. John regularly conducts training seminars and presents on a wide array of employment law issues. Law & Politics Magazine selected John as one of its Northern California Super Lawyers...
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Laura Herron Weber
Oakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Employment
UC Hastings COL
I represent employees in their disputes with their employers, and victims of personal injury. I take the time to get to know the unique story of each client, and understand how termination, injury, or other unlawful conduct has affected their life. I represent women who have been terminated because of pregnancy or because they have taken time off to care for their children. I represent older workers who have been terminated after many years of loyal service. I also help clients who have been injured in motor vehicle accidents or other incidents of negligence.
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Mandy Gina Leigh
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Employment, Business, Civil Rights and Education
Nova Univ Law Center
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Rocio Toriz
Oakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer
Employment
University of San Francisco School of Law
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Marlon L. Monroe
Oakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Employment, Civil Rights, Entertainment & Sports and Trademarks
St. Thomas University School of Law
Marlon Monroe brings a background of court battles and life experiences rarely found in employment law & civil rights attorneys. Prior to practicing law, Marlon taught middle school in Los Angeles for five years and worked in the music industry. After graduating from law school in South Florida, he began his legal career and moved back to Oakland, CA, where he practiced criminal defense for 15 years and became known as “The People’s Champion” due to his zealous advocacy, successful outcomes and representation of prominent members of the local community.
While cultivating his skills in the courtroom, Marlon also worked with...
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Randall Aiman-Smith
Oakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationEmployment
I was fortunate. Despite never finishing high school or college, I was able – albeit with a lot of hard work – to gain admission to, and to excel at, one of the finest law schools in the country: U.C. Berkeley’s School of Law. While I was there, I was privileged to be an editor for the California Law Review and a Member of the Moot Court Board, advising on brief writing and appellate advocacy for other students. After I left law school, in my early years of practice, I taught legal writing and appellate advocacy at University of California,...
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Amanda Brooke Whitten
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
University of California - Davis
Amanda Whitten specializes in suing large corporations for sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termination. She is a native of the Central Valley, has a passion for Bulldog football at Fresno State, running marathons, and social justice. Ms. Whitten's law practice extends from Bakersfield to Sacramento to Oakland. She has cases filed in federal and state courts all over the Central Valley. She has significant experience with jury trials in courts throughout the state. She knows how to get your case ready for a jury trial. Just within the last few years, Ms. Whitten has recovered millions of...
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Jonathan H. Siegel
Oakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Employment
Golden Gate University School of Law
Jonathan Siegel, the founding partner of Siegel LeWitter Malkani has spent over thirty years representing employees. His experience runs the full range of cases from individual jury trials to class actions to arbitration and administrative hearings. Jonathan has enjoyed outstanding success in all forums, while building an enviable reputation as a formidable advocate, but one whose word can be trusted.
Jonathan has successfully tried individual cases to juries, judges and arbitrators. He has received substantial six and seven figure jury awards in discrimination cases related to age (Tetzchner v. Unitank - Contra Costa), pregnancy (Byer v. Haider - San Francisco) and...
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Ryan Joshua Vlasak
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 18 years of experience
(415) 835-6777
220 Montgomery Street, Suite 870
San Francisco, CA 94104
Free ConsultationEmployment, Civil Rights and Insurance Claims
Temple Univ School of Law
Mr. Vlasak focuses his practice on civil litigation for plaintiffs, including habitability and wrongful eviction suits for tenants, as well as consumer, employment and personal injury actions. Mr. Vlasak earned his Juris Doctor degree from Temple University Law School in Philadelphia, where he was Staff Editor of Temple International and Comparative Law Journal.
Prior to his career as an attorney, Mr. Vlasak was an Adjunct Professor and taught courses including philosophy, ethics, and logic.
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Ingrid M. Evans
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
Employment, Consumer, Elder and Stockbroker Fraud
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Ingrid M. Evans is the founding partner of the Evans Law Firm. Ms. Evans is a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate, and was named as a Finalist for Consumer Attorney of the Year, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2009. Ingrid Evans is a veteran in the courtroom and was previously undefeated in jury trials as a former Deputy City Attorney for San Francisco. Ingrid Evans is an experienced litigator in state and federal courts and is licensed to practice law in California, the District of Columbia, and New York. Ms. Evans has been named as a 2010 Northern California Super Lawyers...
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Robert Salinas
Oakland, CA Employment Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
Employment, Business, Civil Rights and Landlord Tenant
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
I am an accomplished California attorney. I represent employees and tenants in a broad range of Employment, Landlord-Tenant and Civil Rights matters.
Dedicated to exceptional advocacy, I am diligent in fighting for the rights of my clients. I am genuine, experienced, and committed to justice.
I am also active in the community, currently volunteering at both Centro Legal and the Western Service Workers Association where I provide pro bono assistance to low-wage workers.
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Dena M. Roche
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Attorney
Employment, Business and Consumer
University of San Francisco School of Law
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Ronald Harry Rouda
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 64 years of experience
Employment, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Ronald H. Rouda, a San Francisco injury lawyer, is a founding partner at the firm Rouda Feder Tietjen & McGuinn. For nearly 55 years, Attorney Rouda has been practicing law in California. He is a former president of the American Board of Trial Advocates and California Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Rouda has received the American Board of Trial Advocates’ Lifetime Achievement Award and California Trial Lawyer of the Year award, as well as numerous other honors. In addition to his legal work, Mr. Rouda is also a celebrated pianist. Contact his firm today to learn more.
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Norman Blumenthal
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 48 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Loyola Univ School of Law
SALARIED WORKERS STILL GET OVERTIME
In California, there are certain exemptions that allow employers to deny paying employees overtime. Whether or not an employee meets those exemptions is typically based on their job duties and responsibilities. There are many situations where employers misclassify employees as exempt from overtime based solely on their job title. For example, the employer will give the employee a fancy job title that includes the word Manager or Supervisor, when in fact, the employee is performing manual or clerical labor according to the employers strict guidelines and protocols. In other words, the employee is exercising independent...