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When not practicing law, I enjoy playing the hammer dulcimer and mountain dulcimer, cooking and relaxing with my spouse and our three cats.

We represent both corporate and individual clients in all areas of Immigration Law, with over 20 years of experience. We have expertise in the representation of clients processing at US Consulates worldwide, and in the preparation of Adjustment of Status Applications here int he United States. We specialize in I-601A Provisional Waivers of Inadmissibility. We also have worked extensively with hospitals and healthcare workers for permanent residency, with professionals for H-1B visas, with musicians, religious workers, and entrepreneur investors and employees of trading companies. Recently, we have been preparing a large amount of applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). We also prepare VAWA Petitions and U Nonimmigrant Status Applications.. Have problems, questions, or need information? We can find a solution for you. Call or email for a consultation.

The founding member of the firm, Gary Carlin is one of the most seasoned employment law attorneys in California. Gary has been practicing law since 1970, having established his own practice in 1977 and guiding the Law Offices of Gary R. Carlin into one of the largest and most respected employment litigation firms in Southern California. With his unique focus and expertise in the plight of employees, Gary provides the experience and resources to offer his clients new chances in life and at work. In 50 years of practicing law, Gary has obtained verdicts, judgments, awards, and settlements of cases at a present value of over $100,000,000 for his clients.. Gary has an amazing range of legal experience and has gained a reputation for reliability and strong ethics, previously advising the Supreme Court of the State of California on matters of attorney discipline and serving on multiple committees and panels statewide. After law school, Gary worked at the Law Offices of C. Ransom Samuelson, the first attorney to ever obtain a jury verdict in excess of $100,000 in Los Angeles County. He later became a partner in the firm before establishing his practice. Gary has the highest possible rating by the gold standard of rating services, known as Martindale-Hubbell/. His Martindale-Hubbell rating is "AV Preeminent," the very highest and best possible rating or achievement, which places him at the very top both nationwide and in the state of CA of his profession of practicing law according to his peers, judges, arbitrators, mediators, and attorneys.

THE CARREON FIRM is a Los Angeles County/Orange County litigation law firm that handles a variety of legal claims for consumers, employees and those injured throughout California and across the nation. Our practice includes class action lawsuits (involving employment, consumer fraud, product defect and unfair business practice claims), group-non class employment claims (discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, etc.), catastrophic personal injury claims (involving accidents, property owner negligence, defective products, etc.), individual consumer fraud claims and elder abuse claims (involving physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, exploitation of funds or property, neglect and abandonment). We also specialize in longshore worker both from an injury and employment standpoint.

Overall firm responsibility for developing, maintaining and administering human resources in support of efficient and profitable operations. Provides external personnel and human resources consulting services for a fee to the firm’s clients.• Recruits, interviews and tests candidates for employment.• Coordinates the on-campus recruiting program and represents the firm at recruiting functions.• Conducts and participates in industry salary surveys to ensure firm’s compensation levels remain competitive.• Develops and conducts internal and external training programs.• Develops internal policies and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable laws.• Counsels firm’s supervisory personnel on human resource matters.• As the firm’s Evaluation Coordinator, reviews all personnel evaluations.• Administers annual “Awards for Excellence” program.• Administers Employee Orientation for all new hires.• Serves as the human resources consultant for the firm and provides clients with a full range of integrated consulting services including recruitment services, personnel audits, employee handbook review and development, policies and procedures manuals, compliance services, termination services, performance appraisal systems, employee incentive programs, and training and development.

My areas of focus are Employment Law, Wrongful Termination, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Wage and Hour, Racial Discrimination, and Sexual Harassment.

Jonathan Rayas is a passionate advocate for the worker who relishes fighting for people. He is the founder and managing attorney of Jonathan Rayas, Esq. APC.. His practice primarily focuses on representing Workers, Plaintiffs, and Complainants in in single-plaintiff and employment class actions, in both the Federal Agency and EEOC Claims, along with California cases in the construction, skilled labor, restaurant, retail, service, healthcare, education, manufacturing, and other industries.. Prior to founding Rayas Law, Mr. Rayas worked for some of the most respected Defense-side laws firms in Los Angeles.. Jonathan Rayas holds his Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School-2011. Jonathan attended Loyola Marymount University for his Bachelor's degree. He graduated from Loyola Law School in downtown Los Angeles at the age of 24. Jonathan is licensed to practice law in California (2011).. Mr. Rayas was raised in Whittier, CA and now calls Long Beach home.. Jonathan enjoys traveling, sports, and hanging out with his dog Bailey.. Mr. Rayas has extensive knowledge and experience in Auto Accident and Personal Injury claims. He has been successful against large corporate defendants.. Mr. Rayas has extensive experience handling Federal Employment Claims including claims with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) both in California, along with Arizona, New Mexico, Missouri, Illinois. He has represented individual federal employees against Federal Agencies including the U.S Navy, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Interior, Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Enforcement, and the Transportation Security Administration, among others.. Mr. Rayas has obtained 7 figures results against large employers and entities throughout the region. He has experience with Traumatic Brain Injury Claims, Catastrophic Accidents/Injuries, and a wide range of employment issues, including harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination.. Mr. Rayas has an extensive employment litigation practice includes claims of wrongful termination, constructive termination, discrimination, harassment and retaliation (based on age, gender or sex, race, national origin, sexual orientation, religion and disability), sexual harassment, hostile work environment, unpaid overtime / unpaid wages, and FMLA violations.. Mr. Rayas started off in the civil defense litigation realm where he learned the ropes and became battle tested at some of the biggest Los Angeles area insurance/civil defense firms. He cut his chops on those cases before switching sides to representing wronged employees and individuals.

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I've been engaged in the field of Corporate Risk Management for over two decades in Southern California and Maine.  In my active practice of law since 2007, I've worked with dozens of small to medium sized companies on employment compliance and litigation, civil and contractual defense, insurance claims advocacy, corporate governance & compliance and general corporate and contract work.  I am open to new engagements in the areas of employment, contract and general corporate law in the State of California.

I represent clients who have been mistreated and victimized in the workplace. I also represent injury victims and their families. I am a tenacious attorney that takes pride in providing a high level of service to each person that I represent.  I approach my working relationship with each client as a partnership, with the mutual goal of achieving the best possible result.  I am prepared to take each case that I retain to trial.. I was born and raised in Downey, CA. I attended college at USC and law school at University of San Diego.  I am the proud mom of two daughters.  I enjoy spending time with my girls and our dog Lucky, going bike riding, to the beach, and traveling.  I love the Long Beach community and volunteer my time serving on the Board of Directors for the Long Beach Symphony, Long Beach Symphony Foundation and  Jewish Long Beach.  I am also a member of Temple Israel of Long Beach.

Devon M. Lyon was born and raised in Southern California and is never leaving.  After receiving her Bachelors of Science degree from Linfield College in 1998, she attended Whittier Law School.  In 2001, she graduated with a Doctorate of Jurisprudence and became a licensed California attorney.. In her last two years of law school, Ms. Lyon clerked for a small Plaintiff’s labor and employment firm in Irvine and volunteered for the Orange County Public Defender’s office.  After graduation in 2001, Ms. Lyon joined the law firm of Demler, Armstrong & Rowland in Long Beach where she practiced insurance defense and also assisted with the opening and operation of a law office in Orange County on behalf of a San Francisco based law firm.. In 2007, Ms. Lyon founded Ridout & Lyon, LLP with a partner during which time she focused entirely on the defense of employers in labor and employment related disputes.  In addition to representing several small and medium sized businesses, she was regularly assigned litigation defense matters by several insurance carriers for whom she acted as Employment Practices Liability Insurance panel counsel.. Combining her years of experience defending employers, in June of 2015, Ms. Lyon founded Lyon Legal – a firm devoted to the representation of both employees and employers in labor and employment related disputes and injured citizens in personal injury actions.  It's good to know how the other side thinks.. Ms. Lyon has had numerous six figure judgments and settlements on behalf of employees and has successfully assisted employers with litigation prevention and defense.. In her free time, Ms. Lyon enjoys boating and coaching her daughter’s softball team.  Ms. Lyon is an active volunteer with youth athletics in Long Beach and presently sits on the Executive Board of Los Altos Youth Baseball and Softball.

Charles Russell is a human resources attorney who consults with small to mid-sized employers in both the nonprofit and for-profit worlds. For more than twelve years, Charles has provided employers with representation, advice, consulting, and training on all aspects of employee relations and board management practices. From outsourcing all human resources functions to providing customized consultation, Charles helps employers develop and implement personnel policies and practices designed specifically to improve employee effectiveness while reducing the risk of litigation.

Brent S. Buchsbaum is an equity partner at the Law Offices of Buchsbaum & Haag, LLP, located in Long Beach, California. Representing employees throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties, he focuses his practice on cases involving the state's Fair Employment and Housing Act, the federal Equal Pay Act, the failures of employers to provide reasonable accommodations to disabled or pregnant employees, the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, the California Family Rights Act, hostile work environment, wrongful termination, discrimination, hostile work environment, whistleblower retaliation and other related employment law matters. He has won a jury verdict in excess of $1,000,000 and has obtained numerous class action settlements in excess of $1,000,000.. Mr. Buchsbaum has secured in excess of $40 million for his clients while serving as lead trial counsel. In one representative case, he obtained $1.17 million on behalf of a client in a lawsuit based on racial harassment and discrimination that was filed against the city of Pasadena. This jury verdict resulted in his being invited to become a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. In 2008, Mr. Buchsbaum was nominated to be the recipient of the Trial Lawyer of the Year award bestowed annually by the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles.. Mr. Buchsbaum completed his undergraduate education at the University of California, Santa Barbara, graduating cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology in 1994. He then attended the University of San Diego School of Law and was awarded his Juris Doctor in 1997. Admitted to practice in California, Mr. Buchsbaum is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.. Mr. Buchsbaum is an active participant in the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He is also a member of the California Employment Lawyers Association and the Los Angeles County and Long Beach bar associations.

Brennan S. Kahn has been an active Plaintiff’s litigator in the counties of San Diego, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, and Kern for over the last six years. Prior to joining the law firm of Perona, Langer, Beck, Serbin, Mendoza and Harrison in 2009, Mr. Kahn was admitted to the California Bar in December 2008 after obtaining his Juris Doctorate in May 2008 from the University San Diego School of Law. Before entering law school, Mr. Kahn received a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology in May 2005 from the Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology with the intent of using his skills as a clinically trained therapist to assist his career in law.. Mr. Kahn is currently a member of a variety of professional legal organizations including the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Consumer Advocate Attorneys of Los Angeles, and California Employment Lawyers Association, among others. His practice is primarily centered in employment law, but also includes business litigation, contract formation, intellectual property, and business formation and structure. He is experienced in all matters of litigation including general case management, client contact, legal research, legal writing, including discovery motions and motions for summary judgment, oral argument, depositions and written discovery. Mr. Kahn has also received numerous favorable verdicts at trial, arbitration and administrative hearings. Independently settled hundreds of cases grossing millions of dollars through negotiations and / or confidential mediations.

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