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The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in our surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.. Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Nathan Goldberg as the “Los Angeles Best Lawyers Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year” for 2010. After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.” Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 16th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2010), is based on more than 2.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in our surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity. Steven Naifeh, Managing Editor of Best Lawyers, says, “We continue to believe – as we have believed for more than 25 years – that recognition by one’s peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession. We would like to congratulate Nathan Goldberg on being selected as the ‘Los Angeles Best Lawyers Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year’ for 2010.”. One of the largest and most experienced employment law firms in California. Frequently Asked Questions About Our Firm. The collision of local, state and federal regulations governing the employer – employee relationship is complex and convoluted, requiring the assistance of an employment attorney who understands the nuances of the law while responding quickly and aggressively to correct employment rights violations on the job.. Allred, Maroko & Goldberg was established over 42 years ago to assist individual employees throughout California victimized by their employers as well as anyone who has suffered because of a violation of constitutional civil rights.. Sexual Harassment / Discrimination / Wrongful terminationWhistleblower Cases / Civil Rights Law / Personal Injury Lawsuits. Contrary to what you might believe, California employment disputes are difficult to resolve with the vast majority of claims failing to meet the necessary criteria to justify legal action. If you feel you have been the victim of harassment, discrimination or other rights violations in the workplace, your choice of legal representation will be the chief factor in determining whether your case not only has merit but that you receive the maximum recourse allowed by law, including not only compensation but the correction of the offending actions / policies.. At Allred, Maroko & Goldberg we have established a national reputation with high visibility among both our peers and the public for the effective, timely resolution of serious employment disputes. The success of our California employment law practice is based on a few simple principles:. Due Diligence / Careful Screening: Our experience allows us to determine merit before engaging in lengthy negotiations with employers. Doing our homework gives us the edge when we engage an employer and attempt a resolution. Our reputation and success in the courtroom lets our opponents know that we are serious at all times.. Reputation / Success: In the last five years alone, the attorneys at Allred, Maroko & Goldberg have won over $100 million for individual clients, including some of the most public and prominent civil rights cases in recent years.. Dedication to Individual Clients: Our firm provides power to the powerless, helping California clients victimized by those who possess money, celebrity and influence. Our attorneys are dedicated to not only the recovery of compensation but to setting the precedents that will ensure that no other person is victimized in the same way again.. Respect: Gloria Allred, Michael Maroko Nathan Goldberg and the other attorneys of the firm are all respected California employment law litigators with a substantial record of service to their peers and the community. Our attorneys are noted authors, lecturers and fixtures on national broadcast media where they provide astute commentary on important civil rights issues. Our chief focus, however, is always on our client. We believe that personal interaction and clear communication is the only way to meet your goals and win your case.. Contact our Los Angeles offices today for a case evaluation:

Our Purpose:. I established The Law Offices of Sana Swe to provide highly competent and experienced legal representation to those involved in workplace disputes.  Employment law is all we do.  It's all we've done for more than 22 years.  We are deeply committed to giving each of our clients' first-rate legal representation, practical legal advice, outstanding personal service, and exceptional value.. Areas of Practice:. We represent clients in employment disputes involving, wrongful termination, discrimination, sexual harassment and other forms of harassment, workplace retaliation, reasonable accommodation, wage and hour violations, family and medical leave issues, defamation, and non-competition violations. We also negotiate separation and employment and executive compensation agreements, counsel employers regarding compliance issues, train workforces, and conduct independent investigations.. We Offer Tremendous Value:. We believe our clients enjoy a unique advantage.  Before establishing my own firm, I worked for, and later become a Partner in, the prestigious Employment Law Department of Paul Hastings LLP.  While there, I worked with some of the finest employment attorneys in the country.  My training was absolutely unparalleled, and my experience, which involved representing employers exclusively, invaluable.  Subsequently, I have represented employees, as well as employers, in a wide range of employment matters.  As a result, we have an inside view of the strategies and tactics that the opposing side likely will use and we can prepare in advance for them.. In sum, we have a thorough understanding of California employment law, impeccable credentials, and a proven track record of vigorously and successfully representing clients in a wide range of employment matters.  This record has included advising clients, training employees, negotiating settlements and executive contracts, and representing clients in mediation, arbitration, and trial.. If you are in need of representation for an employment matter, please call our office at or send an email to

Nicole Duncan is a lawyer and founding partner at Duncan Family Law. She earned her Doctor of Law (J.D.) from Whittier Law School and is licensed to practice law in California and Colorado. Nicole has an International Law certification from King's College London and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from USC Marshall School of Business.. Over the past years, she has successfully litigated many complex cases involving custody disputes and high-conflict divorce proceedings. She has developed an extensive network of contacts throughout California. Nicole's practice includes family law, divorce, mediation, legal separation agreements, child custody disputes, spousal support issues and other related matters.

Ms. Kinney is President and founder of Kinney Law, P.C., a boutique law firm specializing in intellectual property and entertainment law matters.  Recently recognized as one of the Top Women Attorneys in Los Angeles by the LA Business Journal, Ms. Kinney represents a diverse client roster of artists, celebrities, and intellectual property owners. She focuses her practice on entertainment law transactions, brand management, and intellectual property litigation, representing Platinum-selling and Grammy award-winning recording artists, songwriters and their estates, published authors, professional athletes, award-winning filmmakers/producers, visual artists and more. She has also acted as production and clearance counsel for various narrative and documentary feature films. Kinney is a musician herself, with awards and distinctions from Billboard, ASCAP, International Songwriting Competition, Global Music Awards, and more. Her personal experience as both a creative artist and an entertainment attorney provides a unique perspective to the deal-making process.. On the litigation side, Kinney regularly handles high stakes intellectual property matters, involving copyright, trademark, unfair competition, and contract cases as well as First Amendment and anti-SLAPP matters. A member of both the California and Texas State Bars, she is admitted to practice in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court, and has handled a number of landmark cases from inception through appeal. She also handles administrative charges filed with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing related to claims filed under the Talent Agencies Act.. She recently authored two sections of LexisNexis' "Practical Guidance for Transactional Entertainment Attorneys," addressing music law and legal issues related to managers, agents, and attorneys, and co-wrote the Lexis®PSL on "Dealing with Social Media Influencers in the USA.". Ms. Kinney also co-founded a non-profit organization called Hearts Giving Hope Foundation, Inc., which brings music and art programs to at-risk youth throughout Southern California. As a result of her leadership and charitable endeavors with that organization, she has been featured in Glamour Magazine’s Women of the Year issue, and received a "Moving Forward Award" from Toyota.

Ms. Allred is an attorney and partner with Allred, Maroko & Goldberg. She has been practicing law for over Forty years.. Her law firm, Allred, Maroko & Goldberg, handles cases involving employment discrimination including sex, race, and physical handicap discrimination, sexual harassment, and wrongful termination; family law including divorce and custody disputes; and civil rights and civil litigation.. She has won countless honors for pioneering legal work on behalf of women's rights and rights for minorities discriminated against because of gender, race, age, sexual orientation, or physical condition.. An active feminist, Ms. Allred founded and is currently serving as president of the Women's Equal Rights Legal Defense and Education Fund (WERLDEF). Ms. Allred was a talk show host on KABC TalkRadio in Los Angeles for 14 years and is a columnist for the legal newspaper The Daily Journal. Recently USA Today selected her as one of the twenty-five most important radio talk show hosts in America. She has thrice been nominated for an Emmy for her television commentaries on KABC-TV.. Articles by or about Ms. Allred have appeared in publications such as Time Magazine, the New York Times, Ms. Magazine, The American Lawyer, the Daily News, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Herald Examiner and the London Times . In July 1990 Los Angeles Magazine named her "one of the 30 Most Powerful People in Los Angeles" and in 1994 "One of the 50 Most Interesting People in Los Angeles." Time Magazine called her "one of the nation's most effective advocates of family rights and feminist causes.". In 1985 Ms. Allred received the President's Award from the National Association of Women Lawyers. In 1986 she was honored with a commendation by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for her "exceptional record of achievement." She also received a commendation from Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley "for her many outstanding contributions to the justice system.". In June 1986, at a White House luncheon, President Ronald Reagan presented her with the "1986 President's Volunteer Action Award" for outstanding volunteerism in response to her development of an innovative child support amnesty program in California.. Ms. Allred is also the only individual in the nation to win the "1986 Public Service Award" from the National Association of Federal Investigators and she was voted one of 1987's "Best Lawyers in America" by the attorneys who had won that honor in 1986. She was honored again by her peers in 1991, named one of the best lawyers in America.. Every year since 2004 she has be named a Southern California "SuperLawyer" by Law & Politics and Los Angeles Magazine.  In addition, she has been recognized by LawDragon magazine as one of the top 500 plaintiff's lawyers in America.. Ms. Allred was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and earned her BA with honors in English from the University of Pennsylvania. She earned her MA from New York University and her JD cum laude from Loyola University Law. She was also awarded an Honorary JD from the University of West Los Angeles School of Law. In addition to her work as an attorney, Ms. Allred has held California life credentials in secondary school education and supervision. She taught in public schools for six-and-one-half years and was a lecturer at the University of Southern California for several years.. Ms. Allred has two grandchildren, Sarah and Sam, and her daughter Lisa is an attorney who anchors a daily show on Court TV

Michael Maroko is a senior partner with Allred, Maroko & Goldberg.. Mr. Maroko, along with partners Gloria Allred and Nathan Goldberg, founded the firm in February 1976. Mr. Maroko received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971 from UCLA from which he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude. In 1974 Mr. Maroko graduated with honors from Loyola Law School. He was admitted to the California Bar in December 1974.. Mr. Maroko has participated in numerous employment discrimination and wrongful termination cases as well as in civil rights litigation and appeal. He has worked on many noteworthy cases including Fernandez v. Wynn Oil, 653 F.2d 1273 (1981), in which the Ninth Circuit ruled that customer preference in an international business setting is not a justification for sex discrimination; Birtell v. Lockheed, 201 Cal. 293 (1988), in which the Court of Appeals ruled that no Federal preemption prevents a worker from filing suit for a wrongful termination arising out of a claim by a union member against an employer, and reaffirming a legitimate state interest in enforcing the "whistle blower" statute; Rolon v. Kulwitsky, 153 Cal. 289 (1984), establishing how to prosecute a violation of the Unruh Civil Rights Act against a discriminatory business practice; and Bass v. Great Western Savings, 58 Cal. 770 (1976), one of the first cases to interpret the Unruh Civil Rights Act.. Michael Maroko was lead counsel in the California Supreme Court on behalf of Robin Tyler, et al in the In Re Marriage Cases 43 747 (2008) which held that California law limiting marriage to heterosexual couples was unconstitutional and ordered the State of California to license same sex marriages.. Michael Maroko was also lead counsel in the California Supreme Court case of Tyler et al v State of California, California Supreme Court Case No. S168066, challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8 which amended the California Constitution to ban same sex marriage.. In addition, Mr. Maroko was lead counsel in the California Supreme Court case of In re Marriage of Burgess, 13 C4th 25 (1996), which set forth new guidelines for custody/move-away orders, and White v. Marciano, 190 C.A. 3d 1026 (1987), which dealt with child support payments of high-income earners.. Mr. Maroko has also been lead attorney in numerous successful civil and personal injury cases.. Every year since 2004 Mr. Maroko has been named a Southern California "SuperLawyer" by Law & Politics and Los Angeles Magazine.. Mr. Maroko is also a member of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

Los Angeles native, Jordana Schwartz holds a B.A. from University of California, Berkeley and a J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law. She has been admitted to the State Bar of California and is licensed to practice immigration in all 50 states. Ms. Schwartz has several years of immigration experience, with a focus on business-related immigration and family-based immigration.  Ms. Schwartz volunteers a portion of her time to non-profit organizations such as the Los Angeles based Alliance for Children’s Rights, and is an active member of AILA, Los Angeles Bar Association, and Women’s Lawyer’s Association.

I am a well-known and highly respected litigation attorney with almost 30 years of experience handling matters for both plaintiffs and defendants.  I have been at the forefront of almost every major issue affecting the intellectual property and online communities as well as the entertainment industry, and was instrumental in developing and shaping new media and Internet piracy law.  I litigated the landmark cases against , Napster, Aimster, Grokster, LimeWire, and Grooveshark, in addition to the industry leading cases against “user generated content” websites.  I also litigated the groundbreaking case against Napster’s investors, and was instrumental in creating one of the largest and most successful nationwide anti-piracy programs ever instituted in the United States.  I am currently leading the trailblazing class actions involving the protection of pre-1972 recordings brought by Flo & Eddie (The Turtles) against Sirius XM and Pandora.. But my expertise expands well beyond entertainment, new media, and intellectual property issues.  I also have broad and significant experience litigating a wide range of matters involving antitrust, business torts, defamation and trade libel, contract disputes, accounting and royalty disputes, bankruptcy, employment, real estate, insurance, and personal injury.  I have litigated extensively in state and federal court around the country as well as abroad and is experienced in all aspects of litigation, including trials and appeals, and class actions.. Prior to joining Gradstein & Marzano as Of Counsel, I was was Deputy General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs at Universal Music Group (UMG) – one of the largest entertainment companies in the world with interests in recorded music, music publishing, distribution, artist management and merchandise where for more than 15 years, I was its head of litigation and its primary legal affairs counsel.  Before joining UMG, I was a partner with a prominent mid-sized general practice law firm in Los Angeles, where I built a complex business litigation practice with an emphasis on intellectual property, unfair competition, unfair business practices, antitrust, securities, and entertainment.

Eliot Houman is a co-founding partner of The Accident Guys. Mr. Houman has handled numerous complex lawsuits from their inception through trial and appeals, and has helped his clients obtain millions of dollars in judgments and settlements.. Mr. Houman graduated towards the top of his class from the prestigious Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois.. Prior to founding The Accident Guys, Mr. Houman worked at some of our nation’s most well-respected law firms, including a national firm voted one of America’s “Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms of 2014.” Having honed his legal skills working alongside many of our country’s best and brightest attorneys, Mr. Houman decided he wanted to start his own law firm to directly and immediately improve the lives of individuals, not defend large corporations.. Give us a call and you can speak to him personally.. Education:Law School: Northwestern University School of LawUndergraduate: University of California, Los Angeles. Languages:English and Spanish

Attorney Renee Mochkatel is a Partner with Allred, Maroko & Goldberg.. Ms. Mochkatel graduated from Cal Poly, Pomona, in 1979 where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude. She then attended Pepperdine University from which she received her Juris Doctorate in 1982.. Ms. Mochkatel represents clients in a variety of employment-related matters such as sexual harassment, discrimination, and wrongful termination. Ms. Mochkatel also represents clients in civil rights cases.. As a trial attorney for Allred, Maroko & Goldberg, Ms. Mochkatel has on several occasions been part of the victorious trial team in cases involving unusual sexual harassment in the workplace, her clients received jury verdicts in excess of $1,000,000.. Ms. Mochkatel is a member of and sits on the Executive Committee of the Labor and Employment section of the L.A. County Bar Association, where she has also served as a guest lecturer. In addition she has co-authored, with Gloria Allred, several articles on employment law for the Los Angeles Daily Journal.. She has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show where she discussed the important issue of equal rights for women.. On behalf of Hollywood Supports/GLAAD, she has presented numerous sexual-orientation-in-the-workplace training seminars for law firms and businesses in Southern California.. In 1998 the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation acknowledged Ms. Mochkatel's outstanding service and commitment in promoting a safer, more inclusive work environment for gays and lesbians.

Attorney Omid E. Dayan is a passionate advocate for anyone who is struggling to be treated fairly by an insurance company.  He believes every case is different and should be treated accordiingly. As such, he will work to develop a strategy tailored to the particulars of your claim in order to maximize your results.. We serve our clients who were were injured in a car accidents, motorcycle accident, truck accident, victim of dog bite, slip/trip falls, and other personal injuries.. Omid earned his Juris Doctorate from Pepperdine University in 2011 and his bachelor's degree from UCLA. He is licensed to practice law by the State of California.. ***Disclaimer: The cases listed below are cases Omid settled at a different law firm prior to opening Dayan Law Firm. Additionally, every case is different. As such, Dayan Law firm makes no guarantees of the outcome of your case.***

Attorney Jennie Levin P.C. - Trial-Tested Attorney with Proven Results. Skilled Los Angeles Personal Injury Attorney Jennie Levin focuses her legal practice on personal injury and wrongful death claims. A trial-tested advocate, she has a proven track record of winning great settlements, even when representing her clients against large insurance companies. Known for her professional approach and insightful, aggressive representation, she is a leading up-and-coming Los Angeles personal injury lawyer who gets you the results you need.