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Samy is a passionate advocate for people and their families across Southern California. Raised in the Inland Empire, Samy moved to New York where he completed his undergraduate degree at Columbia University, earning a B.A. in American Political Science. After college, he served as the National Project Manager for a non-profit organization then completed his degree at the Syracuse University College of Law.. While in law school Samy argued for Syracuse’s top-ranked National Trial Team and won first-place in the school's mediation competition. Looking to be active locally, he served low-income families as a student attorney under the criminal defense and bankruptcy clinics.Before co-founding Harmoush & Rashedi Law Group LLP, Samy established The Harmoush Law Firm where he successfully handled criminal defense, personal injury, and employment matters.. Samy is licensed to practice law in the State of California and is a member of:-The Los Angeles County Bar Association-The Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles-The Muslim Bar Association of Southern California (Board Member)-The National Association of Muslim Lawyers (Delegate Board Member). As a Southern California native, Samy loves playing outdoor basketball, taking in a Lakers game, spending time with his family, and trying new recipes in the kitchen. He remains active serving his community by advising non-profit organizations and providing pro-bono legal services.

Numerous 7 and 8 figure judgmengts and settlements on behalf of consumers, workers and injured people.

My inspiration to become a trial lawyer was Al Pacino's file "And Justice for All," a 1979 courtroom drama about a lawyer trying to free a wrongly imprisoned client while battling corruption.

I have been advising and defending employers in California employment law matters for over 20 years. I counsel human resources and operations professionals on the legal aspects of employment policies and provide advice, training and investigations.  Before my solo practice, I served an expert advisor and as senior in-house employment counsel for two Fortune 500 companies as well as an international business based in Switzerland. I also spent eight years at three different large California law firms.

As a partner at Feldman Browne Olivares, Alicia Olivares is dedicated to serving employee clients in the Greater Los Angeles, California, area. Focusing her practice on labor and employment law, she accepts a wide variety of cases, including wrongful termination, whistleblower retaliation, protected leaves of absence, discrimination, racial harassment, sexual harassment, wage and hour violations, FMLA disputes, and similar matters.. Ms. Olivares graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from California State University, Northridge, in 1991. She then went on to earn her Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, in 1995. While there, she was the editor of the Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review. She joined the predecessor to her current firm in 1999.. With more than two decades of experience, Ms. Olivares dedicates her entire practice to protecting workers’ rights and obtaining compensation for harms caused to workers by their employers, and she has been able to achieve significant settlements and jury awards for her clients. She is admitted to practice in California, as well as before the U.S. District Courts for the Central and Northern Districts of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.. Fluent in Spanish, Ms. Olivares is frequently asked to deliver presentations to groups of fellow attorneys on employment law topics such as mediating claims arising under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and employee leave. She is an active participant in a variety of professional organizations. A member of the Diversity Outreach Committee of the California Employment Lawyers Association, Ms. Olivares is also a member of Consumer Attorneys of California and the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.