Firm: Law Offices of Cathe L. Caraway-Howard
8117 Manchester Avenue , Playa Del Rey , California 90293
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Cathe represents workers in wage and hour class actions and in individual lawsuits for discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wrongful termination.. Cathe just won the case of Mendiola vs CPS before the California Supreme Court. The Mendiola opinion has strengthened the rights of California workers throughout the State. Now on-call workers and 24-hour shift workers must be paid for all hours worked, including sleep time if they are subject to their employer's control.. Cathe has over 25 years of experience in employment law. She has represented workers and on occasion, small businesses, in practially every aspect of the employment relationship and before every tribunal and regulatory body in California.. Cathe is a member of the California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA) and the Employment Law Section of the California State Bar. She is a member of Wildfire Networking and the League of Women Voters Los Angeles.Cathe has a BA from UC Davis and a JD from Loyola Law School. Cathe is admitted to practice in all of the courts of the State of California, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Firm: Humphrey & Rist LLP
1216 State St # 4 , Santa Barbara , California 93101
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Firm: Law Offices of Cindi Fox
483 9th St Fl 2nd , Oakland , California 94607
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
I have more than 30 years of experience representing federal employees from many different federal agencies. I represent federal employees before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). My practice involves litigating all kinds of discrimination--disability, race, national origin, gender, religion and retaliation.
Firm: Paradigm Investment Group LLC
3840 Via De La Valle , Del Mar , California 92014
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Firm: Littler Mendelson, P.C.
2049 Century Park E Fl 5 , Los Angeles , California 90067
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Firm: Brock & Gonzales, LLP
6701 Center Drive West , Los Angeles , California 90045
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Christopher P. Brandes is a Senior Partner and head of Brock & Gonzales, LLP's Spanish speaking Employment Law Department. Chris has handled all types of employment disputes, including wrongful termination, discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation cases. Through his efforts, Chris' clients have recovered millions of dollars at trial or in settlement.. Since 2017, Chris has been recognized as a "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers Magazine, an honor awarded to the top 2.5% of lawyers in the Southern California area under 40 years of age.
Firm: Ca Off. Attorney General
1515 Clay St # 20 , Oakland , California 94612
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Firm: The Pisikian Law Firm, Apc
5015 Eagle Rock Blvd., Suite 313 , Los Angeles , California 90041
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Christina Pisikian is the founding and managing attorney for The Pisikian Law Firm. Ms. Pisikian completed her four-year undergraduate studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara and received her Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and History in 2010. Immediately following her undergraduate studies, Ms. Pisikian attended Southwestern Law School where she earned her Juris Doctorate degree in 2013. Since receiving her license to practice law, Ms. Pisikian has dedicated her entire legal career to representing employees who were unfairly treated at the workplace. Ms. Pisikian primarily practices employment and labor law and has successfully represented employees in hundreds of cases. Ms. Pisikian is involved in every aspect of each case beginning from case consultations all the way through trial.. Ms. Pisikian is an active member of the California Employment Lawyers Association, the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Ms. Pisikian is admitted to practice law in all California state courts and the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Firm: Jml Law, A Professional Law Corporation
5855 Topanga Canyon Blvd Ste 300 , Woodland Hills , California 91367
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Firm: McCormick Barstow Sheppard Wayte & Carruth, LLP
7647 N. Fresno Street , Fresno , California 93720
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Firm: Ford & Harrison LLP
350 S. Grand Ave. , Los Angeles , California 90071
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Firm: Allred, Maroko & Goldberg
6300 Wilshire Boulevard. , Los Angeles , California 90048
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Attorney Christina Cheung is a Partner with Allred, Maroko & Goldberg and actively practices in California and New York. Ms. Cheung specializes in the areas of sexual harassment, sexual assault, discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination on behalf of employees. Ms. Cheung also specializes in representing minors who are victims of sexual abuse by teachers, coaches, police officers, and others. Ms. Cheung joined Allred, Maroko & Goldberg in September of 2011. She also has worked for the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division- Employment Litigation Section. Ms. Cheung has successfully recovered millions of dollars on behalf of her clients across the United States. She cares deeply about her clients and will fight vigorously to protect her client's privacy rights in litigation.. Ms. Cheung graduated from Georgetown University where she received her Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service. While at Georgetown, Ms. Cheung studied abroad at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Ms. Cheung then graduated near the top of her class from the UCLA School of Law. While at UCLA Law, Ms. Cheung was mentored by Vicki Schultz, a renowned scholar in employment discrimination and sexual harassment law.. Ms. Cheung has been named a Super Lawyer Rising Star every year since 2017. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. An avid yogini, Ms. Cheung is a certified 200-hour yoga instructor. She incorporates her yoga training and legal experience representing hundreds of sexual harassment/sexual assault victims over the years to approach her clients with a trauma-informed practice.. Professional Associations. Legal Aid at Work, Executive Board, 2023 to PresentFoundation for Advocacy, Inclusion & Resources, President, 2016 to PresentCalifornia Employment Lawyer Association, Diversity Outreach Committee, 2011 to PresentLos Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA), Labor and Employment Law Section, Executive Committee, 2024 to PresentNew York County Bar Association, Member, 2012 to Present. Honors and Awards. Lawdragon, 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers – 2024Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars - 2017 to 2021Southern California Super Lawyers - 2023 to PresentBest Lawyers, Employment Law - 2021 to Present. Published WorksWhat To Do If You’re Sexually Harassed at Work (co-author Gloria Allred), theWrap, Aug. 9, 2016America: Adopt the Gold Standard (co-author Gloria Allred), Bestlawyers.com, Mar. 31, 2016. Languages:. Spanish. Cantonese Chinese
Firm: IVYCREST ATTORNEYS APC
21818 Craggy View Street , Chatsworth , California 91311
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
I am an Attorney Licensed both in the US and Nigeria with over 10 years of significant experience and exposures in global legal communities. My passion is to exceed client's expectation by providing leading edge legal services.
Firm: Greene Broillet & Wheeler
222 N Pacific Coast Hwy , El Segundo , California 90245
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Firm: Konell Ruggiero & Konell LLP
700 S Flower St Ste 3280 , Los Angeles , California 90017
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Firm: Nassiri & Jung LLP
1055 W. 7th Street , Los Angeles , California 90017
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Firm: Payton Employment Law
11500 W Olympic Blvd Ste 400 , Los Angeles , California 90064
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
An engaged, aggressive litigator, Chantal McCoy Payton has a passion for the field of employment law and helping her clients to obtain compensation and justice when they suffer illegal conduct in the workplace. Described by her clients as a compassionate, attentive attorney, she understands the difficulties employees face when they are being harassed, discriminated against, or not paid in accordance with the law. She has committed her career to being a voice for employees undergoing such struggles.. Throughout her career, Ms. Payton has represented hundreds of employees in various professions in all stages of their career, in navigating workplace disputes and aggressively advocating for financial compensation when employers have failed to follow the law. Her clients have included business executives and owners, attorneys, paralegals, doctors, nurses, school teachers, and other professionals, and workers at various levels within the healthcare, retail, service, construction, manufacturing, housekeeping, and hospitality industries. In her practice, she has obtained numerous six-figure settlements on behalf of her clients, including in single-plaintiff, multi-plaintiff, and class action matters.
Firm: Benton Employment Law, PC
2831 Telegraph Avenue , Oakland , California 94609
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Employment law attorney Chambord Benton-Hayes founded the Oakland law firm Benton Employment Law in 2021. Prior to opening her own practice, she worked for an international firm where she counseled companies like Apple, Tesla, and Google on how to stay in compliance with labor laws. She now focuses her practice primarily on representing California workers who have been harassed, discriminated against, or otherwise mistreated on the job. Attorney Benton-Hayes is an empathetic, trustworthy, and compassionate legal counselor as well as a trial-tested litigator who refuses to back down from the competition until her clients succeed. She is currently the President of the Black Women Lawyers Association of Northern California. A San Francisco native, she enjoys cheering on her favorite basketball team, The Golden State Warriors.
Firm: Law Office of Catherine L. Rhodes
5792 W. Jefferson Blvd. , Los Angeles , California 90016
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Catherine is a solutions-oriented negotiator. She resolves sophisticated legal problems involving securities and employment litigation. Her clients primarily are executives and financial services professionals whose complex compensation disputes are largely based on multilayered commission structures. As a result of her experience, sincere professionalism, and strategic negotiation style, Catherine's clients experience significant and favorable outcomes, often in less time than expected.Catherine is an experienced litigator. She has handled a wide range of complex business disputes in state and federal courts. She has litigated commercial disputes involving employment, securities, corporate and real estate matters. Her broad knowledge includes representing clients in complex product liability and class actions. Her successful employment law practice includes the representation of high-level securities industry professionals in suits against employers, typically involving wrongful termination, protected-class discrimination, unfair business practices, unfair competition and note-related claims. Representative Clients and Matters- The representation of high-level individuals affiliated primarily with the securities industry, such as financial consultants, branch managers, brokers, and investment bankers, in both arbitrations and litigations against their former employers and in investigations or enforcement proceedings conducted by the Securities and Commodities regulators.- The defense and prosecution of claims involving bonus disputes, wrongful terminations, U-5 defamation, failures to pay compensation (frequently involving stock options), whistle-blowing, gender discrimination, race discrimination, age discrimination, disability discrimination, harassment, and slander. These actions are typically arbitrated at FINRA (formerly the NYSE or NASD), but can also litigated in Court (depending on the claims) or mediated.
Firm: O’Hagan Meyer
3200 Park Center Drive , Costa Mesa , California 92626
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Claudia Mourad has represented insurance companies, employers, and private clients with a focus on providing individualized attention.. Ms. Mourad's experience includes real estate, business, and employment litigation in state and federal courts. In addition, Ms. Mourad has represented employers before the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (now CRD), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the National Labor Relations Board.. Ms. Mourad has prevailed on multiple motions for summary judgment that completely disposed of lawsuits without the need for trial, and has obtained favorable outcomes in an efficient and cost-effective manner through dedication and determination.. In addition, Ms. Mourad has provided mandatory sexual harassment training to supervisors in order to provide the necessary tools to foster a productive workplace and prevent litigation, and has conducted investigations on various workplace complaints, including sexual harassment and discrimination.. Ms. Mourad began her legal career in 2001 as a corporate transactional attorney with an emphasis on securities transactions.. From 2002-2007, Ms. Mourad was an associate focusing on employment and real estate transactional and litigation matters.. Between 2007-2010, Ms. Mourad was a litigation associate that handled real estate, business, intellectual property, and employment litigation in state and federal courts.. From May 2010 to July 2020, Ms. Mourad represented insurance companies, businesses, employers, escrow companies, and individuals in state and federal courts.. From July 2020 to June 2023, Ms. Mourad represented insurance companies, employers, businesses, and individuals in state and federal courts.. From June 2023 to the present, Ms. Mourad represents employers of various sizes.. Ms. Mourad received a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Business and Corporate Law from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2001. Ms. Mourad received her Juris Doctorate from Whittier College School of Law in 2000, graduating in the top 15% of her class. While at Whittier, Ms. Mourad was a member of the Whittier Law Review, and received a Dean's Merit Scholarship and The Frank M. Doyle Scholarship. Ms. Mourad also received the CALI Excellence Award for Pretrial Litigation Skills, and the American Jurisprudence Award for Professional Responsibility. During law school, Ms. Mourad served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Lawrence W. Crispo (Ret.) of the Los Angeles Superior Court. Ms. Mourad received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from the University of California, Irvine in 1997.
