Employment & Labor lawyers in California David W. to Dennis Riley

400 Capitol Mall   27th Floor , Sacramento , California 95814

Practice Areas: Civil ,Employment & Labor ,Labor

Firm: Law Offices of Deborah Pernice Knefel

333 City Blvd. West. , Orange , California 92868

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

General Advisory and Trial Counsel with over 25 years experience in Business, Administrative, Government, Tort, Real Estate, Employment, Labor, Constitutional and Civil Rights Litigation and 19 civil jury trials.. Ms. Knefel most recently served as a deputy city attorney for 19 years in a charter city in Orange County, California advising, representing and litigating on behalf of the human resources, building and planning, public works, traffic engineering, utilities, police, fire, community services, parks and recreation departments, as well as the convention center, stadium and city entertainment venues.  Her work at the city involved many high profile trials and the successful defense of the city and its employees, mitigating or eliminating their exposure to millions of dollars in liability.. Before her tenure at the city, Ms. Knefel represented individuals and small businesses in contract and real estate transactions and litigation matters, including employment and discrimination matters.. Ms. Knefel was Assistant Vice President and Mortgage Manager at Kaufman and Broad Homes in Irvine, California before she attended law school.. Professional Affiliations and Memberships:. Supreme Court of the State of California State Bar No. 114189. United States Supreme Court. U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth CircuitU.S. District Court, Central. Orange County Bar Association. St. Thomas More Society of Orange County (Catholic Lawyers). James P. Gray Inns of Court Barrister. Lex Romana (Italian American Lawyers of Orange County) (Past President. Certified Toastmaster

4401 Eastgate Mall , San Diego , California 92121

Practice Areas: Corporate ,Discrimination,Employment & Labor ,Labor ,Wages/Commissions/Overtime,Wrongful Termination

Firm: Wagner and Pelayes, LLP

1325 Spruce Street   200 , Riverside , California 92507

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial,Civil Rights,Employment & Labor ,Personal Injury

Firm: SHAKER LAW GROUP

9454 WILSHIRE BLVD SUITE 600 , Beverly Hills , California 90212

Practice Areas: Employment, Wrongful Termination, Personal Injury, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor

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2240 Encinitas Blvd Ste D #104 , Encinitas , California 92024

Practice Areas: Employment, Employment & Labor

Debra Reilly received her J.D. in 1989 from the University of San Diego School of Law, where she was an Editor for the San Diego Law Review in 1988-89; she authored a law review article titled Reversal of a RICO Predicate Offense on Appeal: Should the RICO Count Be Vacated?, which is published in Volume 27, Issue 1, of the San Diego Law Review. She was also a Finalist in a San Diego School of Law Moot Court competition.. After graduation, Ms. Reilly worked as an Extern Law Clerk for Justice David R. Thompson of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals before joining the Orange County-based law firm Murtaugh Miller Meyer & Nelson LLP from 1990 to 1999, where she became a partner practicing employment law on behalf of employers and management, which included the performance of workplace investigations. In 1999, Ms. Reilly moved to San Diego to serve for one year as the Research Attorney to United States District Judge Larry A. Burns of the United States District Court, Southern District of California. In that capacity, she researched and drafted proposed judicial opinions and court orders and conducted discovery conferences with counsel of record on court cases involving the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (42 U.S.C. § 1983), Copyright/Patent Infringement, Social Security Appeals, Federal Tort Claims Act, and Writs of Habeas Corpus.. Ms. Reilly then joined a Mission Viejo law firm as a partner for three years heading up the firm’s employment law department before eventually opening her own employment law practice in 2002. In Ms. Reilly’s representation of public entities, corporations, management, and employees, she has handled all facets of employment litigation, including trial work. She has handled numerous administrative proceedings before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the California Labor Commission’s Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, the Employment Development Department, and the City of Santa Ana Personnel Board.. Ms. Reilly has been conducting internal workplace investigations since 1994 throughout California and now does it fulltime. Throughout her legal career, she has conducted over 900 investigations for numerous municipalities, counties, water and sanitation districts, vector control districts, fire departments, police departments, public and private universities, community college districts, public and private school districts (elementary and secondary), transportation authorities, the United States Postal Service (holding a “sensitive” security clearance by the Postal Inspector’s Office), and many private sector employers (including several Fortune 500 companies). Given Ms. Reilly’s experience in conducting police and fire department investigations, she is well versed in providing the appropriate pre-interview notices and admonitions pursuant to the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act, the Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act, and Lybarger Admonitions.. Types of Investigations Handled By Debra Reilly. • Waste and abuse in government contracts• Violation of contract procurement policies; contract splitting to avoid threshold of Board scrutiny; violation of competitive bidding laws (Public Contract Code)• Misuse and abuse of public funds, gift of public funds, credit card misuse• Misuse of public vehicle, travel expense abuse, expense reimbursement fraud• Employee violations of Penal Code 424 (misappropriation of public funds), Penal Code 72 (presenting false claim to Public Board or Officer), Government Code 8314 (private person’s use of public resources)• Violations of code of ethics, violation of conflict of interest policies• Unauthorized, improper use of public property, equipment, or funds for private purposes; improper use of authority for personal gain• Bribery or the receiving of or the giving of other unlawful gifts or gratuities Falsification of time cards• Counterfeiting of tennis passes to high-level tennis tournament• Wage & Hour investigations• Harassment, Discrimination, Retaliation based on FEHA, Title VII, ADA, Rehabilitation Act, ADEA, California Code of Regulations “Title V” (sex, race, color, age, ethnicity, pregnancy, disability, religion/creed, national origin, marital status, etc.)• Sexual assault/battery• First Amendment/freedom of expression issues• Reasonable Accommodation of Disabilities / Failure to Engage in Interactive Process• California Whistleblower Statute (Calif. Labor Code ). Testimony. Ms. Reilly has testified in deposition, arbitration, and jury trials concerning the findings of her own internal investigations, all of which have been upheld by the triers of fact (arbitrators and juries). She has qualified, and testified, as an expert witness concerning “standard practices” in conducting internal investigations involving employee misconduct, harassment, discrimination, and retaliation, as well as appropriate billing practices of investigators.. Publications, Presentations, Professional Memberships. Ms. Reilly has published numerous articles on employment law and internal workplace investigations. She has presented numerous educational seminars and webinars sponsored by the State Bar of California, the Association of Workplace Investigators, the Orange County Bar Association, the San Diego County Bar Association, the Society of Human Resources Management San Diego (SHRM-San Diego), the San Diego Employers Association Roundtable, and , on how to conduct thorough workplace investigations.. Ms. Reilly is a member of the California State Bar (Labor and Employment Law section), the San Diego County Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law section), the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Society of Human Resources Management (“SHRM”), the San Diego Chapter of the Society of Human Resources Management, the Association of Title IX Administrators, Orange County Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law section), and a past member of the North County Personnel Association of San Diego.. Ms. Reilly is a founding Board Member of the Association of Workplace Investigators (“AWI”), where she served on the Board for six years, and she served as the Chair of its Publications Committee and Editor-in-Chief of The AWI Journal from 2009 through March 2013. Since March 2013, she has been the Vice-Chair of the AWI Publications Committee, and continues to be an Editor and a continuing author of publications within The AWI Journal. She served as the Vice-Chair of the Webinars/Seminars Committee of AWI from November 2014 to December 2015, and she was a member of the Guiding Principles Committee of AWI from June 2014 to December 2015.. Since January 2010, Ms. Reilly has been certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (“SPHR”) by the Human Resources Certification Institute. She also received a Certificate of Attendance (40-Hours) from the National Training Institute of the Association of Workplace Investigators in June 2012. She was a full-time faculty member at the weeklong National Training Institute of the Association of Workplace Investigators in February 2015 in Sonoma, CA, where she presented modules on Public Sector Investigations and Making Credibility Determinations.

Firm: Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

633 W 5th St Fl 52 , Los Angeles , California 90071

Practice Areas: Appellate , Civil , Contracts, Drugs & Medical Devices, Insurance , Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Products Liability, Wrongful Death, Employment & Labor

515 South Flower Street , Los Angeles , California 90071

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Firm: Clark & Trevithick

800 Wilshire Blvd 12FL , Los Angeles , California 90017

Practice Areas: Labor , Employment & Labor

Firm: Gutierrez Law Firm PC

5670 Wilshire Blvd , Los Angeles , California 90036

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Deborah Gutierrez is a passionate and tenacious attorney who has dedicated her career to fighting for justice and protecting employees’ rights. She specializes in representing individuals in cases of sexual harassment, race and disability discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, and whistleblower claims. Known for her compassionate approach, Ms. Gutierrez works closely with her clients to understand their unique situations, provide guidance during challenging times, and deliver the high-quality legal representation they deserve. Her commitment to justice stems from her belief in the transformative power of standing up for what is right.Ms. Gutierrez holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from New England Law, Boston. She has extensive experience litigating in state and federal courts and has successfully handled writs and appeals, including arguments before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Fluent in Spanish, Deborah is proud to serve clients from diverse backgrounds and is driven by her mission to make a meaningful difference in their lives.

Firm: David Yeremian & Associates, Inc.

535 N Brand Blvd Ste 705 , Glendale , California 91203

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Since 2007 I have focused almost exclusively on representing employee rights in the have experience prosecuting wage and hour class actions in state and federal courts. I have been appointed class counsel in 50 actions since 2006 recovering unpaid wages, overtime pay, missed breaks and other penalties on behalf of cheated employees. We have recovered over $50 million in wages and penalties on behalf of employees.I also have expertise in protecting employee civil rights in the workplace. My clients are victims of wage theft (yes, indentured servitude and modern day slavery still exist in America), harassment, discrimination and retaliation. Employees who have the courage to stand up for their rights in the workplace are often harassed, ostracized and retaliated against. I give them a voice. I protect their rights.Employees have the right to timely receive all earned wages--including proper overtime.Employees have the right to take meal and rest breaks in accordance with the law.Employees have the right to paystubs they can actually understand.Employees have the right to be free from discrimination, harassment and retaliation because of:Age (40 and over)AncestryColorReligious CreedDenial of Family and Medical Care LeaveDisability (mental and physical) including HIV and AIDSMarital StatusMedical Condition (cancer and genetic characteristics)Genetic Information National OriginRaceReligionSex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth and medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth)Gender, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression Sexual OrientationEmployees have the right to a safe working environment.Employees have the right to be free from violence in the workplace.Employees have the right to complain about perceived violations in their workplace without fear of reprisal.

Firm: Boutwell Fay LLP

1 Park Plaza Suite 600 , Irvine , California 92614

Practice Areas: Employee Benefits, Employment & Labor

Firm: Deborah Barron

1900 Point West Way   200  9581 , Sacramento , California 95815

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial,Employment & Labor ,Insurance ,Personal Injury,Real Estate

Firm: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

One Century Plaza, Suite 3500 , Los Angeles , California 90067

Practice Areas: Labor , Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor

I joined the Los Angeles office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP in February 2000.  My practice is focused on advising employers in various aspects of human resources and employee relations, employee handbooks and personnel policies, discipline and termination decisions, position statements and internal investigations, including leave of absence issues, and compliance with state and federal employment laws. I also have extensive employment litigation experience in California and Federal court, involving wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment claims.

Firm: Wilson Elser Edelman & Dicker

555 S. Flower Street , Los Angeles , California 90071

Practice Areas: Appellate , Business , Civil , Construction Defects, Corporate , Insurance , Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor

Firm: Optimum Employment Lawyers

7545 Irvine Center Dr #200 , Irvine , California 92618

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Prior to opening the firm, Dean practiced at a prominent employment law firm in Orange County where he honed his skills as a tough litigator and compassionate adviser. Dean has law and motion writing experience at the trial and appellate levels and has appeared before judges in bench trials, trials, and three-judge appellate panels.. Dean served as judicial extern to the Honorable Oswald Parada, Magistrate Judge, of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.. Education:. Dean devotes his practice to representing employees, individually and in class actions, in all areas of employment law, including discrimination, harassment, wage and hour disputes, wrongful termination, retaliation, and misclassification of employees. Prior to practicing law, Dean worked in Silicon Valley as a software information developer for Oracle Corporation.

Firm: Klinedinst PC

501 West Broadway Suite 600 , San Diego , California 92101

Practice Areas: General Practice, Employment & Labor

Firm: Dawn Knepper

100 Spectrum Center Drive , Irvine , California 92618

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Knepper Law PC was founded by Dawn Knepper, who has 20 years of experience of advising and litigating on behalf of management for their labor and employment needs. Dawn leverages this experience to help individuals in their time of need and fight for equality in the workplace.. We have extensive experience litigating claims of discrimination, harassment (including sexual harassment), retaliation, and wrongful termination, as well as those involving pregnancy and disability accommodations and leave laws. Knepper Law focuses on claims under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and wrongful termination in violation of public policy.. We also have experience in handling wage and hour claims, including claims for misclassification for exempt status or independent contractor classification. We have a special passion for pursuing claims for equal pay.. We are prepared to also enforce your rights under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), and local health and safety orders and ordinances, in the wake of COVID-19.. We can assist our clients with review of employment agreements, including professional contracts, such as employment agreements, separation agreements, non-competition and non-disclosure agreements, and commission plans.. At Knepper Law, we bring passion to our work and compassion to our clients.We are committed to be accessible to our clients and keep them advised of the status. By choosing Knepper Law, you will gain fierce advocates who will always have your best interests in mind. We are not afraid to take cases to trial. Our top priority is obtaining justice for our clients. We are highly selective in the cases we take on, ensuring that we believe in them 100% and can invest the time and resources necessary for success.

Firm: Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart

400 South Hope Street Suite 1200 , Los Angeles , California 90071

Practice Areas: Business , Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor

Firm: Mesisca, Riley & Kreitenberg, LLP

725 South Figueroa Street 40th Floor , Los Angeles , California 90017

Practice Areas: Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Bankruptcy, Business & Commercial, Business Organizations, Constitutional , Construction , Criminal Defense , Election Campaign & Political , Employment & Labor , Immigration & Naturalization , Insurance , Intellectual Property , Landlord & Tenant, Patents, Personal Injury, Real Estate , Toxic Substances, Trademarks, Business