Encino Employment Lawyers

Prior to founding Grigoryan Law Firm, attorney Hayk Grigoryan gained extensive experience at two reputable Los Angeles law firms, specializing in commercial litigation, foreclosure defense and real estate litigation.

Mr. Grigoryan earned his LL.M. Degree (Master’s Degree) in Tax Law from University of Washington School of Law.

Hayk is an active member of the California Bar Association and admitted to practice law before all Courts in California. He is also fluent in Armenian and Russian.
Our paralegals speak Spanish, Mandarin, and Farsi.

Mr. Ryan is a seasoned personal injury attorney with a track record of success. He fights aggressively for the rights of his clients from the beginning, ensuring the positive outcomes his clients have come to expect from him. Andrew Ryan has a variety of experience with catastrophic injury (including traumatic brain injuries and quadriplegia), emotional distress and psychological injuries and product liability. Mr. Ryan also handles consumer class actions and employment litigation.

Sara Pezeshkpour is a Law and Motion Attorney specializing in labor and employment class actions and PAGA representative matters. She has significant expertise litigating civil rights cases on behalf of California’s most vulnerable individuals, and she is skilled in navigating all phases of litigation, from intake to discovery, trial, and appellate advocacy, in both California and federal courts. Ms. Pezeshkpour has dedicated her career to representing marginalized clients. She worked as an Equal Justice Works Fellow at a legal aid organization where she litigated housing discrimination cases. Prior to joining Blackstone Law, Ms. Pezeshkpour was a Senior Associate at...

A. Jacob Nalbandyan is an exceptionally skilled and experienced employee rights lawyer in Los Angeles. As a co-founder of Levin & Nalbandyan, LLP, Mr. Nalbandyan heads the civil litigation department of the firm. He is exceedingly knowledgeable in this complex area of law and has handled countless cases involving wrongful termination, leaves of absence, harassment, discrimination of all types, and more. He is well-versed in the complexities of labor and employment law, both from a practical and legal viewpoint. Therefore, he is able to maximize his clients’ settlements and obtain significant verdicts. Over the many years that he has served...

Sarah Madan has been committed to the Plaintiff’s Bar throughout her career. She takes pride and is humbled to be an advocate for those seeking justice. She works on behalf of California employees in both class actions and Private Attorneys General Act representative claims. Her experience includes individual discrimination, workers compensation, and personal injury cases. Ms. Madan has extensive civil litigation experience including mediations and trials. Sarah Madan was selected as a Rising Star for 2024 by Super Lawyers. Prior to joining Blackstone Law, Sarah graduated from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Noam is a Senior Associate with extensive litigation experience, currently specializing in employment class action and representative claims. Prior to working at Blackstone Law, Noam represented clients across a wide range of fields including complex civil litigation and white-collar criminal defense in both state and federal courts. Noam has represented clients in complex disputes across various industries including consumer litigation, business litigation, intellectual property, corporate litigation, crisis management, and appellate matters. In the criminal context, Noam represented clients in cases involving RICO allegations, public corruption, multi-million dollar insurance fraud, pharmaceutical fraud and money laundering cases. Noam also spent...

Founded by Arous Kalantaryan, Kalantaryan Law Group is a boutique legal services firm based in California. While earning her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Arous garnered ample experience in healthcare management and held leadership positions at various renowned healthcare organizations, served as a hospital board member, and presented as a guest lecturer on Title 22/Policy Law at USC Leonard David School of Gerontology. To combine her passion for advocating in law and healthcare, Arous pursued a Juris Doctorate degree. In the meantime, Arous worked for renowned attorneys gaining invaluable experience in complex civil litigation involving catastrophic personal injury, automobile,...

Mr. Rogers is a litigator and trial lawyer, whose primary emphasis is employment disputes wrongful termination and discrimination, eminent domain, major personal injuries, civil litigation and independent sales representatives litigation. Mr. Rogers has a blend of facilitative skills and hands-on leadership experience that makes him ideally suited as a litigation attorney, negotiator and mediator. He divides his time between the firm’s main office in downtown Los Angeles and the firm’s branch office in San Pedro.

Ms. Wiens is an experienced litigator with more than a decade of experience handling employment matters. Her practice focuses on representing workers in discrimination, harassment, and retaliation cases. Ms. Wiens started her career at a boutique plaintiff-side law firm, specializing in representing individuals injured by defective drugs and medical devices. She then worked at a few preeminent defense firms, including an Amlaw 100 firm that is considered by many in the legal community to be the premier firm for employer-side labor and employment law. This experience provided Ms. Wiens with valuable insight into the thought process companies go through when opposing...