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Alex Favela
Beverly Hills, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 2 years of experience
(310) 956-4054
8383 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 745
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Employment
Stanford Law School
Alex Favela serves as the firm’s Pre-Litigation Attorney and specializes in disputes involving wage and hour violations, misclassification, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, failure to accommodate violations, and class actions.
Alex received his J.D. from Stanford Law School. As a child of immigrant working-class parents, upholding the dignity of workers is central to Alex’s identity as a lawyer. A person’s job is their livelihood, and Alex strongly believes that workers deserve to be treated with respect and fairness.
Before joining the firm, Alex represented workers at a respected employment plaintiff-side law firm. He has also clerked for the U.S. Office of Special...
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Karen Gold
Beverly Hills, CA Employment Law Attorney
(310) 956-4054
8383 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 745
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Employment
Boston University School of Law and UCLA School of Law
Ms. Gold is an experienced litigation attorney who specializes in class action labor and employment matters.
She spent the first decade of her career at a major law firm working on a wide range of business matters, including defending clients in high-stakes class action litigation. This experience provided Ms. Gold with valuable insight on how to best position cases for settlement and/or trial by allowing her to better understand defendants’ strategies, incentives, and motivations throughout the various phases of litigation.
Ms. Gold then transitioned to a well-known boutique plaintiff-side class action law firm, where she was instrumental in obtaining nearly $100,000,000...
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Betty Markarian
Beverly Hills, CA Employment Law Attorney with 2 years of experience
(310) 956-4054
8383 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 745
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Employment
UCLA School of Law and UCLA School of Law
Betty is an associate attorney at Blackstone Law. She graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations and a minor in Armenian Studies. While in undergrad, Betty, along with fellow classmates, started the Armenian Pre-Law Students Association, to connect Armenian students aspiring to become attorneys to successful alumni within their community. A proud double Bruin, Betty later attended UCLA School of Law, where she obtained her Juris Doctorate.
As a law student, Betty’s professor recognized her articulate writing abilities and selected her as a Legal Research and Writing Advisor for first...
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Lara Heckman
Beverly Hills, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 2 years of experience
(310) 956-4054
8383 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 745
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Employment
UCLA School of Law
Lara is an associate attorney at Blackstone Law. She graduated from Wake Forest University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology with a concentration in Criminal Justice and a minor in Communications. Lara then earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles where she specialized in Critical Race Studies.
While in law school, Lara worked as a law clerk at the District of Columbia Public Defender Service and as a judicial clerk in the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Hearings Unit in Los Angeles. She was involved with the El Centro Teen Court Clinic, Disability Law Journal,...
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Leo Livshits
Beverly Hills, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 4 years of experience
(310) 956-4054
8383 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 745
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Employment
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and UCLA School of Law
Leo Livshits is an accomplished employment attorney with extensive trial and litigation experience. Mr. Livshits handles a wide variety of employment matters involving workplace discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and other civil rights violations. Aside from securing numerous seven-figure settlements in single-plaintiff cases, Mr. Livshits has co-chaired jury trials and arbitrations that resulted in verdicts or judgments of $155.4 million, $2.7 million, $1.7 million, and $1 million.
Additionally, Mr. Livshits has successfully litigated appeals in state and federal court. This includes a published decision in Hernandez v. Meridian Management Services, LLC (2023) 87 Cal.App.5th 1214, where the California Court of Appeal found that...
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Miriam Leigh Schimmel
Beverly Hills, CA Employment Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
(310) 956-4054
8383 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 745
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Employment
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and UCLA School of Law
Ms. Schimmel’s practice is dedicated to employment litigation matters on behalf of California employees. More than half of Ms. Schimmel’s experience has been focused on representing employees in wage and hour class and representative actions for labor code violations (including, but not limited to, claims unpaid overtime, minimum wages, expense reimbursement, meal and rest period), as well as consumer and privacy right matters. Ms. Schimmel’s experience also includes representing employees in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment and retaliation matters against employers who violate California law. She has successfully prosecuted and resolved hundreds of cases.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Schimmel...
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Alexander Krown Spellman
Beverly Hills, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
(310) 956-4054
8383 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 745
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Employment
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and UCLA School of Law
Alex is a Senior Associate Attorney at Blackstone Law. Alex is an active member of the legal community as it relates to employees’ rights. Alex is a member of the California Employment Lawyers’ Association (CELA), and is on the committee for the Mentor Committee, the Women’s Committee, the Legislative Committee, the Wage and Hour Committee, and the New Member Committee, as well as a recent admit to the 2024 – 2025 CELA Leadership Conservatory.
Alex has significant experience providing the best counsel for his clients, whether through trial, or through multimillion dollar settlements, or through whatever need the client may describe....
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Matthew Dietz
Beverly Hills, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
(310) 956-4054
8383 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 745
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Employment
Washington University in St. Louis
Mr. Dietz has aggressively litigated civil cases in California for over a decade. He has represented government agencies in high-profile employment law, general liability and civil rights matters, including representing some of the largest school districts in California. His prior experience includes working at one of the largest firms in the U.S., as well as a highly respected litigation boutique, where he represented the full gamut of businesses from Fortune 500 companies to mom-and-pop shops in employment and business litigation matters in state and federal court and administrative bodies. Over the course of his career, Mr. Dietz...
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P.J. Van Ert
Beverly Hills, CA Employment Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
(310) 956-4054
8383 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 745
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Employment
UCLA School of Law
P.J. Van Ert is a seasoned trial lawyer and civil litigator specializing in class actions and individual employment matters. As a Blackstone law associate she dedicates her practice to California employees. After more than 75 criminal jury trials during thirteen years as a deputy district attorney, she transitioned to civil litigation and found her way to Blackstone. From wage and hour theft to sexual harassment and hostile work environment, she is able to utilize her years of zealously advocating for victims of crime to get superior results in employment cases. Ms. Van Ert has earned guilty verdicts in lengthy homicide...
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Barbara DuVan-Clarke
Beverly Hills, CA Employment Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
(310) 956-4054
8383 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 745
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Employment
UCLA School of Law and Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Barbara is dedicated to fighting for the rights of California’s employees in both individual and class/PAGA cases. As a working mom, Barbara has a particular passion for vindicating the rights of women who have suffered discrimination and harassment in the workplace. Barbara was also co-counsel on Young v. Department of Public Social Services, et al, a retaliation/whistleblower case, and obtained the 7th highest employment law verdict in California in 2022.
Presently, Barbara and her team focus on litigating class and PAGA actions on behalf of thousands of California employees who have been denied meal and rest periods, denied fair compensation, and...
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Tre Lovell
Century City, CA Employment Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Entertainment & Sports and IP
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
With more than 20 years of experience, Tre Lovell has been noted among the elite trial lawyers in the nation, having been named "Lawyer of the Year" Finalist, 2016, by the Los Angeles Business Journal, and further honored by The National Law Journal as one of the Top 50 Litigation Trailblazers in the United States. Mr. Lovell has been recognized among the top 1% of attorneys in the country as a litigator through such esteemed organizations as America's Top 100 Attorneys, Distinguished Justice Advocates, National Academy of Jurisprudence, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Rue's Best Attorneys of America. In addition,...
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Ashley Cruz
Beverly Hills, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 10 years of experience
(310) 956-4054
8383 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 745
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Employment
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Ashley Cruz is an employment attorney who has spent her entire career pursuing justice and advocating for people across the United States. Her passion for upholding, asserting, and defending the rights of others has guided her throughout her career. Ashley has represented children in abuse and neglect proceedings, individuals and families in deportation proceedings, and workers actively seeking legal recourse. Her self-imposed requirement for nothing less than excellent representation, coupled with her dedication to helping others, has received praise from clients, judges, mediators, and fellow professionals.
Ashley litigates in the area of labor and employment law. She has handled harassment, discrimination,...
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Noriya Bragg
Beverly Hills, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 1 year of experience
(310) 956-4054
8383 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 745
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Employment
University of California, Davis, School of Law
Noriya Bragg is an Associate Attorney at Blackstone Law.
Prior to joining Blackstone Law, she worked as a Law Clerk for a highly respected civil rights firm in Los Angeles where she gained experience working on matters ranging from employment discrimination to police misconduct.
Ms. Bragg holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science with a minor in Philosophy of Law from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Ms. Bragg earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Davis School of Law (Martin Luther King Jr. Hall), where she worked as a Research Assistant to Professor Irene O. Joe and...
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Annabel Blanchard
Beverly Hills, CA Employment Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
(310) 956-4054
8383 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 745
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Employment
Southwestern University School of Law
Annabel Blanchard is an associate attorney who represents individuals in wage and hour class actions and representative actions under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). Prior to joining Blackstone, PC, Ms. Blanchard worked at a respected plaintiff’s-side employment law firm, where she focused on obtaining court approval of large-scale class and PAGA settlements. Before practicing wage-and-hour employment law, Ms. Blanchard worked at boutique law firms providing estate planning services to families, with a focus on special needs planning and conservatorship. As a part of her estate planning practice, Ms. Blanchard served on the Los Angeles Superior Court “Court Appointed...
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Garrett Jamal Hines
Beverly Hills, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Attorney Hines represents employees with claims against their employers for harassment, discrimination, retaliation and Labor Code violations.
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Ryan Donald Saba
Beverly Hills, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business and Products Liability
Univ of San Diego School of Law
Mr. Saba’s practice consists of prosecuting and defending individual, class action and mass action claims. He has considerable experience in a wide range of federal and state civil litigation and trial actions, including consumer litigation, employment litigation, women’s rights, complex business and entertainment disputes, catastrophic injury claims, professional responsibility, copyright/trademark, civil rights, maritime, and municipal, landowner and product liability.
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Paul S. Zuckerman
Beverly Hills, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Employment, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
Southwestern Law School
In 1991, after graduating near the top of his class, an insurance company hired Paul Zuckerman to be their lawyer. Paul approached the job with optimism. He believed the company’s advertisement and thought that he was hired to be there, like a good neighbor, for policyholders in need. However, Paul soon discovered that his work was merely padding the pockets of his employer, and not ensuring that injured people were compensated fairly. Thus, Paul, with his law school classmate John Carpenter, established a new kind of law firm: A law firm that only represents injured people against insurance companies. Paul...
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Dr. Mark Wayne Dundee
Los Angeles, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 36 years of experience
(310) 551-5600
1925 Century Park East
Suite 1500
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Employment, Securities and Tax
Harvard Law School, University of Leicester School of Law, University of San Diego School of Law, University of Beijing (Normal College of Law) and Oxford University (Magdalen College of Law)
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Brandon Mead
Los Angeles, CA Employment Law Attorney
(310) 440-4100
1800 Avenue of the Stars
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Employment, Antitrust, Business and IP
Chapman University Fowler School of Law
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John S. Cha
Los Angeles, CA Employment Law Attorney with 37 years of experience
(310) 440-4100
1800 Avenue of the Stars
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Employment, Insurance Defense and Real Estate
University of Washington School of Law
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Cassandra Frias
Los Angeles, CA Employment Law Lawyer
(310) 201-3541
1900 Avenue of the Stars
7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Employment and Business
UCLA School of Law
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Joshua Samson Falakassa
Los Angeles, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 11 years of experience
(916) 680-8486
1901 Avenue of the Stars
Suite #450
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Employment
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
My practice focuses on vindicating employees’ rights in single plaintiff discrimination suits, wage & hour class and representative action litigation, and other employment claims.
Education
I received his Bachelor of Arts in History, summa cum laude, with a minor in Public Affairs from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). I earned his Juris Doctor from UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), where he was awarded a Prosser Prize for his academic achievement.
Experience
As a former associate at Anderson Kill P.C., a Vault 150 leading mid-size law firm specializing in insurance coverage litigation, I gained significant experience litigating against insurance companies on behalf...
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Kenneth Gary Ruttenberg
Los Angeles, CA Employment Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
(310) 979-7080
1901 Avenue of the Stars
Suite 1020
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Employment and Real Estate
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Ken Ruttenberg is the founder of The Ruttenberg Law Firm, P.C.. He is an experienced and seasoned civil litigator in a broad range of legal areas including employment, construction and personal injury.
In 2014 through 2017, Ken was selected to the list of Southern California Super Lawyers, a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Fewer than five percent of attorneys receive the Super Lawyers recognition. In 2015, 2016 and 2017, Ken was named among the Top 100 Southern California Super Lawyers. Ken is also an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review...
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Cyndie Marie Chang
Los Angeles, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Employment, Antitrust, Business and IP
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Cyndie M. Chang is the Managing Partner of the firm's Los Angeles office and a member of the firm's governing Partners Board. Ms. Chang manages risks and resolves business challenges. She advises and partners with clients to defend them in commercial disputes, enforce their rights, mitigate exposure, and litigate their commercial disputes. She has often handled corporate litigation involving mergers & acquisitions, asset or stock sales, fraud, securities, purchase and sale agreements, business or partner break-ups. She also has handle many other complex or class action disputes involving contracts, trademarks, licensing, products liability, product safety and recall, construction defect, trade...
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Anthony Choe
Los Angeles, CA Employment Law Attorney
Employment and Workers' Comp
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Mr. Choe began his legal career in workers’ compensation representing insurance companies and employers. As a defense attorney, he became well versed in the nuances of worker’s compensation laws allowing him to aggressively represent his clients. The Law Offices of Anthony Choe was founded to provide the same aggressive representation to injured workers. Mr. Choe is able to use his experience in dealing with insurance companies and employers for the benefit of injured workers to effectively obtain medical treatment and maximize recovery. What sets the Law Offices of Anthony Choe apart from other firms...
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Eugene David Lee
Los Angeles, CA Employment Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Employment
University of Michigan Law School
The Law Office of Eugene Lee is committed to representing employees in California who seek to protect their legal rights in the workplace. We are located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles and serve the surrounding communities.
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Daniel Wayne Ferris
Riverside, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Employment, Business, Real Estate and Workers' Comp
Whittier Law School
Daniel Ferris practices with Kirk Law Group. Kirk Law Group has been protecting your rights for 10 years. Daniel does a wide range of practice fields that can accommodate the needs of clients. If you need assistance with your legal matters contact Kirk Law Group at 951-784-4160.
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Donald Allen MacKay
Chino Hills, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 36 years of experience
(800) 622-5298
14071 Peyton Drive
Unit 2436
Chino Hills, CA 91709-7208
Free ConsultationEmployment, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Real Estate
Santa Barbara COL
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Wm. Todd Berry
Bakersfield, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Workers' Comp
California Pacific School of Law
Wm. Todd Berry received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University. He received his Juris Doctor from California Pacific School of Law.
Todd began his legal career working for several Bakersfield law firms representing clients in personal injury and wrongful death cases. Since that time, he has devoted himself to representing injured workers before the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.
Todd is a member of the State Bar of California, the Kern County Bar Association, the Fresno County Bar Association and the California Applicants' Attorneys Association.
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Lloyd Lee
Valencia, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Employment and Business
Temple University
Attorney Lee of Law Offices of Lloyd Lee, P.C. provides business and corporate legal counsel to entrepreneurs and representation for personal injury victims. He is a graduate of the Temple James E. Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia, one of the best litigation schools in the nation. Attorney Lee is passionate about advocating for the local community, including serving as the current President-Elect of the Korean American Bar Association of Southern California. He regularly provides pro-bono legal support to disadvantaged members of the community and speaks out on important issues affecting local residents.
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Brett Steven Markson
Valencia, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Employment, Business and Real Estate
UC Hastings COL
Brett Markson is a Santa Clarita employment law attorney with considerable experience practicing law. He originally gained his law degree in 1991 from Hastings College of the Law, and since that time he has continued to expand his comprehension of the law and to gain valuable experience that assists him in better handling the cases of his clients. He has formerly served as a prosecutor and this is an experience that has given him the aptitude to take cases to court when necessary. He takes the time to listen to his clients and thoroughly prepares their cases for any direction...
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Peter S. Sandhu
Pasadena, CA Employment Law Attorney
Free ConsultationEmployment
University of San Diego School of Law
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Aryeh Leichter
Los Angeles, CA Employment Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Fordham University
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Farris Elias Ain
Glendale, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Southwestern Univ School of Law
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Michael John Hemming
Pomona, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Employment, Bankruptcy and Workers' Comp
Western State University College of Law and Western States University College of Law
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Michael Akopyan
Burbank, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Employment
Southwestern Univ School of Law
Michael Akopyan received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California in 2001 and his law degree from Southwestern Law School in 2005. Before establishing his own firm in 2009, Michael worked as an associate attorney with Keith Fink & Associates and Solomon, Saltsman & Jamieson, where he represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a broad spectrum of cases including employment cases, personal injury cases, civil rights cases, business disputes, and administrative proceedings. Michael has successfully represented clients in civil and administrative trials and appeals.
Michael has recovered millions of dollars for his clients. He was named to the CaliforniaRising...
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Ani Markarian Akopyan
Burbank, CA Employment Law Attorney with 21 years of experience
Employment
Southwestern Univ School of Law
Ani M. Akopyan received her bachelor’s degree, with honors, from UCLA in 2001 and her law degree from Southwestern Law School in 2004. Since law school, Ani has worked exclusively in the field of labor and employment litigation. Prior to joining the Akopyan Law Firm, Ani was a member of a well-known, reputable defense firm where she represented employers and their insurance companies in all stages of labor and employment litigation including wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and whistle-blower litigation, as well as high stakes wage & hour class action cases. Ani’s 10+ years of experience in defending employers both...
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Ryan Block
Burbank, CA Employment Law Attorney
Free ConsultationEmployment
Ryan Block is a seasoned trial attorney who spends most of his time as a lawyer in the courtroom doing trials. He has done many thousands of trials as the lead attorney and has been in front of over 50 different judges in Los Angeles County and surrounding areas. Mr. Block's familiarity with court personnel along with his innate ability in the jury selection process selecting appropriate jurors has been paramount in maximizing the recovery of his clients. As a member of many plaintiff's attorney associations of Los Angeles including the Jewish Bar association of Los Angeles and the...
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Laura Lynn Horton
Northridge, CA Employment Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Pepperdine Univ School of Law
Laura Horton is a seasoned advocate, dedicated to social justice. With nearly three decades of experience, she represents employees from all walks of life – from factory workers to highly compensated executives. Helping to right wrongs is her passion.
In April 2001, Ms. Horton opened her own firm, practicing exclusively in civil rights, labor and employment law and serious personal injury.
Ms. Horton is admitted to practice by the State Bar of California; United States Supreme Court; United States District Court, Central District; District of Hawaii; and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She is...
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Joel Duane Peterson
Colton, CA Employment Law Attorney with 27 years of experience
Employment, Business and Immigration
Western State Univ COL
Joel D. Peterson, Attorney at Law. Joel is a lawyer that focuses his legal practice and consultation on the unique needs of the start-up and small business, however, the firm also serves individuals and companies in the areas of Employment & Labor, Discrimination Claims, Business & Commercial Law, Business Formation, Corporate Governance, Buy-Sell Agreements, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation, Arbitration & Mediation, Wage & Hour, Immigration, and Risk Management in the Inland Empire, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, including the cities of Redlands, San Bernardino, Loma Linda, Highland, Colton, Yucaipa, Grand Terrace, Rialto, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, Riverside, Victorville and Moreno...