Laguna Beach Employment Lawyers

After years of practice at one of the world’s largest law firms, the California Court of Appeal, Orange County District Attorney’s Office, and the United States Department of Justice, Mr. Zandi joined with his mentor, friend, and one of California’s leading trial lawyers, Shawn Steel, to form Steel Zandi, APLC. Mr. Zandi is nationally recognized as one of the leading experts in Qui Tam and state and federal whistleblower litigation and policy. While serving as an assistant United States attorney with the United States Department of Justice, Mr. Zandi led the DOJ’s Affirmative Civil Enforcement Task Force (ACE). As director of...

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...

Attorney Gaurav Bobby Kalra has been practicing law since the year 2002 and is licensed to practice in State and Federal Courts throughout California. Contingency-Fee Arrangement for Employee Clients: When representing an employee, the law firm offers services to clients on a contingency basis. A contingency arrangement can mean different things to different law firms. A contingency fee arrangement provides the following to clients of the firm: No attorneys' fees unless and until monetary recovery; Costs are advanced by the law firm and monies advanced are not owed to the firm unless a monetary recovery is achieved; and, Attorneys' fees are...

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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.

Attorney Yesenia Acosta has been recognized by the National Law Magazine - Super Lawyers from 2018 to the present. She is a member in good standing of the State Bar of California for the last eight (8) years. She handles immigration cases including employment and family-based visas. Additionally, Attorney Acosta handles divorce and custody cases, employment law matters, and a variety of general legal transactions. Outside of the courtroom, Ms. Acosta serves as President of the Board of Directors for the San Gabriel Valley Consortium on Homelessness, working on solutions to homelessness.

Mohammad Khan’s work ethic was embedded when he was 10 years old. Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs, he learned the complexities and risks of business ownership at an early age. From stocking inventory at his parents’ convenience store on the weekends to managing their restaurant full-time in high school, Mohammad saw how decisions affect the whole of operations — and by extension, his family’s livelihood. This empathy laid the bedrock for Mohammad’s professional career. In his roles, he has relied on this perspective of a business owner’s stake. He believes that good strategy comes from seeing the whole...

Mr. Kim, the co-managing partner for CKB VIENNA LLP, focuses his practice on business/commercial transactional and complex litigation matters. Mr. Kim has represented numerous fortune 500 companies and insurers as well as small to mid-size businesses and high wealth individuals from negotiating multi-million dollar distribution deals to defending the national mortgage lenders and loan servicers from administrative claims, employment litigation, and business disputes. Mr. Kim also provide general counsel services to numerous regional and national companies and provides guidance on corporate governance, labor & employment, regulatory, real estate and business development.