Portola Hills Employment Lawyers

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...

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.

Michael M. Baranov's law practice focuses on the areas of business, employment, entertainment and intellectual property law. For over 30 years, Mr. Baranov has prosecuted and defended large scale commercial disputes, unfair competition matters, trade secret and employment cases. He has represented numerous celebrity plaintiffs in defamation suits against various publications. He has guided the development and growth of diverse national and international companies, and careers of notable producers, writers and directors.

Samani Law Firm is a full-service law practice specializing in employment, business, and personal injury matters. The firm represents clients in various capacities, from counseling clients on their legal rights, to handling cases through all phases of litigation, to meeting clients' transactional needs. Samani Law Firm is dedicated to providing competent and effective legal services to its clients, with the personalized attention of a small law practice.

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...

Gary Paul André is a Senior Associate with Pearlman, Borska & Wax. He specializes in all aspects of workers' compensation law. He has been defending employers, insurance carriers and third party administrators throughout the State of California since 1987. In addition to defending the NHL, NFL, NBA, WNBA, Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer and the Harlem Globetrotters, Mr. André has played and coached youth ice hockey teams for six decades. This unique experience provides insight in defending professional sports claims that include complex multi-party and multi-jurisdictional issues. Mr. André has also successfully represented employers in a wide...