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Alex Favela
Beverly Hills, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 3 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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Danielle GruppChang
Beverly Hills, CA Employment Law Attorney
Employment
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Danielle L. GruppChang is a passionate advocate for workers’ rights and a seasoned attorney specializing in wage and hour class actions. Raised in a family where both parents worked in the restaurant industry, Ms. GruppChang developed an early respect for the hard work and resilience of the Californian workers. This background exposed Ms. GruppChang the struggles of working-class individuals sparked her dedication to fighting for justice on behalf of workers.
Ms. GruppChang’s professional journey began when she started working at a local coffee shop and continued throughout college where she worked tables, often serving her classmates. These experiences further resolved her...
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Leo Livshits
Beverly Hills, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 5 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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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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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 18 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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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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Stan Andrei Grombchevsky
Irvine, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Employment
Chapman University School of Law
Are you a victim of workplace sexual harassment or discrimination? Don’t wait to enlist the legal support you need to protect your personal rights. Stan Andrei Grombchevsky is a partner at Harris Grombchevsky LLP, which offers comprehensive legal representation for all types of employment issues. Mr. Grombchevsky is committed to offering compassionate and caring counsel for his clients, no matter what the circumstances are. He graduated from Chapman University School of Law in 1999 and soon began his legal career. Mr. Grombchevsky is a member of the California Employment Lawyers Association, allowing him to protect clients dealing with everything form...
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John S. Cha
Los Angeles, CA Employment Law Attorney with 38 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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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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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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Susan Keenberg
Torrance, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Real Estate
I act as my clients outside general counsel and advise them on the full range of legal issues facing their businesses. In addition, I mediate both litigated and non-litigated matters and do workplace investigations. I built my reputation by achieving outstanding results for the clients and colleagues with whom I have been privileged to work.
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Michael Kent
Los Angeles, CA Employment Law Lawyer
10866 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 1400
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Employment and Products Liability
Pepperdine University School of Law
Associate Michael Kent practices in all areas of civil litigation, including employment law, personal and catastrophic injury, professional liability and civil rights discrimination.
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Gregory Matthew Clement
Irvine, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Employment and Real Estate
George Washington Univ LS
Gregory M. Clement's practice focuses on corporate, real estate and other transactional matters, as well as a wide array of employment law issues. Mr. Clement has handled the purchase and sale of numerous companies, including several multimillion dollar acquisitions by publicly traded companies and represents clients in a wide variety of fields including transportation, software, entertainment, insurance, Internet and telecommunications. Mr. Clement began his legal career as a business litigator in Washington, D.C. before joining the business litigation firm of Whitcombe, Makin & Pentis in Long Beach. Before joining BKCG in 2000, he was general counsel of Golden Eagle...
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Daniel Joseph Kessler
Irvine, CA Employment Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
Employment, Business, Real Estate and Trademarks
Whittier Coll School of Law
Daniel Kessler is the head of the firm’s litigation department and one of the firm’s founding partners. Mr. Kessler has litigated and tried a wide variety of business cases ranging from employment terminations to real estate development disputes to fraud and conspiracy to water rights. Mr. Kessler has secured multiple million-dollar jury verdicts for his clients, including significant punitive damage awards. Mr. Kessler has successfully defended clients before, during and at trial, including prevailing on several motions to dismiss the opposition’s case in its entirety, saving the expense of further trial. Mr. Kessler is a strong advocate for alternative dispute...
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James Glenn Bohm
Costa Mesa, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Employment, Business and Real Estate
Pepperdine Univ School of Law
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Brian T. Pedigo
Irvine, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Bankruptcy and Business
Whittier Law School
The Law Offices of Brian Pedigo is passionate about helping people who are victims of others' wrongdoing. Whether the wrongdoer is an individual or a large corporate entity, The Law Offices of Brian Pedigo is willing to fight on behalf of the average Joe.
We accept a wide range of civil cases. Call us at (877) BRIAN-1-2 for a free case consultation.
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Corey Pingle
Fountain Valley, CA Employment Law Attorney
Free ConsultationEmployment, Insurance Claims and Workers' Comp
Southwestern Law School
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Sunjay Prem Bhatia
Torrance, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
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Heather McMillan
Tustin, CA Employment Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationEmployment
Western State University College of Law
Ms. McMillan obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in English, Spanish and Latin American Studies from the University of New South Wales in Australia in April 1993, after which she returned to the United States to attend law school. Ms. McMillan received her J.D. from Western State University College of Law in Fullerton, California in 1996, having graduated from Western State University Magna Cum Laude in the top 5% of her class. Ms. McMillan was placed on either the Honor Roll or the Dean’s High Honors Roll for every semester of law school.
Ms. McMillan received a number of American Jurisprudence...
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Terry Davis
Tustin, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Arbitration & Mediation and Business
Western State Univ COL
Attorney Davis founded the Law Offices of Terry K. Davis in June 1993 Bar Admissions: Admitted to California Supreme Court U.S. District Court (Central and Eastern Districts), U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit U.S. Supreme Court Reported cases: Carter v. California Dept. of Veterans Affairs (2006) 38 Cal.4th 914 Professional Affiliations: American Inns of Court, Robert A. Banyard Chapter, Orange County Orange County Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors and Past Vice-President, 2010 California Employment Lawyers Association Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles Education: Juris...
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Jon James McGrath
Tustin, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Employment
California Western School of Law
Jon McGrath has been practicing employment law in Southern California for over ten years, upholding the principle of "preventative law", which focuses on legal compliance and risk avoidance for smaller sized businesses in Orange County and throughout the state. Jon has a successful track record of being a business owner himself and understands the issues that Californian business have with compliance and a multitude of state and federal employment laws and regulations, such as dealing with discrimination and harassment matters.
Mr. McGrath is a graduate of California State University at Long Beach and California Western School of Law in San...
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Mr. Tareq M Hishmeh
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA Employment Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(805) 644-7111
5450 Telegraph Rd, Suite 200
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 93003
Employment, Business and Real Estate
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Tareq M. Hishmeh was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2004. He attended Loyola Marymount University, where he earned a degree in Political Science. While at Loyola Marymount, he interned in the House of Representatives and at the US Commerce Department. In the Summer of 2000 he completed one semester of study at the prestigious Queens College at Oxford University, England.
Mr. Hishmeh earned his law degree at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. While at Loyola, Mr. Hishmeh, was an active member of Student Bar Association, competed in the American Bar Association Negotiation Competition, served as a...
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Dale Michael Oberbeck
Irvine, CA Employment Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Employment, Business, IP and Real Estate
Northwestern Univ School of Law
Michael Oberbeck is a senior counsel focusing on business litigation issues. At BKCG, Mr. Oberbeck has extensively litigated employment disputes, commercial and real property disputes, international manufacturing and distribution litigation, and trademark and franchise issues. Mr. Oberbeck has litigated cases throughout California in both state and federal courts, and he has obtained many client-favorable results at trial, arbitration, and mediation. Mr. Oberbeck also has authored and successfully argued several matters before the California Courts of Appeals for BKCG clients. Born in Evansville, Indiana, Mr. Oberbeck graduated, cum laude, from Purdue University in 1993 with a double major in Psychology...
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Roland Yin-Chia Ho
La Mirada, CA Employment Law Attorney with 23 years of experience
Employment, Appeals, Business and Consumer
University of West Los Angeles
Mr. Ho received a B.S. degree in business management from California State University, Los Angeles, with a minor in economics and obtained a J.D. degree from University of West Los Angeles, achieving Dean’s List for academic excellence in the second year of law school. The principal attorney, licensed in 2002, is admitted to practice in the State of California, United States District Court, Central District of California and United States District Court, Southern District of California.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Ho had job experience in retail, sales, manufacturing and government. During law school, Mr. Ho clerked for the District...
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Yasser Ibrahim
Corona, CA Employment Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Consumer and Workers' Comp
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Shawn Abdi
Marina Del Rey, CA Employment Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationEmployment, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
Concord Law School
Abdi & Associates is located in Los Angeles and serves clients throughout the entire state of California. Practice areas include workers compensation, personal injury, car, truck, Lyft/Uber, and motorcycle accidents, bicycle and pedestrian accidents, brain and spinal cord injuries, burn injuries, dog bites, premises liability/slip & fall, and wrongful death.
Our firm is a contingency fee-based practice which means that clients pay no attorneys’ fees unless and until we recover for you. No recovery, No Fee. We even offer a free, no obligation, case evaluation and consultation. Abdi & Associates provides personalized, customized, caring service and pursues maximum compensation that you...
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Candice S. Klein
Los Angeles, CA Employment Law Attorney with 27 years of experience
Employment and Products Liability
Southwestern University School of Law
Candice Klein is a skilled and devoted personal injury attorney with a passion for helping people suffering with physical and mental anguish after suffering catastrophic injuries. Candice is known for spending a large amount of time with her clients to fully understand their needs. By doing so, she is able to better convey their losses to a jury. With this approach, Candice has recovered millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for her clients.
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Kolin C Tang
Los Angeles, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Employment, Antitrust, Consumer and Securities
The George Washington University Law School
Kolin C. Tang is a Partner in the San Diego office of Miller Shah LLP, where his practice focuses on complex litigation, including ERISA, antitrust, securities, and consumer protection matters.
Prior to joining the firm, Kolin gained experience with antitrust and consumer protection issues as a legal intern at the Federal Trade Commission. He earned his law degree from The George Washington University Law School in 2011, where he was a member of The George Washington International Law Review, and holds undergraduate degrees in Economics and History, with honors, from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Gavril Theodoros Gabriel
Downey, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Whittier Law School
Gavril "Gav" Gabriel was born and raised in Downey, California, attending the public school system in Downey from Kindergarten through High School. Soon after graduating high school, he played football at the University of Redlands, eventually becoming a Preseason All-American. He also played football in Berlin, Germany for the Berlin Adler (Eagles) while studying abroad.
After graduating from the University of Redlands, Gav attended Whittier Law School, where he made the Dean's list and excelled in Legal Writing, Sports Law and International Law. While at Whittier Law School, Gav was a judicial clerk in the Orange County Superior Court and certified...
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Ethan D Kirschner
Culver City, CA Employment Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Communications and IP
University of Minnesota Law School
Ethan D. Kirschner is an experienced litigator with clients in California, throughout the United States, and overseas. Originally from Wisconsin, Mr. Kirschner was a champion high school and college debater. He has a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan, graduated cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School, and received an LL.M. in intellectual property law from the University of California, Berkeley.
Mr. Kirschner has been practicing law since 2005. He is licensed to practice law in California.
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Jemal Kenya Yarbrough
Inglewood, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business and Consumer
Southwestern Law School
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Roxanne Allyson Davis
Santa Monica, CA Employment Law Attorney with 38 years of experience
(310) 899-2059
100 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 2060
Santa Monica, CA 90401-1154
Employment
USC Law School
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Sallie Elizabeth Barnett
Corona, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Employment and Business
Southern Illinois Univ School of Law
When you come to Clayson, Mann, Yaeger & Hansen law firm, you can have confidence in the representation you can receive. A Corona attorney at this law office has dealt with all kinds of employment law and business law issues and is well equipped to come to your assistance today. Attorney Sallie Barnett received her Juris Doctorate from Southern Illinois University, School of Law. Prior to that, she earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Illinois University. She has been BV® Distinguished Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® and has the competence and dedication you need at this pivotal time...
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Michael Labrum
Westlake Village, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 12 years of experience
(805) 267-1171
2625 Townsgate Road Suite 330
Westlake Village, CA 91361
Free ConsultationEmployment and Real Estate
Ventura College of Law
Call Today for a Free Phone Consultation (805) 267-1171 or Email at Michael@LabrumLaw.com.
The Law Offices of Michael Labrum offer affordable legal services which provide exceptional value to you. Your legal issues receive substantial individualized care and consideration leaving you feeling as if you're the only client and not just another billable hour like at large law firms. By utilizing uniquely designed alternative fee structuring, you're provided with the flexibility you need to receive quality legal representation and advice while respecting you're budget and bottom line.
Trust, confidence, and loyalty are the guiding principles of the legal representation and...
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Stephan Math
Westlake Village, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 50 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Administrative
Loyola Law School
I entered Loyola Law School’s evening program in September 1968 where during my tenure I represented indigent people as part of the school’s law clinic program. Also, having excelled in legal writing and moot court competition, finishing as a semi finalist, I was, in my last year as a student given a Teaching Fellowship where I was privileged to teach first year law students the basics of legal writing and prepare them for moot court competition. While in law school I was employed full time by the American Arbitration Association as Assistant to the Regional Director where I was able...
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Beth Wolf Mora
San Ramon, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business and Insurance Claims
Golden Gate University School of Law
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George Steven Arata
Modesto, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 48 years of experience
Employment, Insurance Claims and Products Liability
Western State Univ
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Yoshito Yamamoto
Sunnyvale, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Securities and Tax