San Diego, CA
Employment and labor Lawyer at San Diego, CA
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Discrimination ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Three years' pay, clean file, reference letter.
Long-term private sector employee with pronounced disabilities was victimized by new manager, falsely charged with misconduct and fired.
OUTCOME: Substantial financial settlement, clear record, reference letter.
Public sector employee charge with poor performance resulting in proposal to terminate employment. Employer failed to produce concrete evidence to support position.
OUTCOME: Successfully achieved promotion and back pay.
High-level government employee denied promotion, training and other benefits of employment due to sex and race.
OUTCOME: Financial damages and successful unemployment claim.
Employer ended employment relationship for false and defamatory reasons. Employee applied for unemployment benefits. Employer fought unemployment claim and persisted in making defamatory statements out ... side the litigation privilege.
OUTCOME: Economic recovery: back pay, front pay, penalties, interest. Reimbursement: attorney's fees, costs. Other: Positive letter of reference, retraining program, clear file of all discipline..
Employee misclassified as exempt from overtime was fired after complaining about misclassification.
OUTCOME: Successfully obtained reasonable accommodation for employee, recision of notice of intent to dismiss, and removal of all negative information from employee's file.
Employee requested reasonable accommodation for blood disorder. In response, employer demanded medical information which far exceeded business necessity. When employee refused to provide excessive info ... rmation, employer attempted to fire employee.
OUTCOME: Money damages (six figures); retraining course; letter of reference; written apology; company had to correct safety violations and post related notices in all locations nation-wide.
Employer retaliated against truck driver who complained of company's safety violations and other unlawful practices. After employer refused to correct the violations, the truck driver reported the vio ... lations to the California Highway Patrol, after which the employer fired the truck driver.
OUTCOME: Successful appeal & class certification
Part-time instructors in adult education program were required to work off-the-clock for specific number of minutes for every paid hour. Trial court ruled that case was controlled by the Education Cod ... e instead of the Labor Code. On behalf of our client, James Sheppard, we appealed, arguing the Labor Code governs all California employees, and the Labor Code forbids employers to force employees to work without compensation. The appellate court agreed, and sent the case back to the trial court to be heard on the merits. Update 2012: Class is certified and case is in litigation.
OUTCOME: Successfully defended against allegations and negotiated settlement with no penalty to professor.
High-profile, tenured University of California faculty under investigation for alleged "electronic cyber crimes" and Code of Conduct violations.
OUTCOME: Successfully negotiated settlement agreement allowing continued employment.
Federal agency denied reasonable accommodation for client with disability and proposed her termination.
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