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Steven Jay Kaplan
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Steve Kaplan is an experienced labor and employment lawyer who aggressively represents employees, unions and occasionally employers in a wide variety of work-related matters, including wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment, jury trial litigation and arbitration, collective bargaining, and administrative hearings before government agencies like the National Labor Relations Board and Department of Fair Employment and Housing.
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Licensed in California for 47 years
State: California
Acquired: 1978
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Location
Law Offices of Steven Jay Kaplan
1880 Century Park East, Suite 714, Los Angeles, CA, 90067
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Experience
Honors
2014
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2014
Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers in America
2010
Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
2007
Isaiah Award, Progressive Jewish Alliance
2005
Chair, LA County Bar Assoc., Labor & Employment Law Section
Work Experience
2009 - Present
Principal, Law Offices of Steven J. Kaplan
2017 - 2017
Lecturer in Law, UCLA School of Law
2001 - 2009
Partner, Rottman•Kaplan, PC
1993 - 2001
Partner, Krakow & Kaplan, LLP
1981 - 1993
Partner, Gilbert & Sackman
Associations
2012 - Present
American Bar FoundationFellow
2009 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember, Labor & Employment Law Section
2000 - Present
National Employment Lawyers AssociationMember
2000 - Present
American Constitution Society for Law and PolicyMember
1995 - Present
California Employment Lawyers AssociationMember
1984 - Present
AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating CommitteeMember
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Executive Committee, Labor & Employment Law Section
State Bar of California
Member, Labor & Employment Law Section
Los Angeles County Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
Past Chair
2012 - 2013
Bend the ArcExecutive Committee
2010 - 2012
Jewish Funds for JusticeExecutive Committee
Sample of Legal Cases
Dall v. Albertson's, Inc.
Victory for employees.
Newton v. Barish Chrysler-Plymouth Medical Plan
Court upheld medical plan's preemption defense.
Litton Financial Printing v. NLRB
Court ruled that claims arising after contract expiration are not subject to arbitration.
Screen Extras Guild v. Superior Court (Smith)
Victory for union.
Foley v. Interactive Data Corporation
Employee victory on contract issue; employer victory on covenant and public policy issues.
Education
1978
University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1974
University of California - Berkeley
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2015
Labor and Employment Law Section Retreat
The New Frontier: Ethical and Other Emerging Issues in Social Media
2014
Western Conference of Locals, American Federation of Musicians
Current Issues in Symphonic Negotiations
2014
34th Annual Labor & Employment Law Symposium
When the Accuser Becomes the Accused: Harassment, Defamation Claims and California SLAPP Law
2013
Speaker Program
The NLRB - Current Issues For Union and Non-Union Workplaces
2013
Advanced Class Action Seminar
Releases and Res Judicata in Class Action Litigation
2012
2012 Annual Conference
Best Practices for Symphonic Negotiations
2011
31st Annual Labor & Employment Law Symposium
Wait, Wait! Don’t Rule Against Me!
2008
Employment Litigation Training Skills Program
Avoiding / Exploiting Pleading Pitfalls
Publications
2017
Los Angeles Daily Journal
Racism Allowed on Movie Sets?
2016
Los Angeles Daily Journal
Closer Look at Discrimination Ruling Raises Some Concerns
2015
Los Angeles Daily Journal
NLRB Ruling is a Market Correction, Not a Market Crash
1998
Los Angeles Lawyer
Under Suspicion
1995
9 California Labor & Employment Law Quarterly 13
Industrial Dystopia - Richard Vigilante, Strike; The Daily News War and the Future of American Labor
1990
CEB: California Civil Procedure Before Trial
Injunctions
1987
6 California Labor & Employment Law Quarterly 9
John Deklewa & Sons: The Great Leap Backward
1986
The Employee Termination Handbook (Wiley Interscience)
Statutory Protection Against Wrongful Termination
Languages
English