Experience

Rating: 10.0 (Superb)

Honors

2016

Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers

2015

Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers

2014

Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers

2013

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2012

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2011

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2002

Rated AV, Martindale-Hubbell

1992

Kaplun Constitutional Law Award, New York Law School

1991

American Jurisprudence (6), New York Law School

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Work Experience

2017 - Present

Principal, Shaw Law Group, PC

2006 - 2016

Managing Partner, Shaw Valenza LLP

2002 - 2006

Managing Partner, Jackson Lewis LLP

2001 - 2002

Partner, Jackson Lewis LLP

1992 - 2001

Associate, Jackson Lewis Schnitzler & Krupman

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Associations

1996 - 1999

State Bar of California

Co-Chairman, Committee on Legal Profs. With Disabilities

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Sample of Legal Cases

Okwu v. McKim

Dismissal affirmed on appeal

Mendoza v. Kindred Healthcare Op., Inc.

Summary judgment for the employer

Keehner v. The Jackson Laboratory

Summary Judgment for employer

Ayala v. Westside Tavern

Summary judgment for the employer

Edna Lim v. Tunnell Center

The court granted the employer's motion for summary judgment

Diane F. Colby v. Signature Properties, Inc.

Defense verdict affirmed on appeal (June 2012)

Eisner v. California Laboratory Services

Summary judgment granted

Matthews et al. v. THC-Orange County Inc. et al.

Defense verdict

Ross v. Ragingwire Telecomm

The California Supreme Court affirmed the judgment

Dore v. Arnold Worldwide, Inc.

The California Supreme Court reversed

Kolstad v. American Dental Assn.

Kolstad v. American Dental Association

Kohler v. Interstate Brands Corp.

Affirmed summary judgment

SDG Architects, Inc. v. Don Stirling et al

$550,000 awarded to our client

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Education

1992

New York Law School

JD - Juris Doctor

1985

Cornell Univ

BS - Bachelor of Science

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Speaking Engagements

2010

Legal Update

2010 New Employment Laws

2007

Speaks on a variety of employment law topics

Sexual harassment, wage and hour, disability and discrimination, among others

2007

Shaw Valenza Legal Update 2007

New California laws for 2008

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Publications

2011

San Francisco Daily Journal Can Sexual Harassment Be Part of the Job?

2011

San Francisco Daily Journal Kaplan Gets Tested

2010

Daily Recorder Unpaid Internships and Wage-Hour Law

2010

HR Advisor The U.S. Department of Labor's Administrative Interpretations

2010

San Francisco Daily Journal This Bud's For Me, Boss

2010

San Francisco Daily Journal The Benefits and Privileges of Reasonable Accommodation

2010

San Francisco Daily Journal New Governor, New Laws

2010

San Francisco Daily Journal SLAPPing the Boss

2010

San Francisco Daily Journal Pregnant Pause

2010

San Francisco Daily Journal Mixed Motives in FEHA Cases

2009

San Francisco Daily Journal Working Around the Clock

2009

San Francisco Daily Journal Taking Management Personally

2009

San Francisco Daily Journal An Uneven Playing Field

2009

San Francisco Daily Journal Employers By the Bay

2009

San Francisco Daily Journal Walking the Line: Using Non-Solicitation Agreements

2009

San Francisco Daily Journal A Free Country?

2008

San Francisco Daily Journal Baby WARN Act Might Be Growing Up

2008

San Francisco Daily Journal Meal and Break Class Actions

2008

San Francisco Daily Journal Fleshing Out the ADA

2008

San Francisco Daily Journal The ADA Amendments Act

2008

San Francisco Daily Journal Golden State of Mind

2007

San Francisco Daily Journal Independent Contractors: A Dying Breed?

2007

San Francisco Daily Journal DISABILITY AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR EMPLOYEES' MISCONDUCT?

2007

San Francisco Daily Journal USING THE STATUTORY “OFFER TO COMPROMISE” TO OBTAIN FAVORABLE SETTLEMENTS

2007

San Francisco Daily Journal Wage and Hour Redux

2007

San Francisco Daily Journal Avoiding Wage and Hour Risks

2007

San Francisco Daily Journal Undermining Arbitration

2007

What's New in Employment Law (Blog) Various

2007

San Francisco Daily Journal Alternative Workweeks

2007

San Francisco Daily Journal EMPLOYERS MUST COMPLY WITH STATE LAWS ON MEAL BREAKS, REST PERIODS

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Languages

English

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Licensed in California for 33 years

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