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Brad S Kane

Brad S Kane

Kane Law Firm understands your problem is more than a legal transaction
  • Business Law, Employment Law, Landlord Tenant ...
  • Alaska, California, Washington
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Biography

Brad S. Kane has practiced law for more than twenty years in California, Washington, and Alaska. After a decade-long career in “Big Law,” in 2001 Mr. Kane started the Kane Law Firm, a Los Angeles-based practice. Mr. Kane takes a unique, humanistic approach with clients, always keeping the client engaged in their case and counseling clients toward fair and reasonable solutions to often emotional and complex problems.

The Kane Law Firm follows Mr. Kane’s interdisciplinary approach to law and avoids the often myopic “over-specialization” or one-sided thinking caused by only representing one side to a particular kind of dispute. For example, Mr. Kane regularly counsels and represents small and medium sized employers on the handling of employee disputes, while also representing aggrieved employees with serious claims against their own employers.

As a result, Mr. Kane is constantly searching for outside the box solutions to litigation and negotiations in areas spanning employment law, entertainment, insurance coverage, as well as business and corporation litigation. In fact, Mr. Kane has a reputation amongst his associates and colleagues of “taking cases no one else would take” and turning them into gold.

Finally, Mr. Kane has an unshakable faith in our justice system derived from his experience clerking for Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Jay A. Rabinowitz, his experience as a lawyer, and serving over 250 times as a Judge Pro Tem. To Mr. Kane, the judicial system holds a unique ability to shape a person’s world view and how people see themselves. Mr. Kane earned his J.D. from Hastings College of the Law and his B.A. in history from University of California Los Angeles.

Practice Areas
    Business Law
    Business Contracts, Business Litigation, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
    Employment Law
    Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
    Landlord Tenant
    Rent Control, Tenants' Rights
    Arbitration & Mediation
    Business - Arbitration/Mediation, Consumer - Arbitration/Mediation
Additional Practice Area
  • General Civil
Fees
  • Free Consultation
  • Credit Cards Accepted
  • Contingent Fees
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Alaska
Alaska Bar Association
ID Number: 9111089
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California
State Bar of California
ID Number: 151547
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Washington
Washington State Bar Association
ID Number: 33552
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Languages
  • English: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
Owner
Kane Law Firm
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General Counsel
Kane Automotive Group
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Education
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
J.D.
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University of California - Los Angeles
B.A.
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Awards
Top Contributor Award
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Top Contributor Award
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Top Contributor Award
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Client's Choice Award 2021
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Five 5-star reviews on Avvo.com
Top Contributor Award
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Clients Choice Award 2019
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Professional Associations
Washington State Bar Association  # 33552
Member
- Current
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Publications
Speaking Engagements
President of the South Carthay Neighborhood Association and the P.I.C.O. Neighborhood Council, Town Hall Meeting Opposing SB50, Los Angeles, CA
In his own remarks, Kane presented a list of 12 potential alternatives to SB 50, which he said could be much more effective at addressing our current housing issues.
Are LA’s New Luxury Apartments Just Sitting Empty?, Los Angeles, CA
KCRW Design and Architecture
An eye-opening interview shedding light on how thousands of people are living on the streets of Los Angeles while 100,000 apartment units are reportedly sitting empty throughout the city.
CBS Radio KNX Interview - Employer/Employee Laws, Los Angeles, CA
CBS News Radio
Interview on Portugal's law penalizing employers for contacting employees outside of office hours
Websites & Blogs
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Kane Law Firm Website
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Unpaid Models Website
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Unpaid Nannies Website
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Ask Brad Instagram
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Los Angeles Homelessness Article
Legal Answers
335 Questions Answered
Q. Can a business owner keep staff tips
A: No. "Tips" are employees property.

Supervisors can only share in the tips if they are part of the chain of service.

According to the Labor Commissioner,

I work in a large restaurant as a waiter. My employer told me that I am required to share my tips with the busboy and the bartender. Am I obligated to do this?

A.

Yes. Labor Code Section 351 provides that "every gratuity is hereby declared to be the sole property of the employee or employees to whom it was paid, given, or left for". The section has been interpreted to allow for involuntary tip pooling so long as the tip pooling policy is not used to compensate the owner(s), manager(s), or supervisor(s) of the business, even if these individuals should provide direct table service to a patron or are in the chain of service to a patron. In addition, the policy must be fair and reasonable. Therefore, your employer can require that you share your tips with other staff that provide service in the restaurant so long as the employees that share in the tip pooling policy are employees to whom the tip was paid, given, or left for. In this regard, the courts have validated policies that distributed tips among employees who provide "direct table service" or who are in the "chain of service" provided that employee in the chain of service bears a relationship to the customers' overall experience. (updated March 2013).

https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/faq_tipsandgratuities.htm#:~:text=Labor%20Code%20Section%20351%20provides%20that%20%22every%20gratuity%20is%20hereby,given%2C%20or%20left%20for%22.
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Q. Are they allowed to do that? Can they dock him for days just in case he didn't come in? How am I suppose to pay my bills
A: No. Your father's employer must pay him for all time worked. Your father should put his concerns about his unpaid wages in writing to HR and include documentation, if possible. This will help protect your father from retaliation.

Further, if the employer does not straighten on your father's pay promptly, he should consult a lawyer about whether the employer is subject to penalties for the late payments as the employer appears to be a state government entity, which are often exempt from rules applying to private employers.
Q. I was sexually harassed by my drunk manager. Could I sue the company even though they fired?
A: Yes, you can sue the company and the manager for the sexual harassment. The Company's liability will hinge on whether they had prior notice of the manager's drinking/sexual harassment and whether the Company took reasonable steps to protect you. You should consult an employment attorney as these cases are very fact specific. Most provide free consultations.
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1154 S Crescent Heights Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90035
Telephone: (323) 697-9840
Fax: (323) 571-3579
Monday: 9 AM - 5 PM
Tuesday: 9 AM - 5 PM
Wednesday: 9 AM - 5 PM
Thursday: 9 AM - 5 PM (Today)
Friday: 9 AM - 5 PM
Saturday: Closed
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Kane Law Firm
120 S Worthen St
Wenatchee, WA 98801
Telephone: (323) 937-3291
Monday: 9 AM - 5 PM
Tuesday: 9 AM - 5 PM
Wednesday: 9 AM - 5 PM
Thursday: 9 AM - 5 PM (Today)
Friday: 9 AM - 5 PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed