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James Clifford Anderson
Turlock, CA Employment Law Attorney
Employment, Estate Planning, Landlord Tenant and Personal Injury
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
James practices in the areas of employment law for management, personal injury, estate planning, and real estate. James graduated from Arizona State University, in Tempe, Arizona, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. He went on to earn his J.D. from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, where he graduated fifth in his class, With Great Distinction, and Order of the Coif. While at McGeorge, James completed a judicial externship with the Honorable Justice George Nicholson, at the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, in Sacramento. ...
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Joel Waelty
Morgan Hill , CA Employment Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
UC Hastings COL
Joel Waelty is an experienced employment attorney practicing in San Jose, California, whose dedication to his clients shows in the results he obtains in the courtroom. His practice is focused on the rights of employees and insureds. He represents employees in all aspects of workplace disputes including sexual harassment, discrimination and wrongful termination. In his representation of those wrongfully denied insurance benefits, he handles claims against insurers of life, disability, health and the home. He also pursues benefits due employees under employer-sponsored benefit plans. Mr. Waelty's dedication is seen not only through his courtroom results, but also through...
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Jeffrey L. Tade
Salinas, CA Employment Law Attorney with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
UCLA School of Law
Mr. Tade is an experienced civil litigator specializing in personal injury, workers' compensation, labor and employment law.
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Darryl E Young
Merced, CA Employment Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
Employment, Criminal Defense and Personal Injury
Golden Gate University School of Law
Darryl E. Young is dedicated to helping the accused and relishes the challenge of fighting for the underdog and winning difficult cases while getting excellent results for his clients.
Mr. Young was born and raised in California’s Bay Area. After attending UCLA, he returned home to the Bay Area for Law School, with a focus on criminal law. Before graduating, he was certified as a Law Clerk with the San Francisco Public Defender’s and Alameda County Public Defenders offices. Upon graduation, he worked as a deputy public defender in Merced county. His aggressive manner in the courtroom resulted in many winning...
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Steven Edward Springer
Morgan Hill, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Criminal Defense and Family
Santa Clara University
Help small to medium size companies navigate through a wide variety of legal challenges: formation, funding, governmental impediments, operational legal planning, merger and acquisition, employee relations, and labor compliance. All with the goal of litigation avoidance. Litigation in all California state courts and the Northern and Eastern U.S. District Courts of California.
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John Fredrick Klopfenstein
Salinas, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Immigration
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
John is a former Deputy Public Defender for two separate Public Defender offices and has 23 years of criminal law experience. He has handled from simple cases all the way to murder with very successful results
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Maria Esmeralda Vizzusi
Gilroy, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
University of San Francisco School of Law
Welcome to the Law Office of Maria E. Vizzusi. You deserve an employment law advocate to uphold your employee rights. You don't pay if you don't get a settlement. Please call the office today to discuss your case for free.
Bienvenido a la Oficina Legal de María E. Vizzusi. Usted merece un defensor de la legislación laboral que defienda sus derechos de trabajador. No paga si no obtiene un premio de dinero. Llame a la oficina hoy para discutir su caso de forma gratuita.
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Gerald Emmett Brunn
Modesto, CA Employment Law Attorney with 42 years of experience
Employment, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Construction
U of San Francisco School of Law
San Francisco native Gerald E. Brunn holds Martindale-Hubbell‘s AV-Preeminent rating, confirming that he has reached “the height of professional excellence…and the highest levels of skill and integrity.” He represents clients in trials and litigation; personal injury and wrongful death cases; employment law; and business and corporate law matters. Mr. Brunn has served as a Special Master for the State Bar of California and is an adjunct professor at Chapman University and Modesto Junior College. He teaches Business Law, Employment and Labor Law, Constitutional Law, Legal History, and Political Science. Mr. Brunn received mediation training from the Straus Institute for...
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Jay P. Menchaca
Gilroy, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Employment, Business and Construction
George Washington Univ LS
At the Menchaca Law Offices our aim is simple, to provide desired results in an efficient manner. We are committed to providing legal advice and advocacy that is insightful and valuable.
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George Steven Arata
Modesto, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Employment, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Western State Univ
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Adam John Stewart
Modesto, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Employment and Workers' Comp
Whittier Coll School of Law
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David Pourati
Modesto, CA Employment Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
Employment and Personal Injury
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Anderson Franco
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Attorney with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Call me today at 415-727-1832.
I am dedicated to getting the best and maximum outcome for my injured clients. When someone has experienced injury, the last thing they want to worry about is a lawsuit - that's why I try to remove all possible stress and anxiety for them.
After nearly a decade of experience, I am confident in my expertise and my clients are extremely satisfied with their results. I pride myself on clear communication, efficient processes, and optimal outcomes.
I decided to become a lawyer when I was young. My family member was seriously injured and did not get...
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Michael Paul Ehline
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Elder, Personal Injury and Products Liability
UWLA
Getting banged up in a Los Angeles accident can happen at any time. You could also have an injury at sea on a floating city like a cruise ship. Your injuries could occur in any other city or town in California. It may be from the neglect of some another entity, or individual's negligence. Their failure to exercise due diligence or foresight means that you are entitled to receive compensation for the injuries and other damages you incurred. Whether you're involved in an auto collision, motorcycle accident, pedestrian run down. You're emphatically urged to obtain sharp, expert legal services of...
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Samira Amato
San Jose, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Employment, Business, Divorce and Family
Santa Clara Univ School of Law
Experienced Principal with a demonstrated history of working in the law practice industry. Skilled in trial advocacy, representing clients with business disputes, labor and employment law and family Law. Samira received her undergraduate degree with honors from University of California at Berkeley and obtained a Doctor of Law (J.D.) from Santa Clara University School of Law, with a specialization in intellectual property. Samira practices in Federal Court, State Court and the Appellate Court.
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John E. Hill
Oakland, CA Employment Law Attorney with 54 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
University of Chicago
John Hill has been representing injured individuals in the San Francisco Bay Area for over fifty years. John is a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and a Board Certified Civil Pretrial Advocate by the National Board of Civil Pretrial Practice Advocacy.
John's areas of practice include Personal Injury Law; Wrongful Death; Products Liability Law; Medical Malpractice; Premises Liability; Employment Litigation; Torts; General Civil Trial Practice; and Commercial Litigation.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Hill is also a member of ABOTA (The...
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Anne Marie Janine de Bartolomeo
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 36 years of experience
(415) 226-0260
P.O. Box 475847
3749 Buchanan Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
Employment and Business
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Anne-Marie Janine “A.J.” de Bartolomeo is a shareholder and partner at Tadler Law LLP with over thirty years of experience, prosecuting class actions, and complex collective matters in courts throughout the country. She has been named among the highest class of attorneys for professional ethics and legal skills with an AV-Preeminent™ rating by Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized by her peers for inclusion in the Northern California Super Lawyers list every year since 2013.
A.J. graduated from Fairfield University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and Economics where she was a National Merit Scholar. She then received her Juris...
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Scott Kalkin
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Attorney with 39 years of experience
Employment, Appeals, Insurance Claims and Personal Injury
University of San Francisco School of Law
If you are trying to obtain disability benefits because you are unable to do your job as a result of an illness or injury, my law firm can assist you. We can also help with any type of insurance claim that has been wrongfully denied whether it be medical insurance, homeowner’s claims, property damage or personal injury claims.
Mr. Kalkin has practiced in the areas of Long Term Disability, ERISA Litigation, Personal Injury, Civil Appeals and Insurance Bad Faith for over thirty-five years.
In 1989 he was elected to the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association and...
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Shay Aaron Gilmore
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Cannabis Law and IP
The University of Texas School of Law
Shay Aaron Gilmore provides superior corporate, commercial, and outside general counsel services to cannabis and hemp operators and investors throughout the legal California supply chains. Focusing on mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, and other transactional matters, Shay has counseled and guided some of the most successful operators and investors in the U.S. cannabis and hemp markets. Shay is the Chair of the California Lawyers Association Cannabis Practitioners Group and has been recognized by The Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal as one of the Top 20 Cannabis Lawyers in California. Super Lawyers Magazine has listed Shay as a Northern California Super...
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Vincent Tong
Oakland, CA Employment Law Attorney with 13 years of experience
Employment, Business, IP and Trademarks
Santa Clara University School of Law
Vincent Tong is an award winning, community oriented lawyer. He is the founder of TONG LAW, an employment business law firm located in beautiful downtown Oakland, California. Vincent exclusively represents employees in employment litigation and businesses in business-to-business disputes. In his business transactions practice, Vincent counsels individuals on forming and growing their social ventures. Connect with Vincent online at www.tong-law.com.
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John N. Frye
San Mateo, CA Employment Law Attorney with 54 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Insurance Claims, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
I am a skilled San Mateo attorney, dedicated to Personal Injury, Insurance Bad Faith, Employment Discrimination and Professional Negligence matters.
For decades, I have pursued justice for those that have been injured or wronged. I aggressively advocate for the best possible outcomes. Having recovered millions for my clients, I will fight for what you deserve.
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Kathryn Bain
San Mateo, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Personal Injury
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco and University of California - Santa Barbara
I exclusively handle employment law and personal injury cases. With regard to employment law, I represent only employees in a wide range of employment law matters, including employment discrimination, disability discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, sexual harassment, FMLA issues, retaliation, wrongful termination, and wage and hour violations. I also offer a flat rate pricing option for severance package and employment contract reviews. In my personal injury practice, I represent people who have been seriously injured in automobile, slip and fall, or other types of accidents. Navigating the legal system can be overwhelming without an experienced advocate on your side. My clients are...
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Frank Huerta Jr
Fresno, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Employment, Business, Estate Planning and Tax
UC Davis School of Law King Hall
"I love my work. I get to make a real difference to help people maintain their businesses and livelihoods. A file is more than just paper, it is my client's hard work and often a significant portion of their lives. I enjoy working with my clients to empower them to take control of their tax, estate planning and business issues." Frank Huerta Jr. Esq.
Frank Huerta Jr. has 19 years of experience as an attorney and law clerk working in government and tax law issues. He has a successful record of representing taxpayers before the IRS, Franchise Tax Board, Board Of...
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Arkady Itkin
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of the Pacific
Since 2007 our office has been dedicated to representing San Francisco and Sacramento area employees and victims of serious injuries in a wide range of employment, wrongful termination and injury cases. Individual approach to each client and each injury or employment case is what distinguishes us from other attorneys, as we recognize that each case is as different as each person who has been either injured or aggrieved by their employer.
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Alan Adelman
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
For over twenty years I have focused my entire legal practice on exclusively representing employees in a wide variety of employment matters, including wrongful terminations, unpaid wages, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, defamation and severance negotiations. I handle all lawsuits on a contingency fee basis, meaning that I do not charge a fee in a litigation if I do not secure a recovery on behalf of my client. I have advocated on behalf of several hundred employees in State and Federal Court and have completed nearly twenty trials.
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Steven Aaron Kronenberg
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Employment, Consumer, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Temple Univ School of Law
Mr. Kronenberg's practice focuses on: - Catastrophic Injury: including representing people who consumed food allergens or pathogens, as well as workers who used defectively designed or manufactured food processing equipment, victims of traumatic brain injury, spinal cord trauma, nerve damage, and severe orthopedic injuries arising from construction accidents, industrial accidents, dangerous premises, auto accidents, wrongful death, governmental or public entity liability, and professional negligence. Mr. Kronenberg has more than a decade of experience litigating personal injury and product liability cases from their inception through trial and appeal. - Consumer Protection: litigating class action claims arising from...
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Heidi Machen
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Administrative
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Heidi Machen has been an attorney since 1996 when she graduated from University of California Hastings College of the Law and passed the California Bar Exam. Prior to hanging her shingle as a sole practitioner in 2008, representing clients in matters of employment and regulatory law, Ms. Machen served in various policy and executive positions in local and Bay Area government.
Among her extracurricular activities, she is an avid cyclist, a Vegan cook, an amateur oil painter, has been known to contribute to theatrical productions on or off stage, and to participate in Democratic party doings. She...
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Taylor N. Burras
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Attorney with 13 years of experience
Employment and Business
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Taylor Burras is a Labor and Employment attorney. Her practice focuses on the hospitality and insurance industries.
Taylor has experience counseling and litigating on behalf of employers in matters relating to discrimination, harassment and wrongful termination, reduction in workforce, hiring, leaves of absence, and wage and hour issues. She has also handled matters before the Employment Development Department (EDD), Department of Labor Standards Enforcement, Department of Fair Employment and Housing, and the National Labor Relations Board. Taylor has successfully represented hotels, resorts and restaurants in numerous general and employment litigation matters. In the insurance industry, she has defended large insurance companies...
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Stephen R. Jaffe
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Attorney with 53 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Arbitration & Mediation
Wayne State University Law School
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Bryan Jeffrey Schwartz
Oakland, CA Employment Law Attorney with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Appeals and Civil Rights
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Bryan Schwartz is an Oakland, California-based attorney dedicated to helping employees protect their rights in the workplace. He has fought prohibited discrimination, retaliation, and harassment, obtained reasonable accommodations for disabled employees, vindicated whistleblowers' rights, and ensured that corporations pay workers all wages they are owed. He has successfully litigated individual and class action complaints nationwide, helping to recover millions of dollars for thousands of employees, forcing corporations and Government agencies to change their practices and punish wrongdoers.
Bryan Schwartz is also one of the few Bay Area-based attorneys with extensive experience representing Federal employees in their unique Merit Systems...
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Erik J Christensen
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Employment, Appeals and Business
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco and University of California - Irvine
Erik Christensen litigates, and provides counsel on, corporate and employment issues in California and the District of Columbia. His experience includes working as a senior associate at top-ranked global law firms, including Littler Mendelson and Greenberg Traurig.
Before this, Erik externed at the California Supreme Court and the First District Court of Appeal, two of the most prestigious opportunities provided to law students in California. Erik also served as a law clerk for the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Victim Impact Program (sometimes referred to as the “Special Victims Unit.”) His experience includes years of service with the 101st Airborne’s...
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Robert W. Ottinger Jr.
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Attorney with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Ottinger Employment Lawyers specializes in protecting the rights of employees and fighting injustice in the workplace. For over a decade we have represented current and former employees in their pursuit of fair treatment and compensation. We challenge illegal labor practices in companies of all sizes. We help employees benefit from the rights guaranteed to them under state and federal law.
Our firm handles all aspects of employment law including:
Overtime Pay Recovery
Employment Discrimination
Retaliation
Sexual Harassment
Severance Package Negotiation
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Leslie C. Leone
Burlingame, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Personal Injury
Golden Gate University School of Law
Leslie Leone, principal attorney at Leone Law Firm, is the best California personal injury attorney and employment attorney to help you deal with unreasonable insurance companies and unfair employers so that you can obtain the justice and compensation you deserve.
Leslie Leone began her legal career as a staff attorney for the Teamsters Union and also worked for the Operating Engineer's Union. As a Union attorney she negotiated contracts and grievances for hundreds of Union members. She is also a San Francisco native who attended UC Berkeley and Golden Gate University Law School.
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Laura M Mazza
San Mateo, CA Employment Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
(650) 378-1472
Bain Mazza & Debski LLP
951 Mariner's Island Blvd. Ste. 300
San Mateo, CA 94404
Free ConsultationEmployment and Personal Injury
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Laura received her undergraduate degree in 2003 from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, graduating Summa Cum Laude and with distinction in her major (English). After graduation, Laura went on to work as a paralegal at Latham & Watkins, LLP, in their Silicon Valley offices and later attended U.C. Hastings College of the Law, graduating with her J.D. in 2008. While at Hastings, Laura was the Executive Articles Editor of the Hastings Women's Law Journal and recipient of the Roger J. Traynor Student Writing Competition Award for her Note "On the Steps of the Mosque: the Legal Rights of Non-Marital Children...
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Norman John Homen
San Jose, CA Employment Law Attorney with 36 years of experience
Employment, Personal Injury, Social Security Disability and Workers' Comp
Western State University College of Law
I have served in the State of California since 1988, handling Social Security Disability, Workers’ Compensation Law, Criminal Law, and Personal Injury matters.
At the Law Offices of Norman J. Homen, our goal is to provide injured clients with the best results in a timely and cost-effective manner. For over 30 years, our outstanding litigation team has remained dedicated to the rights and welfare of the injured and disabled throughout Southern California.
The cornerstone of my success is the quality of relationships that I maintain with clients. Clients are treated with integrity and respect for their needs, goals, and objectives. We...
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Brian C. Mathias
Aptos, CA Employment Law Attorney with 12 years of experience
Brian exclusively represents employees in a wide variety of California employment law matters, including terminations based on illegal discrimination or in violation of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (including disability or health discrimination, failures to accommodate a disability, and pregnancy discrimination), unpaid wages (including unpaid overtime, unpaid rest and meal breaks, or cases of independent contractor misclassification), protected leave law violations (including Pregnancy Disability, California Family Rights Act, baby bonding/ maternity/ paternity leave, and FMLA violations), unlawful harassment (hostile work environment and sexual harassment) and unlawful employment retaliation claims (including whistle-blowing retaliation and workplace safety complaint retaliation)....
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Christopher Light
Walnut Creek, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 14 years of experience
(720) 330-2848
1990 N. California Blvd.
Suite #800
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Employment and Personal Injury
California Western School of Law
Mr. Light firmly believes in the power of empathy and humanity. His strength of empathy and unique personal experience with tragedy has allowed him to connect with clients who’ve suffered their own profound losses. Mr. Light is honored to represent and advocate for individuals and families suffering from the universe of challenges that inherently follow a traumatic brain injury.
Nobody expects or can anticipate what follows a brain injury, even a “mild” trauma. Growing up, Mr. Light was reminded on a daily basis of the strength, determination, love, patience and understanding necessary to endure the aftermath of a life-altering event....
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Richard J Vaznaugh
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
UC Hastings COL
For the last 27 years ago I have focused my practice on representing workers from executives to rank and file in claims against their former and current employers.
I maintain a limited case load to make sure each case gets the attention it deserves.
I am highly experienced, so you can be sure you have the right lawyer to take on your civil employment dispute.
I try to make a real and positive difference for each client by honest advice and advocating vigorously and ethically for you.
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After living in several countries and several states as a child, at 18, I...
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Daniel L Feder
San Francisco, CA Employment Law Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Arbitration & Mediation, Personal Injury and Stockbroker Fraud
University of California - Los Angeles
Law Firm Specializing in Employment Discrimination and Harassment and Personal Injury Cases. The Law Offices of Daniel Feder consistently provide consumers and employees with top-quality attorney representation. Mr. Feder represents employees in discrimination, harassment and whistleblower lawsuits against their former employers. He also practices in the area of personal injury and medical malpractice. He provides representation on a contingency basis. He offers free initial one hour consultations to the public. The Law Offices of Daniel Feder is dedicated to providing employees in California with access to top-quality representation in disputes with their former employers. Mr. Feder has spent more...
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Erika Angelos Heath
SAN FRANCISCO, CA Employment Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
Employment, Appeals, Civil Rights and Consumer
Northeastern University School of Law
Getting her start in the trenches as a legal aid attorney, Erika has years of experience in seeking justice for employees and consumers against unfair practices. She has fought off debt collectors, obtained justice for wrongfully terminated employees, and untangled thorny credit reporting issues. She has taken on local government for refusing proper restroom access to transgender people. In 2015, she even had a federal court declare a state's garnishment statute unconstitutional for violating the rights of low-income debtors.
Whether your case is just starting, or whether you are up on appeal, Erika has the experience and...