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Los Angeles, California, United States

Beverly Hills, California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

Trial Experience: Second chair of two employment trials that resulted in eight figure verdicts, including punitive damages, in favor of Plaintiff;Wage and Hour Class Action: Oversees Wage and Hour lawsuits from inception to final approval, including successful Motions for Final Approval;Appellate Experience: Successful Oral Argument before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal and Second Appellate District;Administrative Hearing Experience: Conducted trials before Administrative Law Judges at EDD, Labor Commissioner and Santa Monica Rent Control Board.

Downtown Los Angeles

Apply broad-based experience and a proven ability to find creative solutions in a wide array of employment law and civil and business litigation matters, such as:Wage and hour class action litigationEmployment discrimination and sexual harassment claimsPersonal injury and wrongful death actionsContract negotiation and the litigation of business disputes

Santa Monica

Nationally recognized plaintiff labor and employment firm that has obtained numerous seven figure jury verdicts, responsibilities and accomplishments include: • Appellate Advocacy: Primary drafter of three Opening Briefs for currently pending appeals, issues include the appropriate legal standard for constructive discharge, the application of the first amendment in FEHA cases, the right of a jury trial under Health and Safety Code Section 1278.5, conducted oral argument before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Second Appellate District of California; • Supervisor Experience: Supervised two entry level attorneys; • Motions for Summary Judgment: Successfully drafted and argued in both state and federal court oppositions to motions for summary judgment involving all aspects of employment litigation, notable successes include successfully arguing employee complaints of threats of violence in the workplace constitute protected activity for wrongful termination of public policy claim; • Post-Trial Motions: Successfully drafted oppositions to motion for new trial and judgment notwithstanding the verdict, notable successful include upholding a $3.5 million disability discrimination verdict, an $8.5 million pregnancy discrimination verdict and a $17 million age discrimination verdict; • Depositions: Deposed expert witnesses, percipient witnesses, persons most knowledgeable and individual defendants;• Discovery: Responsible for propounding and responding to all forms of written discovery; successfully drafted and argued motions to compel;• Trial Preparation: Responsible for drafting and opposing motions in limine, responsible for drafting special verdict forms, special jury instructions and for ensuring compliance with judge’s local rules; • Mediation Experience: Successfully negotiated high six figure settlement for client in single plaintiff wrongful termination case at mediation.

Culver City, Ca

General Litigation law firm with emphasis in professional negligence, products liability and bad faith, responsibilities and accomplishments include: • Insurance Coverage Analysis: Responsible for determining and evaluating the existence and extent of insurance coverage; • Motions for Summary Judgment: Successfully drafted and argued oppositions to motions for summary judgment involving standard of care and issues of duty for municipal entities and health care providers, drafted expert declarations; • Discovery: Successfully resolved numerous discovery disputes through meet and confer efforts, successfully drafted motions to compel.

Court Experience: Made numerous court appearances and on a wide variety of cases and clients, including defending demurrers and motion to strike, case management conferences, entering final judgment and matters in bankruptcy;Drafting Experience: Drafted motions for every stage of the ligation process, including complaints, answers, demurrers, motions to strike, special interrogatories, requests for production of documents, request for admissions, jury instructions, and motions to compel; Negotiation Experience: Successfully negotiated settlements with opposing counsel on several lawsuits, including in actions for bankruptcy and landlord tenant relations, Have assisted clients through the mediation process and have appeared solo at mediation.

Created licensing agreements for international distribution of motion pictures, drafted privacy policy for corporate website, and reviewed terms and conditions for sale of distribution rights in motion pictures.

Served as lead legal assistant to Associate General Counsel; drafted memorandum for legal issues relating to copyright, trademark, labor, probate, corporate, and privacy law; drafted pleadings for alternative dispute resolutions; conducted chain of title searches

drafted memorandum for legal issues relating to copyright, trademark, labor, probate, corporate, and privacy law; drafted pleadings for alternative dispute resolutions; conducted chain of title searches.

Work directly with Professor on materials to be used in forthcoming edition of treatise on entertainment and media law issues.

Juris Doctor, Law

Activities and Societies: Juris Doctor, May 2009 Class Rank, Top 30 Percent, GPA 3.1 Member, California State Bar: 265744 Editor.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Honors, Deans List, 2001 - 2002 Recipient, Gluck Fellowship Award for Dramatic Arts

Diploma