Orinda Employment Lawyers
Compare 1000+ top rated California attorneys serving Orinda.
![Mark Lain Venardi]( "Mark Lain Venardi")
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Mark Lain Venardi
Orinda, CA Employment Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
Employment, Maritime and Personal Injury
UC Hastings COL
Mark Venardi was born in 1962 in Seattle, Washington. He was raised in Peoria, IL, a Midwest blue collar town. He enlisted in the United States Coast Guard and proudly served from 1980 through 1985. He spent the first two years on a sea going tug performing search and rescue and marine law enforcement from the Grand Banks to the Windward Passage aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tamaroa, which was the Coast Guard vessel that performed the rescue in “The Perfect Storm.”
Geoffrey Vincent White
Orinda, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 48 years of experience
Employment
University of California, Berkeley School of Law and University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Max McCarthy Reynolds
Orinda, CA Employment Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
Employment
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
Leigh Allyson Wolfe
Orinda, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Employment
Southwestern University School of Law and Southwestern Univ School of Law
Ingrid Elizabeth VonKaschnitz
ORINDA, CA Employment Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Employment
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Jon Arthur Hudak
Orinda, CA Employment Law Attorney with 57 years of experience
Employment, Education and Estate Planning
University of Montana School of Law, University of Montana School of Law and Univ of Montana School of Law
![Eric Francis Pierson]( "Eric Francis Pierson")
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Eric Francis Pierson
Oakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Employment, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and IP
Stanford University
Eric Pierson is a practical and results-oriented attorney with over twenty-five years of in-house and law firm experience and a proven track record of success as a strategic partner and trusted advisor serving for-profit and nonprofit entities.
Eric has deep expertise in general corporate matters, nonprofits, employment law, commercial transactions and crisis management, with a special focus on managing union organizing drives and contract negotiations for nonprofits that respect labor rights. He offers strong experience in litigation, intellectual property, antitrust, environmental, compliance, product liability, artificial intelligence, privacy, cybersecurity and ediscovery as well. He is fluent in cross-border issues and...
![Berne Reuben]( "Berne Reuben")
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Berne Reuben
Berkeley, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Employment and Civil Rights
Boalt Hall (University of Berkeley School of Law) and Golden Gate University School of Law
![Alden Jay Knisbacher]( "Alden Jay Knisbacher")
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Alden Jay Knisbacher
Oakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfEmployment, Arbitration & Mediation, Civil Rights and Probate
Georgetown Univ Law Ctr
Alden Knisbacher has represented clients in the Bay Area and across California since 1994. He has litigated hundreds of cases in various areas of law including employment, real estate, contract and business disputes, probate disputes, civil rights and other matters.
Mr. Knisbacher is a Georgetown Law graduate.
When not practicing law he can be found hiking, biking, running or cycling with his two children. Or, perhaps, playing with their pet bunny, Bobby.
![Deborah Marie Kochan]( "Deborah Marie Kochan")
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Deborah Marie Kochan
Berkeley, CA Employment Law Attorney with 33 years of experience
Employment and Civil Rights
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
![Stephen Fredrick Henry]( "Stephen Fredrick Henry")
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Stephen Fredrick Henry
Berkeley, CA Employment Law Attorney with 34 years of experience
Employment, Appeals, Business and Civil Rights
Georgetown Univ Law Ctr
![Alexander Stern]( "Alexander Stern")
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Alexander Stern
Berkeley, CA Employment Law Attorney
Employment, Communications and Consumer
University of California - Berkeley
![John E. Hill]( "John E. Hill")
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John E. Hill
10.0 
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Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfOakland, CA Employment Law Attorney with 54 years of experience
Employment, 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...
![Devin Coyle]( "Devin Coyle")
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Devin Coyle
Oakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Civil Rights
UCLA School of Law
Oakland, California-based civil rights lawyer representing employees and tenants in cases involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wrongful termination.
![Vincent Tong]( "Vincent Tong")
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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.
![Christopher Light]( "Christopher Light")
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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....
![Glicel E. Sumagaysay]( "Glicel E. Sumagaysay")
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Glicel E. Sumagaysay
Walnut Creek, CA Employment Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
(888) 201-8282
1990 N. California Blvd.
Suite 870
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Free ConsultationEmployment
Alliant International University
The Law Office of Glicel Sumagaysay handles employment matters as follows:
*Federal employee, public entity employee, and private employee representation in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), federal court, Department of Fair Housing and Employment (“DFEH”), and state courts;
*Claims include wrongful termination; retaliation; discrimination on the basis of disability, race, gender, and other protected statuses;
*wage and hour matters with the Department of Labor Standards and Enforcement (“DLSE”) and courts;
*small business employer compliance with California and federal law.
![Scott Edward Cole]( "Scott Edward Cole")
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Scott Edward Cole
Oakland, CA Employment Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Civil Rights and Consumer
University of San Francisco School of Law
Scott Cole is the founder and principal attorney at Cole & Van Note, one of California's best-known and most highly-respected employment and consumer rights class action law firms. He is a graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law (1992), and San Francisco State University (B.A., Speech Communications; 1989). He is a member of the California State Bar and the State Bar’s Labor and Employment Law Section, is admitted to practice before all California federal courts (including the 6th and 9th Circuit Court of Appeals), has prosecuted cases in numerous states including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida,...
![Laura Herron Weber]( "Laura Herron Weber")
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Laura Herron Weber
Oakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfEmployment
UC Hastings COL
I represent employees in their disputes with their employers, and victims of personal injury. I take the time to get to know the unique story of each client, and understand how termination, injury, or other unlawful conduct has affected their life. I represent women who have been terminated because of pregnancy or because they have taken time off to care for their children. I represent older workers who have been terminated after many years of loyal service. I also help clients who have been injured in motor vehicle accidents or other incidents of negligence.
![Daniel Xuli]( "Daniel Xuli")
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Daniel Xuli
Walnut Creek, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 6 years of experience
(925) 932-2468
1255 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600
Walnut Creek, CA 94597-7965
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfEmployment
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
As an San Francisco Bay Area labor and employment attorney at Littler Mendelson, I represent employers in all phases and types of employment litigation (e.g., wage and hour class actions, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, misclassification, wrongful termination, etc.), provide advice and counsel to employers regarding their employment practices and policies, and create and present customized workplace trainings and presentations unique to employers' goals and company culture. My professional experiences outside of the realm of law are rooted in business, management, and accounting.
![Bryan Jeffrey Schwartz]( "Bryan Jeffrey Schwartz")
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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...
![Peter Scott Rukin]( "Peter Scott Rukin")
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Peter Scott Rukin
Oakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Employment and Civil Rights
New York University School of Law
As a partner with San Francisco's Rukin Hyland & Riggin LLP, Peter Rukin represents Bay Area clients in a wide array of complex litigation matters, including employment, wage and hour, and business disputes. Mr. Rukin has built a reputation as a thoughtful and strong advocate for his clients, whatever their disputes may be. Mr. Rukin specializes in complex litigation, with a focus on wage and hour and equal employment opportunity claims. Since 2003, as class counsel he has recovered tens of millions of dollars on behalf of thousands of California employees and consumers. Peter also represents clients with respect...
![Latika M. Malkani]( "Latika M. Malkani")
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Latika M. Malkani
Oakland, CA Employment Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
Employment and Appeals
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Latika Malkani joined Siegel LeWitter Malkani in 1996, and since then has fought to preserve and enforce the rights of women and men working in a variety of professions. Latika's advocacy has included tireless representation of employees seeking justice and improved conditions in the workplace. Latika has a proven record of successful results, and has helped hundreds of employees establish better working conditions, negotiate severance and post-separation packages, as well as obtain fair and just compensation through enforcement of state and federal laws. Latika believes that no employee should be made to suffer inequality or humiliation in order to earn...
![Arthur William Lazear]( "Arthur William Lazear")
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Arthur William Lazear
Oakland, CA Employment Law Attorney with 46 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
Arthur Lazear has practiced law for more than 40 years, helping to obtain successful results for worthy clients nationwide. Mr. Lazear has prosecuted some of the biggest class actions ever litigated in employment law, but has never abandoned his level of personal attention to each client, which is the firm’s hallmark.
Mr. Lazear’s father was a janitor, an immigrant from Ukraine who worked nights in a tireless effort to provide his children the hope of a better life, that they might realize the American Dream. The example set by his father inspired Mr. Lazear’s lifelong commitment to protecting and enforcing the...
![Pamela Kong]( "Pamela Kong")
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Pamela Kong
Oakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Employment, Civil Rights and Landlord Tenant
Golden Gate University School of Law
![Enrique Martinez]( "Enrique Martinez")
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Enrique Martinez
Oakland, CA Employment Law Attorney with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
UCLA School of Law
![John Francis Hyland]( "John Francis Hyland")
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John Francis Hyland
Oakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Employment and Civil Rights
Golden Gate University School of Law
John Hyland is a partner with Rukin Hyland & Riggin LLP. He practices exclusively in the area of employment law. John was Of Counsel with Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker in the firm’s San Francisco office where he advised and represented companies in State and Federal court actions covering all areas of employment law, including wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, disability law, employee privacy, employee leaves, and wage and hour issues. John regularly conducts training seminars and presents on a wide array of employment law issues. Law & Politics Magazine selected John as one of its Northern California Super Lawyers...
![Jessica Riggin]( "Jessica Riggin")
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Jessica Riggin
Oakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Employment
Columbia Law School
Jessica is a partner at Rukin Hyland & Riggin LLP and specializes in litigating employment law cases on behalf of employees. From violations of wage and hour laws to sexual harassment and discrimination, Jessica has represented both individuals and groups of people in class actions. She also advises executives in pre-litigation matters such as severance agreements and employment agreements. If you have an employment law issue in the Bay Area, please contact her office today and set up a free consultation.
![Rocio Toriz]( "Rocio Toriz")
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Rocio Toriz
Oakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer
Employment
University of San Francisco School of Law
![Marlon L. Monroe]( "Marlon L. Monroe")
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Marlon L. Monroe
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfOakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Employment, Civil Rights, Entertainment & Sports and Trademarks
St. Thomas University School of Law
Marlon Monroe brings a background of court battles and life experiences rarely found in employment law & civil rights attorneys. Prior to practicing law, Marlon taught middle school in Los Angeles for five years and worked in the music industry. After graduating from law school in South Florida, he began his legal career and moved back to Oakland, CA, where he practiced criminal defense for 15 years and became known as “The People’s Champion” due to his zealous advocacy, successful outcomes and representation of prominent members of the local community.
While cultivating his skills in the courtroom, Marlon also worked with...
![Len Watkins]( "Len Watkins")
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Len Watkins
Richmond, CA Employment Law Attorney with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Antitrust, Business and IP
University of San Francisco School of Law
A resident of Oakland, Len spent much of his legal career with prestigious, top-ranked, San Francisco law firms. Mr. Watkins brings the same level of expertise, and standard of excellence, to his practice in the East Bay. Focusing on consumer bankruptcy and business law, Mr. Watkins’ depth of experience and training include:
A Masters of Business Administration, concentrating on finance, from the University of California, at Davis
A stock brokerage license (inactive) from the National Association of Securities Dealers
A California Real Estate Broker’s license
Previous Experience
Business Attorney
Norris & Norris (now...
![Jonathan H. Siegel]( "Jonathan H. Siegel")
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Jonathan H. Siegel
Oakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Employment
Golden Gate University School of Law
Jonathan Siegel, the founding partner of Siegel LeWitter Malkani has spent over thirty years representing employees. His experience runs the full range of cases from individual jury trials to class actions to arbitration and administrative hearings. Jonathan has enjoyed outstanding success in all forums, while building an enviable reputation as a formidable advocate, but one whose word can be trusted.
Jonathan has successfully tried individual cases to juries, judges and arbitrators. He has received substantial six and seven figure jury awards in discrimination cases related to age (Tetzchner v. Unitank - Contra Costa), pregnancy (Byer v. Haider - San Francisco) and...
![Annie B. Banh]( "Annie B. Banh")
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Annie B. Banh
Oakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 6 years of experience
Employment, Civil Rights and Landlord Tenant
Golden Gate University School of Law
![Janelle J. Smith]( "Janelle J. Smith")
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Janelle J. Smith
Berkeley, CA Employment Law Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Business
University of San Francisco School of Law
I help clients with their employment, business, and start-up needs. I also represent clients involved in civil litigation. Please contact me to find out how I can help you with your legal needs.
![Robert Salinas]( "Robert Salinas")
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Robert Salinas
Oakland, CA Employment Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
Employment, Business, Civil Rights and Landlord Tenant
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
I am an accomplished California attorney. I represent employees and tenants in a broad range of Employment, Landlord-Tenant and Civil Rights matters.
Dedicated to exceptional advocacy, I am diligent in fighting for the rights of my clients. I am genuine, experienced, and committed to justice.
I am also active in the community, currently volunteering at both Centro Legal and the Western Service Workers Association where I provide pro bono assistance to low-wage workers.
![Spencer C. Young]( "Spencer C. Young")
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Spencer C. Young
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfOakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Employment, Business, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Golden Gate University School of Law
Spencer practices employment, civil rights and personal injury law. He is dedicated to representing employees in employment disputes and individuals and their families in personal injury cases.
Since 2005, Spencer has litigated discrimination, wrongful termination, wage and hour, retaliation, and other employment disputes, such as contract breach and commission cases. He also litigates vehicle accidents, premises liability, wrongful death, and civil rights claims. His legal experience dates back to 1996. He has appeared in Northern District Federal Courts, California State Superior Courts, the California Fair Employment and Housing Commission, the California Department of Labor Standards Enforcement, the Merit...
![Celine Emily Cutter]( "Celine Emily Cutter")
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Celine Emily Cutter
Oakland, CA Employment Law Attorney with 7 years of experience
Employment, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
![Gina Szeto-Wong]( "Gina Szeto-Wong")
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Gina Szeto-Wong
Oakland, CA Employment Law Attorney with 11 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfEmployment, Civil Rights, Family and Personal Injury
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Ms. Szeto-Wong completed her undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley. She obtained her law degree from UC Berkeley School of Law and has been litigating civil rights, family law, and employment cases in state and federal court since 2012.
Ms. Szeto-Wong has a successful track record including favorable verdicts and awards in the millions of dollars. She is bilingual in English and Cantonese.
![Mr. Steven L. Derby]( "Mr. Steven L. Derby")
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Mr. Steven L. Derby
Walnut Creek, CA Employment Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Civil Rights and Personal Injury
After 22 years as a trial attorney, I have decided to limit my practice to furthering the cause of disability access and ending disability discrimination in the workplace, at home and in public places. If you are disabled temporarily or permanently, you have special rights but no government agency to enforce them. If you think you have been the victim of discrimination, call us now for a free consultation.
![Randall Aiman-Smith]( "Randall Aiman-Smith")
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Randall Aiman-Smith
Oakland, CA Employment Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfEmployment
I was fortunate. Despite never finishing high school or college, I was able – albeit with a lot of hard work – to gain admission to, and to excel at, one of the finest law schools in the country: U.C. Berkeley’s School of Law. While I was there, I was privileged to be an editor for the California Law Review and a Member of the Moot Court Board, advising on brief writing and appellate advocacy for other students. After I left law school, in my early years of practice, I taught legal writing and appellate advocacy at University of California,...
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