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Programs Included in this Bundle

Administrative Exhaustion: How to navigate the California Tort Claims Act when litigating against Cities, Counties, and the State of California: CELA's 34th Annual Conference

Date Published: October 28, 2021

Summary

Litigating against public entities requires knowledge of the Government Claims Act and the exhaustion requirements it contains. This session shows the steps to comply, and the alternatives available when errors are made along the way.
 

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David J. Duchrow
Law Office of David Duchrow

David Duchrow has a law and mediation practice in Los Angeles, California. In his 39 years of practice, he has emphasized... Read More

Megan Beaman-Jacinto
Beaman Jacinto Law P.C.

Megan Beaman-Jacinto is a civil rights and immigration attorney and community organizer based in the Coachella Valley,... Read More

Oshea Orchid
Sethi Orchid Miner, LLP

Oshea Orchid (pronounced like OSHA) is a partner at Sethi Orchid Miner, LLP. Oshea litigates class and mass torts, employment... Read More

Dat Phan
Kramer Brown Hui LLP

Dat Tommy Phan is a trial attorney, and joined the law firm now known as Kramer Brown Hui LLP in 2017. Dat represents private... Read More

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Advocating for Immigrant Clients in Litigation from Start to Finish: CELA's 34th Annual Conference

Date Published: October 28, 2021

Summary

"Advocating for Immigrant Clients in Litigation from Start to Finish” covers best practices for representing immigrant workers in litigation including pre-enforcement considerations, discovery, and remedies and enforcement. Our experienced practitioners from private and non-profit practice across California will share their insights into how we can be the best advocates possible for immigrant workers.

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Griselda Rodriguez
G-Rod Law, A.P.C.

Ms. Rodriguez received her B.S. from California State University, Northridge and earned her J.D. from Glendale University... Read More

Estella Cisneros
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.

Estella M. Cisneros is currently the Legal Director of the Agricultural Worker Program for California Rural Legal Assistance,... Read More

Hugo Gamez
Law Offices of Hugo Gamez

Hugo Gamez has been practicing law since 2011, primarily in the areas of employment Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation,... Read More

Stacy Villalobos
Legal Aid at Work

Stacy Villalobos is a staff attorney and the acting director of the Racial Economic Justice Program at Legal Aid at Work. She... Read More

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Al, Algorithms, and Worker Rights and Victory: CELA's 34th Annual Conference

Date Published: October 28, 2021

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Employers are rapidly adopting invasive electronic surveillance and AI management tools to control their workforce despite clear harms to worker safety and their sense of dignity at work. This panel will explore how these technologies can accelerate workplace exploitation and what advocates and policymakers should do to protect worker rights in the age of AI.
 

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Ken Wang
Legislative Policy Associate - California Employment Lawyers Association

Ken Wang is the Policy Associate with California Employment Lawyers Association. He supports CELA’s legislative advocacy work... Read More

Annette Bernhardt
UC Berkeley Labor Center

Annette Bernhardt (she/her) is director of the Technology and Work program at the UC Berkeley Labor Center. She recently was... Read More

Lydia X.Z. Brown
Center for Democracy and Technology

Lydia X. Z. Brown is an advocate, organizer, attorney, strategist, and writer whose work focuses on interpersonal and state... Read More

Caitlin Vega
California Labor Federation

Caitlin Vega started working in the Labor Movement as an AFL-CIO organizer at 18 years old. She went on to become a labor... Read More

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Career Development: To Be (Partner), or Not To Be (Partner), That is the Question: CELA's 34th Annual Conference

Date Published: October 28, 2021

Summary

This panel will cover career development topics for associate attorneys at all levels to improve their skills and excel in their firms as leaders. The panel will discuss how to be a more successful associate, gain more experience, work with feedback, utilize mentoring opportunities, and expand opportunities to take their career to the next level.

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Flor Dery
Horton Law Firm, APC

Flor Dery is an associate of Horton Law Firm, APC. She primarily handles employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation,... Read More

Byron R. Lau
Allred, Maroko & Goldberg

Byron R. Lau is an attorney at Allred, Maroko & Goldberg and has practiced plaintiff-side employment law there for over... Read More

Yi-Hsuan Rachel Lin
Clark Employment Law

Yi-Hsuan Rachel Lin is an Associate Attorney with Clark Employment Law. She has worked on a variety of single-plaintiff... Read More

Sereena Singh
Hennig Kramer Ruiz & Singh

Sereena Singh is a partner at Hennig Kramer Ruiz & Singh, LLP. Prior to joining the firm, she was an associate with Lyon... Read More

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Defending Defamation: When Your #MeToo Client Gets Sued: CELA's 34th Annual Conference

Date Published: October 28, 2021

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From the trenches, hear from three employee advocates who have helped defend employees sued for defamation after speaking out about harassment. The panel will cover the growing phenomena, creating a supportive approach to working with your client, defenses to defamation, and procedural challenges to the lawsuits.
 

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Hilary Hammell
Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams

Hilary Hammell is an associate attorney at Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams LLP in Oakland, CA. Along with Jean Hyams, she... Read More

Jennifer Kramer
Managing Partner - Kramer Brown Hui LLP

Jennifer Kramer is a managing partner at Kramer Brown Hui LLP. Her practice focuses on complex employment litigation in state... Read More

Sharyn Tejani
NWLC - National Women's Law Center

Sharyn Tejani is the Director of the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund. Immediately prior to starting this role in April 2018, she... Read More

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Discovery of Financial Information: How to Get It, Read It, & Use It: CELA's 34th Annual Conference

Date Published: October 28, 2021

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This panel will take a deep dive into different sources of information about a defendants’ finances, including both formal and informal discovery. The panel will also demonstrate how to read and analyze different types of financial statements to find the hidden money and related party transactions. Attend this panel to learn how to protect your future judgments before it’s too late!
 

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Ana Cisneros Alvarez
The Wage Justice Center

Ana Cisneros Alvarez is the Executive Director and Legal Director at Wage Justice Center, a non-profit legal services... Read More

Greg Groeneveld
Law Office of Greg Groeneveld

Greg Groeneveld has been practicing law since 1993. He specializes in judgment enforcement and employment law with a... Read More

Vanessa Hill, CPA
Evidentia Consulting LLP

Vanessa is a seasoned expert with more than twenty-five years’ experience in accounting and finance. She is a Certified... Read More

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Emerging Issues in Transgender Law and Inclusivity: CELA's 34th Annual Conference

Date Published: October 28, 2021

Summary

Join this panel of experts to get up to date on the legal protections for transgender workers. Our panelists will discuss best practices for representing transgender clients and provide a comprehensive overview the evolution of legal protections, as well as existing and new laws protecting transgender workers.
 

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Carl Charles
Lambda Legal

Carl Charles is a Staff Attorney in the Southern Regional Office of Lambda Legal. Carl’s work focuses on protecting and... Read More

David B. Cruz
USC Gould School of Law

David B. Cruz, co-author with Jillian Weiss of the first law school textbook on the rights of transgender people, Gender... Read More

Julie Wilensky
NCLR

Julie Wilensky is a senior staff attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Her practice focuses on litigation and... Read More

Kate Wood
CRLA

Kate Wood is the staff attorney for the LGBTQ+ Program at California Rural Legal Assistance, a state-wide non-profit law... Read More

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FAIR Roundtable: CELA's 34th Annual Conference

Date Published: October 27, 2021

Summary

FAIR Mediators and Structured Settlements Roundtable - A roundtable featuring mediators and structured settlement providers.
 

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J. Bernard Alexander, III
Alexander Morrison + Fehr LLP

J. Bernard Alexander, III is a founding partner of Alexander Morrison + Fehr, LLP, and a civil rights attorney trying... Read More

Toni Jaramilla
Toni Jaramilla, APLC

Toni Jaramilla is an employment and civil rights attorney. Since 1994, she has successfully litigated hundreds of cases of... Read More

Stephen B. Halterbeck
D.A. Davidson & Co.

Steve concentrates on the details of your financial life in order to design strategies that help you feel confident about... Read More

Warren Jackson
Signature Resolution

Prior to joining Signature Resolution, T. Warren Jackson, Esq. served as Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel... Read More

Scott Slater Markus
Signature Resolution

For almost 30 years, Scott Slater Markus has been San Diego County’s leading attorney-mediator. In August 2021, Scott joined... Read More

Christine Masters
Masters & Ribakoff

Christine Masters is a partner in the firm of Masters & Ribakoff, established in 1992 in Santa Monica, California. Since... Read More

Steven G. Pearl
Steve Pearl Mediation

Steve Pearl is a nationally recognized mediator specializing in resolving all types of individual employment law disputes,... Read More

Bejan Shirvani
MetLife

Bejan Shirvani is assistant vice president of Sales & Market Development, Structured Settlements for MetLife. The... Read More

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Legislative Update (Part 1): CELA's 34th Annual Conference

Date Published: October 28, 2021

Summary

Legislative Update: Annual Employment Law Update (Part 1) presented by Mariko Yoshihara, CELA Legislative Counsel & Policy Director, and Ken Wang, CELA Policy Associate.
 

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Mariko Yoshihara
Legislative Counsel & Policy Director - California Employment Lawyers Association

For the past 17 years, Mariko has been shaping legislative policy in California, with a focus on workers’ rights and social... Read More

Ken Wang
Legislative Policy Associate - California Employment Lawyers Association

Ken Wang is the Policy Associate with California Employment Lawyers Association. He supports CELA’s legislative advocacy work... Read More

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Lessons Learned: The Tribulations of Trial: CELA's 34th Annual Conference

Date Published: October 28, 2021

Summary

Everyone prefers winning, but there is always something to be gained even when we lose. Top employment practitioners share stories about trial losses and what you can learn from their experiences.
 

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Jeff Rager
The Rager Law Firm

Mr. Rager has tried 42 cases to verdict and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has been recognized as... Read More

Pat Barrera
Barrera & Associates

Pat Barrera is a principal of Barrera & Associates, a plaintiff employment law firm in El Segundo, CA. Pat shares office... Read More

Lisa Peck
PECK-LAW, Employment & Civil Rights

Lisa Peck works exclusively in the area of Plaintiffs’ employment and civil rights issues. Licensed in both California and... Read More

V. Joshua Socks
Collier Law Firm, LLP

V. Joshua Socks is an attorney and shareholder at Collier Law Firm in Corte Madera, California. Since forming his partnership... Read More

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Porn, Instagram and Video Games: The Dark Side of Working From Home: CELA's 34th Annual Conference

Date Published: October 28, 2021

Summary

Working from home has many dangerous distractions. The panel will examine addiction to porn, social media apps, video games and screen time and its impact on mental health.
 

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Tamara Freeze
Workplace Justice Advocates

Tamara Freeze is a happy refugee from BigLaw and an accomplished trial lawyer specializing in whistleblower retaliation, as... Read More

Robert Odell
Odell Law, PLC

Rob Odell is the managing partner of Odell Law, PLC and has been a plaintiff-side employment lawyer for nearly 10 years. Rob... Read More

Alyssa K. Schabloski

Alyssa K. Schabloski is a trial attorney with Gladius Law, APC, where she practices in employment and civil rights,... Read More

Dr. Dustin Weissman
Dr. Weissman Psychology

Dr. Dustin Weissman is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist at Dr. Weissman Psychology in Westlake Village, CA and specializes in... Read More

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Understanding, Attacking and Co-Opting Employer Investigations: CELA's 34th Annual Conference

Date Published: October 28, 2021

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This panel covers how to use and get employer investigation reports admitted at trial; help getting investigation reports through discovery; taking depos of HR or investigation; dealing with attorney-client privilege issues; understanding evolving management practice standards related to investigation.
 

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Angie Kwik
Mehr & Associates, P.C.

Angie Kwik is a plaintiff employment and workers’ compensation attorney and Managing Partner of Mehr & Associates, P.C.... Read More

Nancy Bornn
Nancy Bornn, A Law Corporation

Nancy Bornn is an AWI-CH attorney investigator in Southern California. She conducts workplace investigations, provides expert... Read More

Mika M. Hilaire, Esq.

Mika M. Hilaire is a Civil Rights Lawyer and founder of Equal Rights Law Group. She practices in all areas of employment law... Read More

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Welcome and Opening Remarks, Arbitration Update, & CELATalks!: CELA's 34th Annual Conference

Date Published: October 28, 2021

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WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
Welcome to CELA's 34th Annual Conference - CELA Chair, Admin Director, and Leadership Conservatory Remarks

Speaker: Elizabeth Riles, CELA Chair, Bohbot & Riles, PC
Speaker: Christina Krasomil, CELA Administrative Director
Speaker: Vincent Tong, TONG LAW

 

ARBITRATION UPDATE
Arbitration Update Presented by Cliff Palefsky and Mariko Yoshihara

Speaker: Mariko Yoshihara, CELA
Speaker: Cliff Palefsky, McGuinn, Hillsman & Palefsky
 

CELATALKS!
CELATalks! are short, dynamic videos of CELA members sharing their best practice ideas. Get insider tips. Gain insight. Up your game. Be inspired.

Speaker: Brenda Adams, Equal Rights Advocates
Speaker: Pat Barrera, Barrera & Associates
Speaker: Maria Bourn, Law Offices of Tanya Gomerman
Speaker: Marcia Guzman, Attorneys for Workers' Rights
Speaker: Ann Hendrix, The Myers Law Group
Speaker: Andy Katz, Law Offices of Andy Katz
Speaker: David Lowe, Rudy Exelrod Zieff & Lowe LLP
Speaker: Sonya Mehta, Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta
Speaker: Wendy Musell, Law Offices of Wendy Musell, Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams, LLP
Speaker: Sarah Nowels, SJN Law PC
Speaker: Lisa Peck, PECK-LAW, Employment & Civil Rights
Speaker: Glicel Sumagaysay, Law Office of Glicel Sumagaysay

 

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Christina Krasomil
Administrative Director - California Employment Lawyers Association

Since 2002, Christina Krasomil has been the Administrative Director of the California Employment Lawyers Association. In... Read More

Vincent Tong
TONG LAW

Vincent Tong is an employment and business attorney based in Oakland, California. His firm, TONG LAW, represents employees in... Read More

Mariko Yoshihara
Legislative Counsel & Policy Director - California Employment Lawyers Association

For the past 17 years, Mariko has been shaping legislative policy in California, with a focus on workers’ rights and social... Read More

Cliff Palefsky
Partner - McGuinn, Hillsman & Palefsky

CLIFF PALEFSKY is a partner in the law firm of McGuinn, Hillsman & Palefsky in San Francisco. He is afounding board... Read More

Brenda Adams
Equal Rights Advocates

Brenda Star Adams (she/her) is a bilingual social justice attorney with over 14 years' experience representing marginalized... Read More

Pat Barrera
Barrera & Associates

Pat Barrera is a principal of Barrera & Associates, a plaintiff employment law firm in El Segundo, CA. Pat shares office... Read More

Maria Bourn
Gomerman | Bourn & Associates

Maria Bourn is a managing attorney and lead employment litigator at Gomerman | Bourn & Associates, a top-rated law firm... Read More

Marcia Guzman
Attorneys for Workers' Rights

Marcia Guzman is a licensed attorney in California exclusively practicing employment law. Ms. Guzman and her law partner,... Read More

Ann Hendrix
The Myers Law Group

Ann Hendrix has a Master’s Degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee where she... Read More

Andy Katz
Law Offices of Andy Katz

Andy Katz practices employment, workers compensation, and health and disability benefits law, based in Berkeley, California.... Read More

David A. Lowe
Rudy Exelrod Zieff & Lowe LLP

David A. Lowe is Managing Partner of the San Francisco-based law firm Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff, and Lowe, LLP. Best Lawyers in... Read More

Sonya Z. Mehta
Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta

Sonya Z. Mehta is a trial attorney and partner with Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta. She represents individual employees and... Read More

Wendy Musell
Law Offices of Wendy Musell PC

Wendy Musell is a founding partner of Law Offices of Wendy Musell PC. Ms. Musell is committed to representing employees in... Read More

Sarah Nowels
SJN Law PC

Sarah Nowels is proud to represent her clients in seeking justice and in navigating their lives and legacies. She has focused... Read More

Lisa Peck
PECK-LAW, Employment & Civil Rights

Lisa Peck works exclusively in the area of Plaintiffs’ employment and civil rights issues. Licensed in both California and... Read More

Glicel Sumagaysay
Law Office of Glicel Sumagaysay

As the owner of Law Office of Glicel Sumagaysay, an Employment Law Firm, Glicel Sumagaysay represents private, public entity... Read More

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When the Defense Goes on the Offense: CELA's 34th Annual Conference

Date Published: October 28, 2021

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A discussion of strategies and tactics to utilize in response to employer cross-complaints and threats thereof, and the ethical issues to consider in these situations.
 

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Darci Burrell
Burrell Kagin Law LLP

Andie Darci Burrell’s dedication to advancing the rights of society’s less powerful is equaled only by her devotion to the... Read More

Marina Fraigun
Fraigun Law Group

Marina Kats Fraigun is the founder of Fraigun Law Group. She is a Plaintiff’s employment attorney and has been in practice... Read More

Jeremy Pasternak
Law Offices of Jeremy Pasternak

Jeremy Pasternak is the Principal of The Law Offices of Jeremy Pasternak, a three-attorney firm representing employees... Read More

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The Year in Review: Annual Employment Law Update (Part 2): CELA's 34th Annual Conference

Date Published: October 28, 2021

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The Year in Review: Annual Employment Law Update (Part 2) presented by Katharine Chao, Jennifer Liu, Menaka Fernando, and Rory Quintana.
 

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Katharine Chao
Founding Partner - Olivier Schreiber & Chao LLP

Katharine Chao is a founding partner of Olivier Schreiber & Chao LLP. Kathy represents employees in individual... Read More

Jennifer L. Liu
Managing Partner - The Liu Law Firm, P.C.

Jennifer L. Liu is the Managing Partner of The Liu Law Firm, P.C., where she represents individuals in litigation and... Read More

Menaka N. Fernando
Partner - Outten & Golden, LLP

MENAKA N. FERNANDO is a partner at Outten & Golden’s San Francisco office and Co-Chair of the firm’s Sex Discrimination... Read More

Rory C. Quintana
Partner - Quintana Hanafi, LLP

Rory C. Quintana is a partner at Quintana Hanafi, LLP. Rory represents individual employees in a variety of matters including... Read More

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