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Helmer Friedman LLP Welcomes New Attorney

April 15, 2022 – Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that Ryan Handley, formerly of Levin & Nalbandyan LLP, has joined the law firm. Mr. Handley, who received his J.D. from Southwestern Law School and his B.A. from the University of Washington (where he majored in International Political and Economic Studies with a focus on Asia), represents employees in all aspects of employment-related litigation, including discrimination and whistleblowing.

Ryan Handley Lawyer Helmer Friedman LLP
Mr. Hanley is admitted to practice in California State and Federal Courts and is an active member of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association and the Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers Alliance. Prior to law school, Mr. Handley was an English teacher in South Korea, where he pushed for his school district to end asbestos construction while employees were on site.

2022-09-26T08:58:19-08:00April 13th, 2022|employment law|Comments Off on Helmer Friedman LLP Welcomes New Attorney
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Andrew H. Friedman and EEOC Attorney Taylor Markey Co-Author Article For The Advocate Magazine

Article written by Andrew Friedman and Taylor Markey.

May 1, 2022 – Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that the May 2022 Advocate Magazine, a journal of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, contains an article written by Helmer Friedman LLP attorney Andrew H. Friedman and former Helmer Friedman LLP attorney Taylor Markey, who is now an attorney with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – The best and worst employment developments of 2021. The article can be viewed here.

2022-04-13T11:52:25-08:00April 13th, 2022|A.F.Friedman, employment law publications, Taylor Markey|Comments Off on Andrew H. Friedman and EEOC Attorney Taylor Markey Co-Author Article For The Advocate Magazine
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Forced Arbitration Clauses Take Greatest Toll on Marginalized Groups

Sexual harassment and assault victims advocates Helmer Friedman LLP.

The Center for Progressive Reform Releases A Report Revealing That Forced Arbitration Clauses in Corporate Contracts Take Greatest Toll on Historically Marginalized Groups

February 1, 2022, (Washington D.C.) – Forced arbitration is a biased process that allows corporate wrongdoers to not only get away with serious violations of the Nation’s civil rights and employment laws but to also hide that misconduct from the courts and the public eye. It allows serial sexual harassers and abusers to thrive while precluding their victims from obtaining justice. It is well past time for our laws to be amended to prohibit forced arbitration. Today, the Center for Progressive Reform released a report confirming what plaintiff employment attorneys across America already know – forced arbitration clauses favor corporations over workers and consumers because arbitrators have financial motives to rule in favor of corporations, don’t have to follow the rules of evidence, explain their decisions in writing, or apply the law consistently, and they often can’t be overruled by a higher court. Indeed, individuals seldom prevail in forced arbitration, and people of color, women, low-income people and other marginalized groups pay the highest price of contracts that deprive workers and consumers of justice in the courts. Commenting about this report, Helmer Friedman LLP founding partner, Andrew H. Friedman, stated: “Forced arbitration is a biased process that allows corporate wrongdoers to not only get away with serious violations of the Nation’s civil rights and employment laws but to also hide that misconduct from the courts and the public eye. It allows serial sexual harassers and abusers to thrive while precluding their victims from obtaining justice. It is well past time for our laws to be amended to prohibit forced arbitration.”
For a complete copy of this report, visit the website of the Center for Progressive Reform at https://cpr-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/private-courts-biased-outcomes-forced-arbitration-rpt-0222.pdf.

2022-07-12T07:18:06-08:00February 12th, 2022|sexual harassment|Comments Off on Forced Arbitration Clauses Take Greatest Toll on Marginalized Groups
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Bill Ending Forced Arbitration In Sex Harassment and Assault Cases

President Biden To Sign Bill Ending Forced Arbitration In Sex Harassment And Assault Cases

February 10, 2022 (Washington D.C.) – Today, the Senate passed a bill to put an end to forced arbitration for survivors of sexual assault and harassment. The bill, called the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, was passed with a large bipartisan vote by the House of Representatives earlier in the week and heads to President Biden’s desk for his signature. Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., introduced the bill five years ago and lawmakers negotiated with business leaders to get support for the bill. In a sign of the overwhelming support for the measure, it was approved by voice vote in the chamber. The bill gives individuals a choice between going to court or going to arbitration to resolve allegations in cases related to sexual harassment or assault. As Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand, D-N.Y., a sponsor of the bill, stated:

The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act represents a fantastic first step in protecting American employees from workplace sexual harassment that for far too long has been hidden from the public and the courts by a system that is rigged to protect corporate America.

Bill sponsor Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand, D-NY.

Helmer Friedman LLP founding partner, Gregory D. Helmer, pictured with Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand, D-N.Y., a sponsor of the bill.

The bill is also retroactive — invalidating any existing forced arbitration clauses in ongoing cases that could make it difficult for any survivors to litigate cases against their employers. Commenting on the passage of the bill, Helmer Friedman LLP founding partner, Gregory D. Helmer, stated:

“This bill represents one of the most significant workplace reforms in American history …It will help us fix a broken system that protects perpetrators and corporations and end the days of silencing survivors. …The arbitration process not only allows the corporations to hide sexual harassment and assault cases in this secretive and often biased process, but it shields those who committed serious misconduct from the public eye.”

If you believe that you have been the victim of sexual assault or harassment in the workplace, please contact Helmer Friedman LLP.

2022-02-12T08:15:07-08:00February 10th, 2022|Front Page News, Greg Helmer, sexual harassment|Comments Off on Bill Ending Forced Arbitration In Sex Harassment and Assault Cases
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Super Lawyers Gregory D. Helmer, Andrew H. Friedman 2022

Super Lawyers Names Gregory D. Helmer and Andrew H. Friedman as 2022 Super Lawyers

Super Lawyers selected 8 consecutive years.
February 1, 2022 – Los Angeles – Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that the lawyer rating service Super Lawyers has named founding partners Gregory D. Helmer and Andrew H. Friedman as 2022 Super Lawyers.

2022-02-09T09:59:07-08:00February 9th, 2022|employment law|Comments Off on Super Lawyers Gregory D. Helmer, Andrew H. Friedman 2022
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Andrew Friedman Named Super Lawyers Top 100 Southern California List

Super Lawyers Names Andrew H. Friedman To Its Top 100 Southern California Lawyers List

February 1, 2022 – Los Angeles – According to the Los Angeles Bar Association, there are over 25,000 lawyers in the Los Angeles area. Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that the lawyer rating service Super Lawyers has named Andrew H. Friedman to its list of the Top 100 attorneys in Southern California – https://www.superlawyers.com/california-southern/toplists/top-100-2022-southern-california-super-lawyers/45efb53717e251fff467ff439bbce62eSuperLawyers rated Andrew Friedman Top Employment Lawyer.

2022-06-08T09:28:39-08:00February 1st, 2022|employment law|Comments Off on Andrew Friedman Named Super Lawyers Top 100 Southern California List
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California Labor & Employment Law Review

Andrew H. Friedman Authors Article For The California Labor &  Employment Law Review

January 1, 2022 – Helmer Friedman LLP is proud to announce that the California Labor & Employment Law Review recently published an article co-authored by Andrew H. Friedman, Ramit Mizrahi (of Mizrahi Law, APC in Pasadena), and Tony Onicidi (of Proskauer in Century City). Entitled “Top Employment Law Cases of 2021,” the article highlights the most important employment law cases that were decided in 2021. The article can be read here.

2022-11-28T10:12:29-08:00December 30th, 2021|A.F.Friedman, employment law publications|Comments Off on California Labor & Employment Law Review
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Mediation Strategies and Tactics for Resolving the Employment Law Dispute

February 3, 2022 Pincus Professional Education has asked Andrew H. Friedman to speak on a panel about mediation – Mediation Strategies and Tactics for Resolving the Employment Law Dispute. The panel will also include a prominent employment defense attorney (John L. Barber of Lewis Brisbois) and a preeminent mediator (Angela J. Reddock-Wright with Judicate West).


Pincus describes the program as follows:

At this program, a prominent employment defense attorney (John L. Barber of Lewis Brisbois), a well-known plaintiff employment attorney (Andrew H. Friedman of Helmer Friedman LLP), and a preeminent mediator (Angela J. Reddock-Wright with Judicate West) will discuss (and debate) practical mediation skills for employment litigators (from novice to seasoned). This terrific, practical, three-hour course will teach employment attorneys how best to get cases into mediation (and when to do so), persuasively explain their case to the other side through the mediator, break any impasse, negotiate to get the best monetary (and non-monetary) result. The speakers will tell you how to document the settlement with an enforceable written agreement that complies with all of the new laws regarding confidentiality, non-competition, re-hire, and enforceability. Our faculty of leading employment law attorneys and our mediator will provide the concrete tools to resolve cases, more quickly. Our panelists will also cover the ethical rules applicable to mediation.

For more information about this program and/or to register, visit – https://new.pincusproed.com/product/advanced-mediation-strategies-and-tactics-for-the-employment-law-case-webinar/.

 

2024-01-04T10:45:27-08:00December 16th, 2021|Andrew Friedman, speaking engagements|Comments Off on Mediation Strategies and Tactics for Resolving the Employment Law Dispute
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Annual Review of Employment Cases Speaking Engagements

The Pasadena Bar Association has asked Andrew H. Friedman and Tony Oncidi of Proskauer to reprise their famous “Annual Review of Employment Cases” for the Labor and Employment Law Section. That presentation will take place on January 12, 2022. During their presentation, Mr. Friedman and Mr. Oncidi will cover the top employment law cases from the past year, with an emphasis on the cases of greatest utility to employment law practitioners. Mr. Friedman and Mr. Oncidi have been providing their annual update of employment law cases to the California legal community – up and down the state – for more than a decade including to the following bar associations and organizations: The Alameda County Bar Association, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the California Lawyers Association, the Employment Round Table of Southern California, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Pasadena Bar Association, the Santa Clara County Bar Association, the Santa Monica Bar Association, and the State Bar of California. As soon as more information about this presentation becomes available, it will be posted here.


The Beverly Hills Bar Association has also asked Andrew H. Friedman and Tony Oncidi of Proskauer to reprise their famous “Annual Review of Employment Cases” for the Labor and Employment Law Section. That presentation will take place on January 24, 2022. For more information about this presentation and to register, go to https://www.tfaforms.com/forms/view/4853685/?tfa_dbWorkflowId=5062&tfa_dbWorkflowStep=0&tfa_dbWorkflowControl=693ec04a3f687ed26dd2fb790c40884c&id=a1b5w00000DvaI6&eid=

The Los Angeles County Bar Association has also asked Andrew H. Friedman and Tony Oncidi of Proskauer to reprise their famous “Annual Review of Employment Cases” for the Labor and Employment Law Section. That presentation will take place on March 15, 2022. As soon as more information about this presentation becomes available, it will be posted here.

2023-06-22T07:22:48-08:00December 16th, 2021|Andrew Friedman, speaking engagements|Comments Off on Annual Review of Employment Cases Speaking Engagements
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Speaking Engagements for Helmer Friedman LLP

Five Bar Organizations Ask Helmer Friedman LLP Attorneys To Speak At Various Seminars In Early 2022.

Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that five different bar organizations have requested that the law firm provide speakers at various legal education seminars taking place in early 2022.

2022 Employment Law Speaking Engagements Topics Include Ethics and Bias

The California Lawyers Association has asked Andrew H. Friedman and Samson Spiegelman to speak at the Labor and Employment Law Section’s virtual 2022 New Employment Practitioner Conference which will take place on Thursday and Friday, January 20-21, 2022.  Mr. Spiegelman will be speaking on the panel “Gathering, Evaluating, Preserving, and Presenting Evidence in a Virtual World” at noon on Thursday, January 20, 2022.

Gathering, evaluating, preserving, and presenting evidence - New Law Practitioners.

Mr. Friedman will be moderating the Ethics and Bias panel at noon on Friday, January 21, 2022, along with Judge Michael Marcus (Ret.), Dalisai Nisperos (In-House Employment Counsel at Patagonia Inc.), and Dolores Y. Leal (a partner with Allred, Maroko & Goldberg). For more information about this Conference and to register, go to https://pheedloop.com/NewEmploymentPractitioner22/site/home/.

2021-12-17T12:18:49-08:00December 16th, 2021|Andrew Friedman, Samson Spiegelman, speaking engagements|Comments Off on Speaking Engagements for Helmer Friedman LLP
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