December 2018 – Best Lawyers Magazine has selected Gregory D. Helmer and Andrew H. Friedman as “Best Lawyers” for 2019 in the category of Labor and Employment Law.
January 2019 – January 16, 2019, Andrew H. Friedman will speak on recent developments and trends in employment law at the Alameda County Bar Association, 1000 Broadway, Suite 290, Oakland, CA 94607. Mr. Friedman will reprise his traditional “annual update of employment law cases” along-side his long-time speaking partner, Anthony “Tony” Oncidi of Proskauer Rose. During their presentation, they will cover new cases and statutes shaping labor and employment practices in California. Specific topics will include harassment, discrimination, retaliation, disability accommodations, wage and hour updates, arbitration agreements and class actions. For more information and to register please go to https://www.acbanet.org/calendar/
Speaking to a completely packed ballroom at the Loews Coronado Bay Hotel in San Diego, Andrew H. Friedman (with Helmer Friedman LLP) and Ramit Mizrahi (with Mizrahi Law) reprised their traditional animated and fast-paced annual update on all things employment law at the California Employment Lawyers Association 31st Annual Employment Law Conference.
Santa Barbara, CA – Andrew H. Friedman will be speaking at the Continuing Education of the Bar’s (“CEB”) Basics Conference 2018: Employment Litigation on Thursday, September 20, 2018, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mr. Friedman, joined by Anthony J. Oncidi of Proskauer Rose LLP, will be speaking on the fundamentals of discovery in employment litigation.
CEB’s Basics Conference 2018: Employment Litigation will take place at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort (formerly the Fess Parker Resort).
To learn more about this program or to register for the CEB’s Basics Conference 2018: Employment Litigation, please go to https://ceb.com/basics-2018-employment-law
San Diego, CA – Andrew H. Friedman will be speaking at the California Lawyers Association’s Annual Meeting in San Diego, California on Friday, September 14, 2018 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Mr. Friedman and Anthony J. Oncidi of Proskauer Rose LLP will be reprising their renowed “annual employment law update” which the California Lawyers Association describes as: “n this fast-paced discussion the presenters will review recent employment law cases with an emphasis on those cases of most utility to the employment practitioner, whether plaintiff, defense or neutral.”
The California Lawyers Association’s Annual Meeting will take place at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina.
To learn more about this program or to register for the California Lawyers Association’s Annual Meeting, please go to https://calawyers.org/Annual-Meeting
Beverly Hills, CA – Taylor Markey, fresh off of her judicial clerkship for the Honorable Justice Norman L. Epstein of the California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Four, has joined Helmer Friedman LLP effective August 6, 2018.
Ms. Markey received her J.D. from UCLA School of Law, where she graduated in the top ten percent of her class, receiving Order of the Coif honors. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California, where she studied Neuroscience and Philosophy.
Helmer Friedman LLP is extremely excited to welcome Ms. Markey.
Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that the prestigious Law Dragon legal media company has selected Andrew H. Friedman for inclusion in its “Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers” publication. In announcing its leading 500 plaintiff employment attorneys, Law Dragon explained, “The 500 were chosen in our research-driven, journalistic process that vets the views of peers and competitors, and recognizes those who are winning big for workers.” To view the entire Lawdragon list of 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers, please click here – http://www.lawdragon.com/2018/08/03/lawdragon-500-leading-plaintiff-employment-lawyers/
For plaintiff employment law attorneys, the most notable developments of 2017 (and early 2018) are the staggering steps that the administration in Washington has taken to eviscerate the rights of employees. Indeed, immediately upon taking office, the administration launched a wide-ranging crusade to curtail employee protections in virtually every area impacting the employment relationship from wage and hour laws to anti-discrimination laws to occupational health and safety laws and regulations, to the unionized workplace.
Luckily, for those plaintiff employment lawyers living in California, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., the California State Legislature, and the appellate courts, whether federal or state, have continued to protect and expand employee rights. This is particularly true not just with regard to recent employment-related legislation but also with respect to cases addressing summary judgment where the Ninth Circuit and the California Courts of Appeal have continued a recent trend of reversing grants of summary judgment favoring employers and, in doing so, explaining why most employment cases should be decided by a jury.
This article will briefly summarize new employment-related legislation and then examine what appears to be a growing recognition by the courts that summary judgment is usually inappropriate in employment cases…
To read the entire article, please go to https://www.cela.org/bulletin/february-2018/practice-guide/
Santa Monica, CA – On Friday, May 11, 2018 (which actually is not the first Friday in May), the Employment Law Section of the Santa Monica Bar Association will feature Andrew H. Friedman of Helmer Friedman LLP and Anthony J. Oncidi of Proskauer Rose performing yet another repeat of their annual review of employment law cases. During this repeat performance, Messrs. Friedman and Oncidi will present a comprehensive review of the most significant developments in California employment law in the past year. The presentation will take place Inotheke (reputed to be one of the best Greek restaurants in the Country), 606 Broadway Ave., Ste 101, Santa Monica, CA 90401. To register for this event or learn more about it, please go to http://www.smba.net/event-2829504
San Francisco, CA – On Thursday, April 12, 2018, the newly formed California Lawyer’s Association will feature Andrew H. Friedman of Helmer Friedman LLP and Anthony J. Oncidi of Proskauer Rose reprising their annual “A Review of Recent Employment Law Cases” during which they engage in a fast-paced discussion of recent employment law cases with an emphasis on those cases of most utility to the employment practitioner whether plaintiff, defense, or neutral. The Employment Law Annual Meeting will take place JW Marriott Union Square, 515 Mason Street, San Francisco, California. To register for this event or learn more about it, please go to http://calawyers.org/Sections/Labor-Employment-Law/Education/Labor-Employment-Law-Annual-Meeting-and-Public-Sector-Conference
