Los Angeles County Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section Appoints Steven G. Pearl to Executive Committee

The Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) Labor and Employment Law Section (LEL) has appointed Steven G. Pearl to serve on its Executive Committee. Mr. Pearl now serves on the LEL Executive Committees for both LACBA and the State Bar of California.

LACBA LEL is the nation's premiere organization serving labor and employment law professionals. The Section offers more educational programs and other activities than any other organization of its kind in the country. It provides its more than 1,200 members an opportunity to meet and share ideas informally with employment law practitioners, union and management representatives, government personnel, arbitrators, and academicians.

Steven G. Pearl is a SuperLawyer™ mediator and attorney in Los Angeles, California. He focuses on wage and hour litigation, class actions, and unfair competition litigation.

"California Wage and Hour Law and Litigation" Wins International "Best Publication" Award

California Wage and Hour Law and Litigation, co-authored by Steven G. Pearl, is the "Best Publication" of 2011, according to the Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA), an international organization devoted to improving the performance of CLE professionals. ACLEA's annual awards are highly competitive, and the winning projects represent the highest level of achievement for the staff and authors involved.

California Wage and Hour Law and Litigation is published by California Education of the Bar (CEB), California's leading legal publisher. The treatise is available here.

Steven G. Pearl is a SuperLawyer™ mediator and attorney in Los Angeles, California. He focuses on wage and hour litigation, class actions, and unfair competition litigation.

Pearl Law Firm Associate Leonard H. Sansanowicz Authors Amicus Letters in Lamps Plus Overtime Cases

Pearl Law Firm associate Leonard H. Sansanowicz has authored a pair of amicus curiae letters to the California Supreme Court on behalf of the California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA), asking the Court to or grant review in In re. Lamps Plus Overtime Cases (5/10/11) 195 Cal.App.4th 389.

Lamps Plus, discussed in detail here, addresses a number of issues, Labor Code section 226 and 203 issues and the proper interpretation of California's meal and rest period requirements. This issue is before the California Supreme Court in Brinker v. Superior Court (Hohnbaum).

Mr. Sansanowicz focuses his practice on wage and hour litigation, class actions, and unfair competition. Mr. Sansanowicz earned his law degree at Loyola Law School, where he served as a Senior Articles Editor of the Loyola Law Review of Los Angeles, was a member of the nationally ranked Byrne Trial Advocacy competition team, and served as a board member of the Jewish Students Law Association, La Raza, and the Public Interest Law Foundation.

CELA is a state-wide organization of more than 1,000 California attorneys whose members represent employees in employment law matters. Mr. Sansanowicz serves on CELA's Wage and Hour, Legislative, and Amicus Committees.

State Bar Labor and Employment Law Section Asks Steven G. Pearl to Author Wage and Hour Law Updates

The State Bar of California's Labor and Employment Law Section has asked Steven G. Pearl to author a series of Wage and Hour Law updates for its quarterly publication, the California Labor & Employment Law Review.

Steven G. Pearl is a SuperLawyer™ mediator and attorney in Los Angeles, California. He focuses on wage and hour litigation, class actions, and unfair competition litigation.

State Bar of California Appoints Steven G. Pearl to Labor and Employment Law Section Executive Committee

The State Bar of California, Labor and Employment Law Section has appointed Steven G. Pearl to serve on its Executive Committee. Mr. Pearl will serve from 2011 to 2014.

The Section furthers the knowledge of its members in labor law and employment issues and provides a forum for California's labor lawyers and non-lawyers with an interest in labor relations and employment issues. It publishes the quarterly California Labor & Employment Law Review.

Steven G. Pearl is a SuperLawyer™ mediator and attorney in Los Angeles, California. He focuses on wage and hour litigation, class actions, and unfair competition litigation.

Pearl Law Firm Associate Leonard H. Sansanowicz Authors Amicus Letters in Tien v. Tenet Healthcare

Pearl Law Firm associate Leonard H. Sansanowicz authored a pair of amicus curiae letters to the California Supreme Court on behalf of the California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA), asking the Court to depublish or grant review in Tien v. Tenet Healthcare Corp. (2/16/11) 2011 WL 523611.

Tien, discussed in detail here, addressed a number of issues, including proper interpretation of California's meal and rest period requirements. These issues are before the California Supreme Court in Brinker v. Superior Court (Hohnbaum). On May 18, 2001, the Court granted review in Tien and deferred further action pending its decision in Brinker.

Mr. Sansanowicz focuses his practice on wage and hour litigation, class actions, and unfair competition. Mr. Sansanowicz earned his law degree at Loyola Law School, where he served as a Senior Articles Editor of the Loyola Law Review of Los Angeles, was a member of the nationally ranked Byrne Trial Advocacy competition team, and served as a board member of the Jewish Students Law Association, La Raza, and the Public Interest Law Foundation.

California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA) is a state-wide organization of more than 1,000 California attorneys whose members represent employees in employment law matters. Mr. Sansanowicz serves on CELA's Wage and Hour and Legislative Committees.

Steven G. Pearl to Speak at Consumer Attorneys Convention in Las Vegas

The Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) has asked Steven G. Pearl to speak at its Annual Convention on September 9, 2011, at the Palazzo Resort in Las Vegas. Mr. Pearl will address misclassification issues in wage and hour class actions.

Steven G. Pearl is a SuperLawyer™ mediator and attorney in Los Angeles, California. He focuses on wage and hour litigation, class actions, and unfair competition litigation.

Steven G. Pearl to Moderate Discussion on Practice Development

On June 9, 2011, Steven G. Pearl will moderate a panel discussion for the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section on "Developing and Sustaining an Employment Law Firm: Plaintiff, Defense, and Mixed Plaintiff/Defense Practices."

This interactive program will explore effective strategies for developing business through using new media as well as through more traditional means, profitability and marketing issues facing employment lawyers in today's business climate, and innovative means of staffing cases and compensating associates, including co-counsel arrangements. Whether one represents individuals, businesses, government entities, insurance company interests, or a combination of all of the above, this program will offer practical tips and guidance for those running their own firms and those who hope to do so one day in the foreseeable future.

The panel takes place on June 9, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Joining Mr. Pearl will be Nick Ebrahimian of Lavi & Ebrahimian, Jack Schaedel of Hernandez, Schaedel & Associates, and Julianna Yasinski of Yasinski & Jones.

Steven G. Pearl is a SuperLawyer™ mediator and attorney in Los Angeles, California. He focuses on wage and hour litigation, class actions, and unfair competition litigation.

Steven G. Pearl to Speak on "Master Mediators" Panel

The Southern California Mediation Association has invited Steven G. Pearl to speak at its Annual Employment Mediation Conference on May 21, 2011. The panel is entitled "Master Mediators: After the Mediation, It’s Never over Even When It’s Over" and will feature Mr. Pearl, along with will-known mediators Hon. Diane Wayne (Ret.), Sandy Gage, and Gene Moscovitch. Nikki Tolt will moderate. Information on the Conference is available from SCMA.

Steven G. Pearl is a SuperLawyer™ mediator and attorney in Los Angeles, California. He focuses on wage and hour litigation, class actions, and unfair competition litigation.

Steven G. Pearl Appears on "After Hours" Video Podcast

Steven G. Pearl has appeared on After Hours, a video podcast series hosted by Arent Fox partner and management-side litigator Harry Johnson. Mr. Pearl and Mr. Johnson discussed trends in wage and hour law, the dangers of overly zealous litigation tactics, and how to make the most of settlement opportunities. The video is available here.

After Hours is a video podcast series hosted by Harry Johnson, a management-side litigator in Los Angeles who is a Partner in Arent Fox’s national Labor Employment & OSHA Group. Follow the Program on Twitter@HJ_mgmt_attyand/or email the program at afterhours@arentfox.com.