EMPLOYMENT LAWYER NEAR ME
Following the pandemic, most of the events in a lawsuit by an employee against their employer are handled virtually. The Employment Lawyers Group has been a multi-office employee law firm since the 1990s. However,the ability of an attorney to appear virtually in a courtroom throughout California, sign clients up on Zoom, and represent the clients in Zoom hearings does away with the notion cases against employers need local lawyers.
While we believe it is best for the client to appear personally at their deposition, arbitration, or trial that may not be an option. Most employers require their employees to sign agreements to arbitrate their disputes for wrongful termination, employment discrimination, and wages that may be owed. Even this many years past the pandemic, most arbitrators refuse tohave live hearings in arbitration trials. Similarly, most employers are still scheduling the employees’ depositions on Zoom instead of in their offices.
Clients seeking to start a lawsuit for wrongful termination, unpaid wages, harassment or discrimination based upon age,ethnicity, or race need to be realistic about how the modern legal world functions. Clients in civil litigation need to keep their Zoom apps up to date.While our attorneys may wish to be with our clients during important aspects oftheir cases such as arbitration and depositions, the other side might be elsewhere.
Clients also need to assess whether they want a local employment attorney. Most employment lawyers congregate in Los Angeles County, Alameda County, and San Francisco County. There are also some lawyers in various parts of Orange County and San Diego County. Clients might be best served obtaining the law firm who is most capable regardless of where they are located.
WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO IF I WANT TO SUE MY EMPLOYER?
The first step in getting an employment lawyer is to call 877-525-0700. Texts and emails are not the way to go. The Employment Lawyers Group has been around a long time, and probably handled a case very similar to yours down to the industry you worked in and your job title. A telephone conversation allows us to ask the right questions. It takes too long to communicate about a lawsuit via text. While clients might find particular things relevant, emails from clients usually focus on matters that are not legally relevant while ignoring the legally relevant aspects of the dispute.
After making contact with the Employment Lawyers Group, via telephone, we will set up an appointment. We would prefer to havethe appointment on Zoom. If you do not know how to use technology, and do not use Zoom we can schedule a telephone call. It is no longer our preference todrive to wherever it is you live and have an initial face to face meeting. In order to serve the best clients on the best cases in California, we need to be able to meet clients in multiple cities each day while attending to legal matters in multiple cities each day. The exception are large group actions. If your case involves many people such a case in which your entire department or a number of your coworkers experienced the same failure to pay situation, or sexual harassment we will schedule an in-person group meeting. Our standards are the same as other law firms in terms of whether we will have initial client meetings in person versus virtually. Coming into the lawyer’s physical officefor every client meeting is no longer the standard.
The next step is signing paperwork stating our lawfirm will represent you, and on what terms. These papers should be signed viaAdobe docusign. We can mail them or email them. Until we have a signed retainer agreement, we have not undertaken the responsibility of representing a client.
HOW LONG WILL MY CASE TAKE
To put it bluntly, if you want a lot of money andthat is why you came to our law firm and not another, you need to let the litigation process take its course. We are quite comfortable working towards large settlements, trial dates, and actually trying employment cases. We know the steps to get top dollar on employment lawsuits. We also know what has to be proven, and what the client must do. The Employment Lawyers Group will spend significant time on your case. The work will be done by experienced attorneys.We do not have case managers. Non-lawyers do not have roles suitable for attorneys.
The court system is not fast moving. The rules for serving documents and due process are not fast moving. Employers often try to do whatever they can to delay the lawsuit. Sometimes it takes time to build the case. Additionally, successful cases are usually mediated by the right mediatorwho is probably not available for months.
Do you want to try to get $100,000-$1,000,000 on yourcase, or are you looking for a fast settlement? If you are looking for a fastsettlement of under $30,000, we have attorneys we can refer you to. However, very few lawyers are willing to write a demand letter and try to settlement anemployment case before filing a lawsuit. Employment cases rarely settle prior to a lawsuit being filed, and if they do it is usually for a very small amountof money.
Our average case value is $100,000-$1,000,000. If you have limited lost wages, and have not treated with a therapist it takes a certain law firm to get you that kind of money for wrongful termination, forced to quit, and sexual harassment cases. Our wage and hour case results are often large and might involve more than one employee who was similarly wronged. We have experience trying wage and hour cases for large groups of people. Very few law firms in California do. Welcome to the Employment Lawyers Group.
Call 877-525-0700 if you are serious about trying to get a lot of money from your employer
Our Firm: No upfront fees or costs
Contingency Fee Representation
All employment cases for employees are taken on a contingency basis. We are only paid a fee when and if we win your case, and we advance all litigation costs. Our goal is to make expert legal representation accessible to every hardworking employee.
Serving Bakersfield County
We have proudly served all of Bakersfield County since 1993.
The Employment Lawyers Group has successfully handled
2,000+
Separate California Employment Cases
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Daily Journal
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HR Magazine
WSJ
The Wall Street Journal
Sample Case Results
Employment Case
$18,402,868
Jury verdict for male visually harassed and subject to crude comments by a female manager
breach of commission contract
$1,150,000
Unpaid commissions of two plaintiffs
unpaid wages
$875,000
For 4 oil field service industry workers whose times worked were not recorded on timesheets and were on-call
Disclaimer: These results are based on the facts of these specific cases and do not guarantee or predict a similar result in any future case.
Practice Areas
Discrimination
Age, Disability, Family Medical Leave (FMLA/CFRA), Gender, National Origin, Pregnancy, Race, and Sexual Orientation claims.
Unpaid Wages & Overtime
Recovering earnings for Overtime, Bonuses, Commissions, Meal & Rest Breaks, and Prevailing Wage violations.
Sexual Harassment
Compassionate and effective representation for victims of sexual harassment and hostile work environment claims.
Wrongful Termination
Representing employees terminated in violation of public policy, contracts, or California and Federal law.
Leaves & Retaliation
Protecting employees who face adverse actions after reporting illegal activity or taking protected medical leave.
Whistleblowers
Advocating for employees who report fraud, waste, or abuse in their organizations under whistleblower protections.
Our California Locations
Bakersfield
5401 Business Park S, #214,
Bakersfield CA 93309
Los Angeles
Orange County
Riverside
Sacramento
777 Campus Commons Rd, #200,
Sacramento CA 95825
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Francisco
524 Union St, #400,
San Francisco CA 94133
San Jose
Sherman Oaks
Torrance
Ventura
Additional Sites
BostonLaborLaw.com
DcLaborAttorney.com
FresnoEmployeeLawyer.com
JobLawyer.net
MarylandLaborAttorney.com
ModemStud.com
VintageLosAngeles.org
WorkLawyerCA.info
About Firm Founder, Karl Gerber
Firm Founder, Karl Gerber, has been an employment wrongful termination attorney since 1993. He has represented a wide range of employees throughout California.
Mr. Gerber has won 51 of the binding arbitrations and jury trials he first chaired, and a number of his appeals are published. This deep trial experience is the foundation of the firm's strategic approach to litigation.
The employment attorneys employed by the Employment Lawyers Group have worked at the firm well in excess of five years, have also tried many different labor cases, and have all been extensively trained on employment wrongful termination by Karl Gerber.
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