In employment litigation we typically represent employees. We do also represent employers from time to time. We typically represent employees who are seeking compensation because they feel that they have been terminate in a manner that is against California or other applicable law.

And, the first thing that we do when we interview perspective employees for litigation is to determine the grounds upon which they were terminated and to make and evaluation as to whether that is, in fact, against California law. Because, most employees don’t understand that being fired because they did a bad job when, in fact, they didn’t or being fired because, you know, someone doesn’t like them or was verbally abusive to them in and of itself is not necessarily actionable under the law.

So, we like to ask whether they have a written employment contract or whether they have been discriminated against due to age, nationality, sexual orientation, disability, and the list goes on.