EMPLOYMENT LAW
~Recovery For 1300 Employees~
In 2011, we assisted 1300 employees and recovered a record eight figure settlement against a major Southern California employer, on class action basis, for unpaid overtime, unpaid meal & rest breaks, misclassification of non-exempt employees, and fraud for trying to cover up the misclassification. The case was the only class action within recent history to be certified by a Court, to include a cause of action for Fraud.
~Recovery For Two Former Waitresses~
On July 24 and 25, 2012, this firm filed two lawsuits in Los Angeles Superior Court, East District, on behalf of two former waitresses of a Korean BBQ restaurant in Rowland Heights, claiming for unpaid overtime, disallowed rest breaks, and interrupted meal breaks, for the four years they worked at the restaurant.
On September 10, 2013, this firm filed a third lawsuit, expanding liability to an additional corporate entity and two individual alter egos hiding behind all corporate entitles. All three lawsuits were consolidated shortly prior to trial.
On October 29, 2014, the final day of trial, the employer settled for $250,000 with payments made in cashier’s check. Pre-trial offer from defendant employer was $10,000.
BUSINESS LAW
~Recovery For A Business Client~
As published in the Daily Journal, Verdicts and Settlement, after having litigated to remove a Receiver previously appointed by Court, this firm filed suit on November 12, 2013, in Los Angeles Central District Federal Court, against various defendants, including the Receiver personally, for fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud.
The litigation involved a large fish food product company, who at the time owed millions of dollars in debt to various vendors, including this firm’s client who supplied millions of dollars in fish products from China.
Case resulted in a favorable judgment in the amount of $16,410,000. Judgment was entered on January 28, 2014 by a Federal Judge in the Central District of Los Angeles. As of November 2014, over ten million dollars have been collected to date.