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 Will California Turn the Corner? |
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Allen Graves represents employers and employees in all aspects of employment law including class actin, wrongful discharge, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage hour litigation. He has represented employers before California state courts, federal courts in California, Colorado and Nevada, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, and the California Labor Commissioner. Mr. Graves’ experience includes large-scale class action litigation representing some of the nations largest employers, and counseling and representation of may small and medium sized employers as well. He has extensive experience in the use of statistical analysis both in class action and individual plaintiff litigation. He lectures regularly to both legal consumers and attorneys on a verity of topics including internal investigations of discrimination claims, the use of statistical analysis in employment law claims, and general employment law. Mr. Graves received his B.S. Degree with honors, from the University of Texas at Arlington, and his J.D., with honors, from the University of Michigan. Prior to founding Graves & Associates, Mr. Graves was associated with the employment law department at Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker. During his tenure at Paul Hastings, that firm was ranked by American Lawyer as the best employment law practice in America.
Brent Giddens, partner
Richard J. Simmons, partner Mr. Silverii received his Juris Doctor from Southwestern University, School of Law in 1979, and bachelor’s degree from California State University at Northridge. He was admitted to the California State Bar in 1979, and began practicing civil litigation in the areas of liability defense and business law. Mr. Silverii is admitted to practice before the Unites States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit, and the United Stated District Court for the Southern and Central Districts of California. Mr. Silverii also participated in a special pro bono program with the Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney, and prosecuted criminal jury trials. Also, when Mr. Silverii was doing business litigation, he was an attorney for the plaintiff in the landmark case of Baar v. Tigerman (1983) 140 Cal.App.3d 979, in which the immunity protection for arbitrators was pierced. As a result, Mr. Silverii has authored various articles on arbitration, including one entitled “Commercial Arbitration-Safeguards Needed?” (4 CEB California Business Law Rptr.) Mr. Silverii’s professional affiliations include membership in the State Bar of California, Orange County Workers’ Compensation Forum, Los Angeles and Orange County Bar Association, Southern California Self-Insured Association, a member of the section on workers’ compensation with the State Bar of California, as well as a member of the California Workers’ Compensation Defense Attorneys Association.
George S. Howard Jr., partner Mr. Howard practices employment and labor law on behalf of management. He is co-leader of Pillsbury Winthrop's Trade Secrets Practice Team. He is one of a handful of San Diego–area management labor lawyers selected for inclusion in the 2003 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, and was also listed in all editions beginning in 1993. Mr. Howard is Chair of The Employers Group Legal Committee, a group of sixteen California employment lawyers who represent the interests of employers, as amicus curiae, in appeals of important employment cases in California. He has been a member of the Employers Group Legal Committee since 1997. Mr. Howard has tried several major employment cases including multi-week bench and jury cases. He has tried numerous shorter employment matters to judges, administrative law judges and arbitrators. He has handled a large number of employment–related lawsuits through pretrial proceedings including employment discrimination, wage/hour, harassment, trade secret and wrongful termination matters. He has extensive experience in union management relations and collective bargaining. He also has trial experience in contract, warranty and real estate cases. Mr. Howard is a senior editor of The Rutter Group's California Employment Litigation Practice Guide, first published in 2002. In 1999/2000, he was instrumental in negotiating the first collective bargaining agreement in California between a labor organization and a federally-recognized Indian Tribe. In 1995, Mr. Howard conducted sexual harassment training, along with two other attorneys, for staff and Justices of three of the California Courts of Appeal and for the California Supreme Court. He is a past president of the San Diego Chapter of the Industrial Relations Research Association. He appeared as the legal expert in an educational video entitled "Romance in the Workplace," produced by The Employers Group. He is a frequent speaker on employment law topics for groups such as the California Administrative Office of the Courts, The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Technical Assistance Program, The Rutter Group, The San Diego Police Department, The University of Southern California Institute for Corporate Counsel and many others. From 1986 through March 1999, Mr. Howard was chair of the labor and employment practice group at the San Diego law firm of Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP. |
