February 28, 2024 – Helmer Friedman LLP is pleased to announce that JAMS: Mediation, Arbitration and ADR Services has invited Andrew H. Friedman and Tony Oncidi (of Proskauer) to provide a private reprise of their infamous Annual Employment Law for the organization’s neutrals on Wednesday, February 28, 2024.
March 1, 2024 – Helmer Friedman LLP is pleased to announce that the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Santa Clara County Bar Association has invited Andrew H. Friedman and Tony Oncidi (of Proskauer) to reprise their infamous Annual Employment Law on Friday, March 1, 2024.
For more information about or to register for the Santa Clara County Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section’s webinar – Review of 2023 Labor & Employment Law Cases & Statutes, please visit https://members.sccba.com/event-calendar/Details/review-of-2023-labor-employment-law-cases-statutes-1050719?sourceTypeId=Website
March 28, 2024 – Helmer Friedman LLP is pleased to announce that the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association has invited Andrew H. Friedman and Tony Oncidi (of Proskauer) to reprise their infamous Annual Employment Law Update at the Section’s 44th Annual Labor & Employment Law Symposium on Thursday, March 28, 2024, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in downtown Los Angeles. The LACBA Labor and Employment Law Section describes the Friedman-Oncidi panel as follows: “2023 produced a blizzard of new employment laws and appellate decisions. To bring you up to speed, Andrew H. Friedman of Helmer Friedman LLP and Tony Oncidi of Proskauer Rose LLP will reprise their infamous annual update on employment law. During their presentation, Mr. Friedman and Mr. Oncidi will cover not only the new employment laws but also the top employment law cases from the past year, with an emphasis on the cases of greatest utility to employment law practitioners.”
January 2024 – On January 16, 2024, Pincus Professional Education will be presenting an extended and more in-depth version of the annual employment law review that Andrew H. Friedman and Tony Oncidi perform for many state and local bar associations up-and-down the California coast. More information about the presentation that Mr. Friedman and Mr. Oncidi will be providing for Pincus Professional Education can be accessed at https://new.pincusproed.com/product/2nd-annual-employment-law-year-in-review-2023-new-cases-and-laws-ca-federal-recorded-package/
January 2024 – The Pasadena and Beverly Hills Bar Associations have asked Andrew H. Friedman and Tony Oncidi of Proskauer to reprise their famous “Annual Review of Employment Cases” for their respective Labor and Employment Law Sections. Those presentations will take place on January 19th and 24th, 2022, respectively.
During their presentations, Mr. Friedman and Mr. Oncidi will cover the top employment law cases from the past year, with an emphasis on the cases of greatest utility to employment law practitioners. Mr. Friedman and Mr. Oncidi have been providing their annual update of employment law cases to the California legal community – up and down the state – for more than a decade including to the following bar associations and organizations: The Alameda County Bar Association, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the California Lawyers Association, the Employment Round Table of Southern California, Pincus Professional Education, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Pasadena Bar Association, the Santa Clara County Bar Association, the Santa Monica Bar Association, and the State Bar of California.
January 2024 – Andrew H. Friedman, Ramit Mizrahi (an employment law mediator with The Mizrahi Law Firm), and Anthony “Tony” J. Oncidi (a partner in and Co-Chair of the Labor and Employment Department of Proskauer Rose LLP – a defense-side employment law firm) have once again co-authored an article – THE TOP EMPLOYMENT CASES OF 2023 – for the California Lawyers Association and the California Labor & Employment Law Review. The article can be viewed here.
January 2024 – According to the California Bar Association, there are over 70,000 lawyers in the Southern California area. Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that the lawyer rating service Super Lawyers has named Andrew H. Friedman to its list of the Top 100 attorneys in Southern California. The complete Top 100 list can be found here.
Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that the Labor and Employment Law Section of the California Lawyers Association has asked Andrew H. Friedman and Tony Oncidi to reprise their Annual Employment Law Update on December 12, 2023. The Labor and Employment Law Section describes the program as: “A comprehensive review of the most significant employment law cases from 2023 every employment law practitioner should know.” For more information and/or to register, please visit – https://calawyers.org/event/webinar-a-3-year-review-of-the-most-significant-employment-law-cases/
Big news! We’re thrilled to share that one of our very own attorneys, Erin Kelly, has been featured in the latest edition of Advocate Magazine! The article, titled “Discovery Aimed At Defeating An Arbitration Clause in Employment Cases,” is a fascinating read that highlights the importance of pre-hearing discovery in keeping a case in court. Erin offers some great tips and real-life examples on how to uncover evidence that can defeat a motion to compel arbitration.
Advocate Magazine is the largest magazine for plaintiffs’ trial attorneys in the United States and is owned by the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA). This is Erin’s second article to be published by the magazine – she’s really making waves in the industry! We’re so proud of her achievement and can’t wait to see what she does next.
We at Helmer Friedman LLP are thrilled to announce that Gregory D. Helmer has been recognized for his exceptional work in Employment Law in The Best Lawyers in America® 2023 edition.
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