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Andrew H. Friedman, Ramit Mizrahi, Anthony J. Oncidi Author Article For the California Labor & Employment Law Review

January 2023 – 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 CASES OF 2022 – for the California Lawyers Association and the California Labor & Employment Law Review. The article can be viewed here.

2024-09-18T12:13:47-08:00January 9th, 2023|Andrew Friedman, employment law publications|Comments Off on Andrew H. Friedman, Ramit Mizrahi, Anthony J. Oncidi Author Article For the California Labor & Employment Law Review
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Pasadena County Bar Association Asks Andrew H. Friedman And Tony Oncidi To Reprise Their Annual Employment Law Update

Pasadena County Bar Association Annual Employment Law Update

January 18, 2023 – Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Pasadena County Bar Association has asked Andrew H. Friedman and Tony Oncidi to reprise their Annual Employment Law Update on January 18, 2023.

Andrew Friedman literally wrote The Book on Employment Law.

This program will mark the 4th time that Mr. Friedman and Mr. Oncidi have presented this program to the Beverly Hills Bar Association. The Labor and Employment Law Section describes the program: “2022 was another bumper year for employment law appellate decisions. This fast-paced panel will cover the top employment cases of the past year, including cases from the United States and California Supreme Courts, the Ninth Circuit, and California Courts of Appeal.” For more information and/or to register, please visit – https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/553442903570446604

2024-01-16T11:36:50-08:00December 8th, 2022|Andrew Friedman|Comments Off on Pasadena County Bar Association Asks Andrew H. Friedman And Tony Oncidi To Reprise Their Annual Employment Law Update
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Beverly Hills Bar Association Asks Annual Employment Law Update Beverly Hills Bar Association

Andrew H. Friedman and Tony Oncidi to Reprise Their Annual Employment Law Update for Beverly Hills Bar Association

Andrew Friedman wrote The Book on Employment Law.

January 31, 2023 – Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association has asked Andrew H. Friedman and Tony Oncidi to reprise their Annual Employment Law Update on January 31, 2023. This program will mark the 13th time that Mr. Friedman and Mr. Oncidi have presented this program to the Beverly Hills Bar Association. The Labor and Employment Law Section describes the program as: “The program presents a plaintiff and defense view of the key employment cases decided and California employment laws enacted in the past year. Emphasis will be placed on the practical implications of the year’s new cases and statutes.” For more information and/or to register, please visit – https://myemail.constantcontact.com/2022-Employment-Law-Year-In-Review.html?soid=1102591689817&aid=Hawlf-NIvm0

2023-01-23T17:56:29-08:00December 8th, 2022|Andrew Friedman|Comments Off on Beverly Hills Bar Association Asks Annual Employment Law Update Beverly Hills Bar Association
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Employment Practices Liability Symposium

Nation’s Leading Insurance Underwriting Society Invites Andrew H. Friedman To Speak At Its Employment Practices Liability Symposium

February 13, 2023 – Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (“PLUS”) has invited Andrew H. Friedman to its 2023 Annual Employment Practices Liability Symposium.

EPL Sessions February 2023

The Symposium will take place on February 13, 2013, in New York City. PLUS has asked Mr. Friedman to speak on a panel entitled “EPLI Trends from Coast to Coast” and the organization has described the panel topics as: “Hear from renowned plaintiffs’ counsel from New York and California on the latest trends in cases they are bringing and planning to bring in two of the most difficult jurisdictions and from a top defense attorney on defense counsels’ efforts to prepare their clients to for the next big thing.” To learn more about this Symposium and/or to register, please visit – https://plusweb.org/Events/Event-Info/sessionaltcd/EPL2023.

2023-01-09T07:42:30-08:00December 8th, 2022|Andrew Friedman|Comments Off on Employment Practices Liability Symposium
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Advanced Mediation – Practical Skills for Experienced Litigators

CLA Advanced Mediation Practical Skills for Experienced Employment Litigators.

Andrew H. Friedman to Speak at the California Lawyers Association’s Advanced Mediation Conference

December 1 & 2, 2022 – Helmer Friedman LLP is pleased to announce that the California Lawyers Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, has asked Andrew H. Friedman to speak at the organizations Advanced Mediation Conference: Practical Skills for Experienced Employment Litigators. Mr. Friedman will be speaking alongside many other plaintiff employment attorneys, defense employment attorneys, and mediators. The deadline to register for the Early Bird discounted price of just $75.00 is November 24, 2022. To learn more about this program and/or to register, please visit – https://pheedloop.com/2022AdvancedMediation/site/home/.

2022-11-01T08:45:28-08:00October 20th, 2022|Andrew Friedman, speaking engagements|Comments Off on Advanced Mediation – Practical Skills for Experienced Litigators
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Helmer Friedman LLP Welcomes New Attorney Erin Kelly

September 9, 2022 – Erin Kelly Attorney Beverly Hills Helmer Friedman LLP.Helmer Friedman LLP announces with great pleasure: that Erin Kelly, previously employed by the law office of Steven J. Kaplan, has joined them. Ms. Kelly, who received her B.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies from U.C. Berkeley, represents employees in all aspects of employment-related litigation, including wage and hour violation claims.

Ms. Kelly is admitted to practice in California State and the District of Columbia. While in law school, Ms. Kelly worked in the Civil Advocacy Clinic, where she represented employees in wage and hour law claims.

2023-02-08T08:59:32-08:00September 9th, 2022|employment law|Comments Off on Helmer Friedman LLP Welcomes New Attorney Erin Kelly
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Superior Court Boot Camp

Andrew H. Friedman to Speak at The Pincus 17th Annual Superior Court Boot Camp

October 7, 2022 – Andrew H. Friedman will speak at the 17th Annual Superior Court Boot Camp, presented by Pincus Professional Education. Mr. Friedman will be speaking alongside multiple Superior Court judges, including Hon. Lawrence H. Cho (Los Angeles Superior Court), Hon. Harold W. Hopp (Riverside Superior Court), Hon. Kira L. Klatchko (Riverside Superior Court) and Hon. Laura A. Seigle (Los Angeles Superior Court). Also speaking with Mr. Friedman will be many preeminent plaintiff and defendant employment attorneys and other litigators, including John L. Barber (Lewis Brisbois), Virginia Milstead (Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP), Kimberly A. Valentine (Valentine Law Group), John P. Blumberg (Blumberg Law Corporation), Damian D. Capozzola (The Law Offices of Damian D. Capozzola), Angel James Horacek (Law Offices of Angel J. Horacek, P.C.).

This practical, two-part webinar will cover a wide range of litigation topics – from pleadings, discovery, depositions, and motions to your CMC and pre-trial obligations and juries. Attendees will also get advice regarding trial, preserving the record, judgments, and post-trial motions.

The program organizer, Pincus Pro Ed, has created a 10% off “Friend of the Speaker” discount for speakers to pass along. This discount code is FOSSUPCT10. Feel free to pass along the program information and discount to any colleagues who may be interested in the program. They provide additional discounts for law firms sending four or more attorneys. To register for the event or to pre-order the recording, please visit the Pincus website – https://new.pincusproed.com/product/16th-annual-superior-court-boot-camp-the-nuts-and-bolts-ca-two-part-webinar/.

For more information about this program, please visit https://new.pincusproed.com/product/superior-court-boot-camp-17th-annual-the-nuts-and-bolts-ca/.

Please note that IN-PERSON attendance in LOS ANGELES is now SOLD OUT. However, you can still sign up for online attendance. If you’d like to be on the WAIT LIST for IN-PERSON in LOS ANGELES, please put a note in the Comments section when you register, or send Pincus an email at info@pincusproed.com or call us at (877) 858-3848.

Here is an overview of what will be covered.

The Early Stuff: Case Themes and Strategies, Advice on submitting Complaints & Answers; Demurrers and Motions to strike, CMCs

  • Complaints and Answers
  • Rules and timelines
  • How to do it
  • Strategies
  • Common mistakes
  • Demurrers/Motions to Strike
  • Demurrers v. Answers
  • Case Management Conference / Scheduling Your Case

 

Discovery

  • Regular Discovery in state court
  • Types in state court
  • Motions that occur during Discovery, including motions for sanctions
  • Overlooked Deadlines – if needed
  • Procedural Issues that are often missed/common mistakes
  • Strategies and choices
  • For Settlements
  • For Trial
  • Superior Court v. Federal Court
  • RFPs
  • E-Discovery
  • Latest State Rules, changes in rules
  • Strategies
  • Cost Saving Measures
  • Mistakes not to make
  • Important state cases
  • Motions to Compel

 

Depositions in State Court

  • Rules Strategies & Timelines for state court
  • State v. Federal rule differences and strategy differences
  • Deciding whom to depose
  • Taking good depositions – Mistakes not to make
  • Making effective use of depositions at trial in state court
  • Practical examples, discussion of anything in handout
  • Q&A

 

Pre-trial settlement procedures and advice

  • Final Status Conference
  • Trial Outline
  • Motions to Exclude Witnesses from Courtroom
  • Motions in Limine
  • Additional Motions
  • Ex parte applications
  • Continuances
  • Reconsideration
  • Motions for Sanctions
  • Motions to Exclude Witnesses from Courtroom
  • 998 offers

 

Pre-Trial Tasks, Selecting and Dealing with Your Jury

  • Preserving the record for appeal – mistakes not to make/what to make sure you do
  • Post-Trial Motions
  • Motion for a JNOV
  • Motion for a New Trial
  • Attorneys’ Fees
  • Determining “Prevailing Party” under CCP Sec. 998, 1032 & 1033
  • Filing Notice of Appeal
  • Judgments
  • Financial awards
  • Injunctive relief
  • Requirements for entry in jury trials per CCP664
  • How to enforce
2023-08-11T11:34:13-08:00August 3rd, 2022|Andrew Friedman, employment law, speaking engagements|Comments Off on Superior Court Boot Camp
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The Art Of The Deposition

The Rutter Group Invites Andrew H. Friedman To Speak About “The Art Of The Deposition”

On September 16, 2022, The Rutter Group will feature Andrew H. Friedman in a webinar entitled “The Art of the Deposition Winning the Trial Before Trial.” The Rutter Group describes the webinar as:

Contrary to popular opinion, trials generally turn not on what happens in the courtroom but on which party elicits the most useful deposition testimony. Formulating clear, probing deposition questions and genuinely listening to the deponent’s answers are critical to eliciting testimony that can be used later, sometimes much later, to achieve a successful outcome in the case. Presented by experienced trial counsel from both the plaintiff’s and the defendant’s side of the aisle, this “how to” program includes an actual mock deposition demonstration highlighting the techniques discussed during the program. Invaluable for both experienced and novice attorneys alike, this program will equip you with new ideas and helpful strategies for taking superior depositions and will give you the confidence in knowing you can!

Speaking with Mr. Friedman will be one of his former colleagues, Michael D. Stein of Tisdale & Nicholson, LLP. Mr. Stein is widely known for obtaining one of the largest jury verdicts in San Bernardino Superior Court history, $9.9 million dollars, on behalf of a young child severely shaken by a former daycare center operator. The case and verdict were featured in the National Law Journal, Lawyers Weekly U.S.A., and The Los Angeles Daily Journal and prompted the consideration of legislation to require California private daycare centers to maintain liability insurance.

Previously, Mr. Friedman and Mr. Stein worked together at Bryan Cave LLP (now known as Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP).

For more information about the webinar or to register, please visit https://www.theruttergroup.com/index.cfm?p=36&lp=299#presenters.

2023-07-26T07:43:25-08:00August 3rd, 2022|Andrew Friedman, speaking engagements|Comments Off on The Art Of The Deposition
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Employment Law Treatise Added to Case Text AI-Powered Database

Helmer Friedman LLP’s Two-Volume Employment Law Treatise Added To Nation’s Leading Electronic Legal Research Company’s Searchable Database

June 10, 2022 – Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that Casetext, the Nation’s leading provider of A.I.-powered legal research technology, has partnered with James Publishing, the Nation’s leading provider of practical law books, and will feature Andrew H. Friedman’s two-volume, 2,000-page employment law treatise – Litigating Employment Law Discrimination Cases (James Publishing 2005 – 2024) – in its electronic database. As part of the rollout of this new partnership, Valerie McConnell, Casetext’s Vice-President of User Success, released a video interview of Mr. Friedman about his book.

I am very excited that Casetext is collaborating with James Publishing to bring an even larger audience to my book. My Contributing Authors and I are hard at work on the 2023 edition of Litigating Employment Law Discrimination Cases and we couldn’t be more pleased that our treatise will now be available online and easily searchable with Casetext’s proprietary A.I.-powered legal research technology.

Commenting about the addition of his book to Casetext’s legal database, Mr. Friedman said “I am very excited that Casetext is collaborating with James Publishing to bring an even larger audience to my book. My Contributing Authors and I are hard at work on the 2023 edition of Litigating Employment Law Discrimination Cases and we couldn’t be more pleased that our treatise will now be available online and easily searchable with Casetext’s proprietary A.I.-powered legal research technology.”

 

About James Publishing

James Publishing is a leading affordable legal publisher. Since 1981, James Publishing has provided practical law books that are loaded with time-saving motions and pleadings, client letters, step-by-step procedural checklists, pattern arguments, model questions, and practice tips.
 
For more information, visit www.jamespublishing.com.

About Casetext

Casetext builds the most advanced A.I. legal technology available on the market today. Launched in 2013, Casetext provides lawyers with innovative tools to streamline critical elements of legal practice. Casetext offers powerful technology for legal research, brief drafting, knowledge management, discovery, and more. Over 10,000 law firms—including 40% of Am Law 200 firms—rely on Casetext to improve the efficiency of their law practice.
 
For more information, visit Casetext.com.

2024-11-20T14:45:57-08:00June 17th, 2022|employment law|Comments Off on Employment Law Treatise Added to Case Text AI-Powered Database
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Labor Employment Law Conference

Employment Law Year in Review

July 14-15, 2022 – 38th Annual Meeting of the Labor and Employment Law Section.Andrew Friedman speaks at 38th Annual Labor & Employement Law Conference.

Andrew Friedman and Anthony J. Oncidi will team up once again in this fast-paced presentation covering the top employment law cases from the past year, with an emphasis on the cases of greatest utility to employment law practitioners.

 

Register for 38th Annual Meeting – Labor and Employment Law.

2022-06-16T08:28:45-08:00June 16th, 2022|Andrew Friedman, Labor & Employment Law, speaking engagements|Comments Off on Labor Employment Law Conference
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