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13418 Ventura Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 91423

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Practice Areas: Employment and Labor Law - Representing Employees in Cases involving terminations of employment, serious harassment, unpaid commissions, overtime, and employers refusing to allow employees to work.

We never ask clients to pay any money up front, or to advance any costs. If we do not believe there is a reasonable chance of winning your case, we do not take it.

Our clients include employees from all types of industries, at all levels, ranging from workers earning less than minimum wage to employees earning more than a million dollars a year. We have represented all sorts of professionals including attorneys, chief financial officers, high technology sales directors earning seven figure salaries, operations managers, high end sales people, counselors, teachers, and insurance adjusters. We also frequently represent employees working in food service, cashiers, mechanics, drivers, dispatchers, clerical workers, nurses, construction workers, warehouse workers, medical assistants, bank workers, aerospace engineers, call center operators, receptionists, IT professionals, garment factory workers, accountants, entertainment industry workers, and janitors.

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Number of Attorneys:

We have four lawyers in our Los Angeles County Office.

Spoken Languages:

Armenian, English, Farsi, French, Spanish

Office Location(s):

Oxnard, Sherman Oaks.

We handle cases across the state, and have offices in many other locations.

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Since 1993, firm founder Karl Gerber has won in excess of $100,000,000 in verdicts, settlements and arbitration awards for workers in more than 1,200 cases. Mr. Gerber has never lost a trial or arbitration that he has been the first chair of. Overall, the firms success rate is near 100%.

Practice Areas:

Civil Rights / ADA
Sexual Harassment
Employment and Labor

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About the Attorney:

Karl Gerber has been nominated for 2010 as a Southern California Super Lawyer which is a designation based upon other lawyers voting and then verification by Super Lawyer. Less than 5% of the attorneys nationwide achieve this status of receiving enough votes from other lawyers and judges to be designated a Super Lawyer.

Mr. Gerber handles all types of labor disputes including, but not limited to, discrimination cases (including pregnancy, medical issues, disability, etc.), wrongful termination, sexual harassment, lawsuits regarding unpaid wages, and contracts. In the last few years Mr. Gerber has received particular recognition amongst the legal profession as being regarded as an expert in the field of sexual harassment and the recovery of unpaid wages on behalf of groups of employees under Labor Code Section 2699. Recently, the Los Angeles Daily Journal, Southern California’s daily newspaper for lawyers, quoted Mr. Gerber as being “an expert in sexual harassment.” Mr. Gerber has also been on the cutting edge of Labor Code Section 2699 writing a published article on the subject, speaking at a convention for Labor lawyers on Labor Code Section 2699, and receiving continuing education credit for providing a continuing education lecture to labor lawyers on the topic of Labor Code Section 2699.

Mr. Gerber’s articles on employment and labor law have been published in a wide variety of places from legal periodicals to a newspaper specifically dealing with issues relating to pregnancy. Recently, a national journal quickly picked up Mr. Gerber’s article on mediation.

Mr. Gerber regularly supervises, mentors, and works jointly with his associate attorneys. Mr. Gerber also handles some of the firm’s largest cases, without any help. Besides litigating cases through adjudication, Mr. Gerber practices appellate law with a high rate of success.

Mr. Gerber is considered so good at what he does, he was asked by corporate counsel in charge of litigation Mr. Gerber brought on behalf of a client, to handle the attorney’s own labor case. He has also been asked by executives he has deposed in an adversarial fashion to represent them on their labor disputes. This year, a supermarket chain Mr. Gerber went up against asked him to provide sexual harassment training for their management following the conclusion of the case.

In recent years, Mr. Gerber’s clients have included, amongst other professionals, attorneys, chief financial officers, high technology sales directors earning seven figure salaries, operations managers, high end sales people, counselors, teachers, and insurance adjusters. Mr. Gerber also frequently represents employees working in food service, gas stations cashiers, mechanics, drivers, dispatchers, clerical departments, construction, warehouses, medical offices, bank workers, and aerospace engineers.

Mr. Gerber has also developed a focus in his practice aimed at representing Hispanic women who have been sexually harassed. In numerous cases he has obtained recoveries for these often low wage workers who do not speak English, in the mid $200,000.00 range. Since high school, Mr. Gerber has been trying to learn as much Spanish as possible. Besides taking classes, Mr. Gerber has traveled to Mexico for vacation, and kept his boat in Ensenada for several months which allowed him to visit most weekends during that period of time. Although he is able to read and understand most Spanish, Mr. Gerber prefers to handle cases on behalf of monolingual clients with a bi-lingual associate attorney and/or one of the native Spanish speakers employed by the Employment Lawyer’s Group.

Although Mr. Gerber’s cases often involve large recoveries, his criteria for taking a case is not how much it may be worth. Mr. Gerber takes cases because it is the right thing to do because of legal or ethical principles.

Professional Association Memberships:

National Employment Lawyers Association

Labor and Employment Section of the California State Bar

Ratings:

Karl Gerber was elected a 2010 Superlawyer

Karl Gerber has served as an expert on Employment Law in more than forty states

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Personal Achievements

Community Service:

Prior to having his own family, Mr. Gerber was a Jewish Big Brother.

Mr. Gerber, and his family, are walkers and supports of the National MS Foundation, Ovarian Cancer Walk, and Breast Cancer Awareness Organization.

Personal Notes:

Mr. Gerber had such a fervent interest in becoming a lawyer, he left high school at sixteen to get an early start. At the age of 16, Mr. Gerber began working, after college, for lawyers representing individuals. At 20, Mr. Gerber graduated from college, and at 23 he graduated from law school. Mr. Gerber passed the bar examination, on the first try, at 24. Wasting no time, the day after the bar results were released, Mr. Gerber went to the Van Nuys Courthouse and had a court clerk swear him in as an attorney. Later that day, Mr. Gerber substituted in as attorney of record on several of his own cases.

In 1996, Mr. Gerber began learning how to design and build commercial property. Those skills developed over the years to include the design and construction of office buildings and hillside estates. As in his law practice, Mr. Gerber remains a hands on sort of guy. On nights or weekends it is not unusual for Mr. Gerber to be found digging trenches, splitting boulders, hauling concrete, operating construction machinery, landscaping, painting, measuring slopes, or drafting interior and exterior plans.

Although Mr. Gerber works more than 75 hours a week practicing law, he is a family man with two young sons. Mrs. Gerber can also be found at the office, helping out. Besides studying the law and learning Spanish, Mr. Gerber’s intellectual hobbies include architecture, design, writing, and history. Mr. Gerber also enjoys bike rides, lifting weights, the great outdoors, and sailing.

When you hire Mr. Gerber as your attorney, you are hiring more than just an attorney. His knowledge how the world works, and how it is to be a worker, gives him a leading edge in getting the job done.

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Credential Description	Verified	Date Verified
Licensed as Attorney in: CA - 1993 - State Bar of California		12/1/09
Law School: Southwestern Univ SOL		12/1/09

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Verdicts & Settlements

SIGNIFICANT RECOVERIES:

$539,584.35 Blue Cross of California Award

$120,000 FAILURE TO GRANT MATERNITY LEAVE$115,000 CANCER DISCRIMINATION$85,000 UNWELCOME SEXUAL BANTER IN THE WORKPLACE$130,000 SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF TWO WOMEN

$110,000 SEXUAL HARASSMENT

$200,000 SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF VALET PARKING ATTENDANT

$75,000 SEXUAL HARASSMENT

$75,000 SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF A LESBIAN BY A MALE

$90,000 SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF TWO LOW WAGE OFFICE WORKERS

$128,625.00 SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF FOOD PREPARER

$162,000 SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF 2 SPANISH SPEAKING LOW WAGE EARNERS

$75,000 UNPAID WAGES & WRONGFUL TERMINATION OF AN EXECUTIVE

$120,000 SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF SPANISH SPEAKING LOW WAGE EARNER

$115,000 SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF CAR SALESWOMAN & MINOR UNPAID COMMISSIONS

$175,000 FAILURE TO PAY MINIMUM WAGE & OVERTIME OF 3 STRIP CLUB WORKERS$300,000 LEGAL MALPRACTICE INVOLVING BOTCHED PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION CLAIM

$150,000 WRONGFUL TERMINATION OF SOCIAL WORKER REPORTING PATIENT ABUSE

$75,000 SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF FOOD SERVICE WORKER BY MANAGER

$225,000 PREGNANCY HARASSMENT OF WAREHOUSE WORKER

$95,000 SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF FOOD SERVICE WORKER (MALE ON MALE)

$305,000 WRONGFUL TERMINATION OF 2 SALES PEOPLE

$80,000 MALE ON MALE SEXUAL HARASSMENT

$195,000 SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF MARKETING WORKER

$145,000 SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF OFFICE WORKER

$114,000 AGE DISCRIMINATION OF LOGISTICS WORKER

$75,000 FOR WARN ACT VIOLATIONS

$145,000 SEXUAL HARASSMENT

UNPAID OVERTIME OF 2 LIMO DRIVERS OF A SMALL COMPANY - $175,000 SETTLEMENT

UNPAID PREVAILING WAGES FOR 2 EMPLOYEES OF A SMALL COMPANY- SETTLEMENT OF $109,500

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION & TERMINATION OF NEAR MINIMUM WAGE EMPLOYEE - SAN DIEGO JURY TRIAL - $89,870.71

FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT VIOLATION & TERMINATION OF $10.00 AN HOUR EMPLOYEE - BINDING ARBITRATION AWARD $88,958.00

SEXUAL HARASSMENT & TERMINATION - $140,000 SETTLEMENT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF SECURITY OFFICER - $75,000 SETTLEMENT

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION & TERMINATION OF INSURANCE ADJUSTER - $75,000 SETTLEMENT

MENTAL DISABILITY & TERMINATION OF CFO - $150,000 SETTLEMENT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF HOTEL JANITOR- $100,000 SETTLEMENT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF HOTEL JANITOR - $95,000 SETTLEMENT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF 3 $8-10 HOUR OFFICE WORKES $ 675,000

CANCER DISCRIMINATION & TERMINATION OF WAITRESS - $150,000 SETTLEMENT

UNPAID COMMISSIONS OF TWO PLAINTIFFS - $1,150,000 SETTLEMENT

OVERTIME DUE COMPUTER PROFESSIONAL - $105,000 SETTLEMENT

PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION & TERMINATION - $75,000 SETTLEMENT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF GAS STATION WORKER - $150,000 SETTLEMENT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF GAS STATION WORKER - - $310,000 SETTLEMENT

WRONGFUL TERMINATION OF EXECUTIVE SALES PERSON - $96,000 SETTLEMENT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT - $77,500 SETTLEMENT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF MARKETER - $115,000 SETTLEMENT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT- $100,000 SETTLEMENT

UNPAID COMMISSIONS & TERMINATION OF SALESMAN - $99,000 SETTLEMENT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT - $75,000

WRONGFUL TERMINATION/WHISTLEBLOWER - $165,000 SETTLEMENT

COMMISSIONS DUE REAL ESTATE SALES PERSON - $85,000 SETTLEMENT

WRONGFUL TERMINATION OF SOCIAL WORKER – DURING TRIAL SETTLEMENT $112,023

SEXUAL HARASSMENT - $80,000 SETTLEMENT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT (WOMAN ON WOMAN) - $90,000 SETTLEMENT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF 2 WAITRESSES - $85,000 SETTLEMENT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT (VERBAL & MINOR PHYSICAL TOUCHING) $125,000 SETTLEMENT - $15,000 LOSS OF EARNING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS CLAIM

SEXUAL HARASSMENT & MINOR LABOR CODE VIOLATIONS - $75,000 SETTLEMENT

WRONGFUL TERMINATION/UNPAID COMMISSIONS $85,000 SETTLEMENT

WRONGFUL TERMINATION- $85,000 SETTLEMENT - $34,000 LOSS OF EARNINGS & EMOTIONAL DISTRESS CLAIM

SEXUAL HARASSMENT & TERMINATION - $90,000 SETTLEMENT ( COMPANY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS BUT WE COLLECTED ANYWAY)

PERSONAL INJURY - HIP FRACTURE - $375,000 SETTLEMENT (MOST MEDICAL BILLS PAID BY INSURANCE)

WRONGFUL TERMINATION & MINOR LABOR CODE VIOLATIONS - $125,000 SETTLEMENT

PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION & TERMINATION - $117,500 SETTLEMENT ($24,000 LOSS OF EARNINGS)

FAMILY CARE LEAVE ACT VIOLATIONS & TERMINATION - $102,500 SETTLEMENT ($20,000 LOSS OF EARNINGS)

WRONGFUL TERMINATION - $125,000 SETTLEMENT

UNPAID WAGES, OVERTIME, LABOR CODE SECTION 2699 PENALTIES - ARBITRATION AWARD OF OVER $205,000 FOR MULTIPLE PLAINTIFFS

WRONGFUL TERMINATION - FAMILY CARE LEAVE ACT $75,000 SETTLEMENT

CANCER DISCRIMINATION & TERMINATION - $110,000 SETTLEMENT (MINOR LOST WAGES)

PERSONAL INJURY CASE (KNEE PROBLEMS) - $160,000 SETTLEMENT

WRONGFUL TERMINATION & OVERTIME $99,500 SETTLEMENT

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION & TERMINATION - $150,000 SETTLEMENT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT (MALE ON MALE), WRONGFUL TERMINATION - $95,000 SETTLEMENT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT & WRONGFUL TERMINATION - $85,000 SETTLEMENT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT (FEMALE ON FEMALE) - $85,000 SETTLEMENT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT - 2 PLAINTIFFS - $250,000 SETTLEMENT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT & TERMINATION - $270,000 SETTLEMENT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT (NO LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT) - $155,000 SETTLEMENT

SEXUAL HARASSMENT & NO LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT - $120,000 SETTLEMENT

* NOTE NO REPORTS ARE BEING MADE OF CASES RESOLVING OR COMING IN AT VERDICTS OF LESS THAN $75,000

** ALL REPORTED RECOVERIES ARE CASES IN WHICH KARL GERBER WAS THE LEAD OR SOLE ATTORNEY WORKING THE CASE. THE FIRM HAS HANDLED MANY OTHER CASES IN WHICH KARL GERBER WAS NOT THE LEAD ATTORNEY, OR SOLE ATTORNEY HANDLING THE CASE

*** PREVIOUS SETTLEMENTS ARE NOT PREDICTIONS OR GUARANTEES OF FUTURE RESULTS

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