Employment Lawyers Group Attorneys
Our California Team
Karl Gerber
Background
- Born
Westwood, California, October 25,
1969
- admitted to California bar, 1993,
California
- U.S. District Court, Central
District of California
- 1994, U.S. District
Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of
California
- 1995, U.S. District Court Southern
District, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
1996
- State Bar of Texas 2010, District of
Columbia Bar 2010, Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers
2010
Education
- California
State University, Northridge (B.A.
1990)
- Southwestern University School of Law
(J.D. 1993)
Employment
- Principal,
Employment Lawyer’s Group (2008-Present)
- 3-4
Staff Attorneys in California, 3-9 Of-Counsel Attorneys in
California & Elsewhere, Nationwide, Pro Hac Basis &
Plaintiff Employment Law Expert Witness Services With 8-85 Law
Firms (2008-2011)
- Co-Counsel Office
Massachusetts (2010-Present)
- Founder &
Managing Partner, Danz & Gerber
(1994-2008)
- Statewide Leader in Employee
Lawsuits, Multiple Office Operation, 6-12+ Attorneys Throughout
California, Appellate, Law & Motion, Trial Work, Brief
Editor
- Law Offices of Karl Gerber
(1993-1994)
- During Career, Handled Over 2,000
Separate Superior Court, Federal District Court, and Arbitrations
in California & Multiple Appeals
- Tens of
Thousands Represented Through Class Actions, Collective Actions,
and PAGA actions
Fiction Writing
Novels
- Modem Stud
(2014)
- Does This Make My Butt Look Big?
(2007)
- Angelenos Ain’t Lizards aka Legend of
the Lizard People (2006)
Short
Stories
- Hallway
(1989)
- Eggie (1990)
- Odd
Client (1994)
- Dullard
(1995)
- Red Pants and Allergy Pills (1990,
2000)
- The Visitor
(2020)
Legal
Publications
- “Self Critical
Analysis Documents & After Acquired Evidence” Consumer
Attorneys of California, 1997
- “Self Critical
Analysis Documents are Discoverable,” Los Angeles Daily Journal,
December 12, 1997
- “Permanent Responsibility,”
Los Angeles Daily Journal, June 16,
1999
- “Working Moms Have Legal Rights,” Wet
Set Gazette, Fall 2000
- “Federal and State
Discrimination Law are Diverging,” Los Angeles Daily Journal,
July 7, 2003
- “The Late 2003 Amendment to
Labor Code Sections 1102.5 and 1106 are Salutary,” Matthew Bender
California Labor and Employment Bulletin, August
2004
- "Labor Code Sections 2699 & 2699.3
Traps for the Weary & Burden to All," San Fernando Valley Bar
Notes, February 2005
- Internet Content Writer
of More Than 1,000 Web Published Articles on Labor Law Including
“California Employees Are Paid to For Sleeping” (2011), a NOLO
Publication
Radio
Shows
- Karl Gerber, Workplace
Lawyer Show KABC 790 One Hour of Scripted Weekly Comedy and
Occasional Guest Interviews (April 22, 2018-December 2020, May of
2022 to November of 2022)
- Karl Gerber
Workplace Lawyer Show 94.7 FM 30 Minutes Weekly Scripted Comedy,
Local History Presentations, Employment Law, The Wave, Los
Angeles’ #3 station (2022)
Membership
- State
Bar of California (Member, Labor
Section)
- California Employment Lawyer’s
Association (CELA; Wage & Hour
Committee)
Awards &
Rankings
- 2010, 2011, 2012
Superlawyer (only 5% of the bar is so
voted)
- Dean’s List During College 5 out of 8
Semesters
- Unfair Competition Book Award
1992
Recent Media Interviews On Employment
Law
- Channel 17
Bakersfield
- Channel 29
Bakersfield
- Channel 8 CBS San Diego (asked to
do employment law TV show)
- Daily
Journal
- Fortune
- Fox
News
- New York
Magazine
- Newsweek
- The
Recorder
- Sacramento
Bee
- Shrm
- Volture
- The
Wall Street Journal
Practice
Areas
- Labor and Employment
Law
- Wage Disputes Including Class Actions
& PAGA
- Sexual
Harassment
- Wrongful
Termination
- Job Terminations Due to Medical
Conditions
- Approved class counsel on many
complex and non-complex wage and hour class actions and PAGA
settlements
Published
Cases
Speaking
Engagements
- 36th Annual
Consumer Attorneys of California Convention (MCLE Provider),
November 16, 1997
- Leftjaw, Labor Code Section
2699 (MCLE Provider), Fall of 2005
- Lorman
Group, Prevailing Wage Law in California, September 10, 2014 in
Bakersfield (MCLE Faculty)
- Karl Gerber,
Workplace Lawyer Weekly Radio Show Heard on KABC 790,
April 22, 2018 thru December of 2020, May 2022 to November of
2022
- May 2022 to November of 2022 Karl
Gerber, Workplace Lawyer Show heard on 94.7 Wave (a
top rated radio station in Los
Angeles)
- September 6, 2022 to present Karl
Gerber, Workplace Lawyer Show heard on 105.1 Go
Country (the premier country station in the
US)
Trial
Experience 50 binding arbitrations and jury trials
first-chaired
Ann
Guleser
Employment
- Employment
Lawyer’s Group (2008-Present)
- Danz &
Gerber (2006-2008)
Bar
Admission
Languages
Trial
Experience
- Ann Guleser of the
Employment Lawyers Group won on appeal before Division 8 of the
2nd Appellate District on Vasquez v.
Franklin Management. This case was an appeal of a
sustained demurrer on whether it was intolerable for a $10.00 an
hour employee to quit because his employer refused to reimburse
him for unpaid mileage that had the effect of bringing his hourly
wage down below minimum wage. During the argument of the case in
front of the court of appeal, the court commented that failing to
pay mileage reimbursements to a $10.00 hour employee was,
"Terrible." The court wanted the other side to explain why the
situation was not intolerable. The court argued that the
Plaintiff quit over not receiving reimbursements. The other
justices chimed in to say, "Exactly, that is why it was
intolerable. He quit." The court believed that it was intolerable
under these facts whereby a lack of reimbursements brought the
average hourly wage below minimum wage. The court stated that if
this involved an executive maybe not, but this was not an
executive.
- Accordingly, California Labor Code
Section 2802 regarding employee reimbursements qualifying as a
public policy justifying wrongful termination or constructive
wrongful termination (being forced to
quit).
- Ann Guleser also won the appeal on
Dominguez v. Washington
Mutual Bank (2008) 168 Cal.App.4th 714,
720–721, wherein the court held that Plaintiff’s DFEH complaint
was timely under an equitable exception to the one-year deadline
known as the continuing violation doctrine because the conduct
was similar in kind to the conduct that fell outside the
limitations period, it was reasonably frequent, and it had not
yet acquired a degree of permanence. Dominguez
at 720–721, CACI 2508.
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All Cases Are Taken On A Contingency.
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