Last week it was announced that Carney Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates, Inc., a Santa Monica-based litigation law firm specializing in employee rights, obtained a wrongful termination jury verdict for his client, April Rodriguez. Rodriguez was awarded $16.5 million in punitive damages on Friday by a Los Angeles jury that found her former employer discriminated […]

Carney Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates, Inc., a Santa Monica-based litigation law firm specializing in employee rights, obtained a record-setting wrongful termination jury verdict today for his client. April Rodriguez was awarded $16.5 million in punitive damages by a Los Angeles jury that found her former employer discriminated against her because of a mental disability […]

Carney R. Shegerian, founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based law firm specializing in employee rights, has issued a statement commending the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for creating a new Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee to make recommendations to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the agency’s Whistleblower Protection Program. In 2012, a total […]

Carney R. Shegerian, founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based law firm specializing in employee rights, has issued a statement commending the California State Government for implementing Assembly Bill 1964, otherwise known as the California Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2012 (“WRFA”), amending the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”). The amendments went […]

Carney R. Shegerian, founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based law firm specializing in employee rights, has issued a statement aimed at all US employees in light of the current news coverage surrounding Lance Armstrong. In his statement, Shegerian singles out former Armstrong teammate Floyd Landis for bravely acting as a whistleblower in the […]

Carney R. Shegerian, an employee rights attorney with Shegerian & Associates, Inc., a Santa Monica-based litigation law firm representing employees in discrimination, harassment and wrongful termination cases, won an appeal in favor of his client, David Derr, this week. Derr, a former employee with the Kern County Fire Department, sued alleging harassment due to the […]

Carney R. Shegerian, founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based law firm specializing in employee rights, has issued a statement aimed at all employees and employers in light of current news coverage surrounding a US Government Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) age discrimination case filed against Marymount Manhattan College. Shegerian warns that age discrimination […]

Carney R. Shegerian, founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based law firm specializing in employee rights, has issued a cautionary statement aimed at all US employees and employers in light of the current news coverage surrounding Dillard’s Inc., a national retail chain, being ordered to pay $2 million and commit to extensive, company-wide injunctive […]