For over 100 years the Optimist Youth Homes and Family Services organization has provided unrivaled programs for at-risk youth and their families and has grown to become a leading proponent and innovator of services that now include mental health, foster family services, adoption services, and residential based school services and educational programs. As an avid Optimist supporter for over 35 years, I encourage you to discover for yourself how one nonprofit has changed the lives of so many in such a dramatic and lasting way. It is our hope that you may wish to show your support as well. Every […]

On May 19, 2017 Landegger Baron Law Group was given the “Chairman’s Award of Excellence” by the Greater San Fernando Valley Chamber of Commerce The Chairman’s Award of Excellence is selected solely by the Chamber’s Chairman of the Board to recognize an outstanding Chamber member for their ingenuity, teamwork, creativity, and contributions to the Greater San Fernando Valley Chamber’s success. Through Landegger Baron Law Group’s support and partnerships, the Chamber has launched new employment and labor law programs that have allowed the Chamber to expand its compliance assistance to the business community. The Chamber salutes Landegger Baron Law Group for […]

Congratulations Oscar E. Rivas and Brian E. Ewing Congratulations to Oscar Rivas and Brian Ewing, for successfully defending against an appeal by the plaintiff in the Espinoza v. East West Bank class action case challenging the trial court’s denial of class certification. The Court of Appeal affirmed in full the original findings of the trial court in favor of our client. Oscar has garnered many substantive wins in his career and now leads our team in all Class or Collective Action defense matters. Read the article on Oscar’s and Brian’s winning defense the original class action suit against East West […]

Congratulations are in order for Roxana E. Verano! Roxana, a partner at LBLG, obtained a significant, although rare, victory for our client, Weiss Family Properties, LLC. A former Weiss Properties employee filed a lawsuit alleging claims for disability discrimination and various wage and hour violations. After enduring a second day of grueling deposition testimony, the former employee dismissed her action on the eve of trial. Weiss Properties authorized our firm to file a motion for attorneys’ fees, and the court granted the motion specifically finding that the former employee’s lawsuit brought under the Fair Employment and Housing Act and the […]

Landegger Baron Law Group’s Roxana Verano orchestrated a successful campaign against the Teamsters’ efforts to organize Roadrunner Management Services, Inc. in Camarillo. At a time when California employers are feeling the effects of the latest round of minimum wage hikes, paid sick leave mandates and salary increases for exempt employees, the prospect of an additional layer of union oversight and related increase in management costs was more than Ventura County’s Roadrunner Management Services (“Roadrunner”) was willing to endure. Keep in mind that Roadrunner prides itself in doing things the right way and currently pays some of the highest wages and […]

Encino, Calif. – East West Bank, represented by Landegger Baron Law Group, soundly defeated a hotly contested Class Certification Motion, which was brought on behalf of all the bank’s Assistant Branch Managers, on Tuesday, Aug. 25. The Plaintiff had claimed that Assistant Branch Managers, as well as other bank employees, were classified improperly as exempt employees and owed wages and penalties under the California Labor Code. The Los Angeles Superior Court denied the Plaintiff’s Motion thanks to the substantial evidence, which was provided by Landegger Baron attorneys Oscar Rivas, Esq. and Brian Ewing, Esq., showing the nearly 180 potential class members […]