Employee-side law in Torrance, Long Beach and San Pedro
We're employment lawyers for the people who keep the harbor, the hospitals, the hotels and the warehouses running. If you were shorted on pay, pushed out or treated unfairly, we'll hear it after your shift, in English or Spanish.
We charge no attorney's fee unless we recover money for you. Case costs, such as filing fees and records, are explained in your written agreement before you sign, including how they're handled if there is no recovery.
Offices
Each one is a short drive or bus ride from the places we hear about most: the harbor, the airport hotels, the hospitals and the warehouse yards.
Parking under the building and a bus stop at the corner
Get directions to the Torrance officeClose to downtown bus and rail lines
Get directions to the Long Beach officeStreet parking and bus stops on 7th Street
Get directions to the San Pedro officeHow we help
Four kinds of problem make up most of our calls. Each has a page that says what we look at first.
Overtime never paid, breaks worked through, tips kept back, a final check that came late or short.
Pay, overtime and breaksA firing with no reason, a forced resignation, or a layoff that doesn't add up.
Fired or pushed outDiscrimination, harassment, and being left out of the chances everyone else gets.
Discrimination and harassmentFewer shifts, a sudden write-up or a firing after you reported a problem or asked for leave.
RetaliationThe South Bay
From the docks to the wards, the work here doesn't stop at five.
People here start before the fog burns off and finish after the last bus. We set the firm up around that, with offices between the harbor and the airport and appointments that don't cost you a shift. We've heard about most of these workplaces before.
Harbor, shipping and trucking
Hospitals and care homes
Hotels, airports and restaurants
Warehouses and delivery
Refineries and plants
Our team
Three lawyers, and the wage analyst who works every file with them. Alejandro speaks Spanish with clients.
Managing partner
Attorney, speaks Spanish
Attorney
From clients
“I came straight from a night shift, still in my scrubs. Alejandro answered in Spanish and wrote down my schedule while I talked. I understood every step.”
“Nobody at work explained my severance paper. Naoki read it with me and told me what each page meant before I decided anything.”
“They didn't promise me anything. They told me what they could look into and what to bring, and then they called when they said they would.”
Each client's case is different. What one person experienced says nothing about the outcome of another case.
Tell us about the job, the pay or the day things changed. We'll say whether we can help, or who might.