Chapter 12: Family, Medical, and Military Leave: Recent Developments Under the FMLA and USERRA April 2024 Co-Authored By: Michelle Brookfield The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was enacted by Congress in 1993 and has now developed over thirty years of regulations and extensive caselaw. As the Department of Labor (DOL) summarizes, the FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave...
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Buchalter is a full-service business law firm that has been teaming with clients for eight decades, providing legal counsel at all stages of their growth and evolution, and helping them meet the many legal challenges and decisions they face. Our clients are engaged in a diverse global economy governed by complex laws and regulations, and they trust us as advisers and business partners because we are involved in their world. They rely on our forward-thinking to help them resolve problems before they arise.
At Buchalter, we practice in that spirit.
Our founding principle-providing our clients with the best business solutions-continues to lead us. We value each client relationship, recognizing that their success is our success. Our overarching goal-getting the best results for the client in a timely manner with sensitivity to cost-has engendered client loyalty, and the firm has grown from that loyalty.
Our lawyers are accessible, resourceful, skillful and adept at responding to change. Our technological capabilities keep case law and rule changes at our fingertips and client communications current, enabling us to create efficient, superior outcomes.
We strongly believe that technology is a tool that furthers the practice of law and have used that belief to develop a cutting edge platform for our firm. We use a meshed (NVPN) network to facilitate work among offices, Cisco VoIP telephony and Video-over-IP conferencing. Sharing documents is seamless through FileSite, which is also utilized to create our Client Extranets. To support our litigation matters, we use Concordance and Opticon, as well as LiveNote and Sanction. Unlike many firms, we have the capacity to process e-Discovery in-house, reducing client costs.
Buchalter lawyers are also active members of the communities in which they live and work. Leadership is a value the founding partners practiced and passed on to the current generation of attorneys. Our lawyers sit on the boards of prominent organizations, teach and lecture frequently. We actively participate in many associations and groups including the Public Law Center, San Francisco Legal Aid Society, Practicing Law Institute, California State Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the LACBA Domestic Violence Project, the Sojourner Center, the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Phoenix and many others.
Buchalter is consistently ranked among the leading law firms by Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers, The Daily Journal and the Los Angeles Business Journal. It is also ranked among the leading firms nationally by American Legal Media and the National Law Journal.
Buchalter's commitment to reflecting and enhancing the rich diversity of the clients and communities in which we practice is more than eight decades strong. The firm's diversity of attorneys and staff provides clients with a greater array of creative talent and alternative thinking, benefiting all.
Year this Office was Established: 1933
Lawyers Worldwide: 476
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Robert S. Addison Jr.
ShareholderKalley R. Aman
ShareholderPaul S. Arrow
ShareholderFarhad Bahar
ShareholderAdam J. Bass
ShareholderAriel A. Berrios
ShareholderFarah Bhatti
ShareholderOren Bitan
ShareholderBernard Bollinger
ShareholderMark A. Bonenfant
ShareholderWilliam S. Brody
ShareholderJed Burton
ShareholderHarry W. R. Chamberlain II
ShareholderLee C. Cheng
ShareholderArthur Chinski
ShareholderJohn Clough
ShareholderRick Cohen
Partner EmeritusRobert S. Cooper
ShareholderA. Blake Cooper
ShareholderMark T. Cramer
ShareholderJason Croft
ShareholderRobert J. Davidson
ShareholderSteven Di Saia
ShareholderJosh Escovedo
ShareholderDouglas P. Farr
ShareholderJoseph K. Fletcher, III
ShareholderTerry Freeman
ShareholderRobert S. Gillison
ShareholderJason E. Goldstein
ShareholderGabriel G. Green
ShareholderJulian Gurule
ShareholderBrian T. Harvey
ShareholderHarumi Hata
ShareholderRobert B. Hinckley Jr.
ShareholderDavid Hitchcock
ShareholderPeter V. Hogan
ShareholderWillmore (Bill) Holbrow III
ShareholderJohn L. Hosack
ShareholderPeggy Hosking
ShareholderSuzanne Cate Jones
ShareholderJeffrey H. Kapor
ShareholderDaniel Katz
ShareholderMatthew W. Kavanaugh
ShareholderEric Kennedy
ShareholderMitchell Kim
ShareholderLance Lehnhof
ShareholderRobert Collings Little
ShareholderCheryl M. Lott
ShareholderCarol K. Lucas
ShareholderDavid E. Mark
ShareholderMercedes O. Martin
ShareholderDamaris L. Medina
ShareholderMichael L. Meeks
ShareholderWilliam M. Miller
ShareholderRobert Miller
ShareholderJennifer Misetich
ShareholderMasahisa Mitsunaga
ShareholderJoshua Mizrahi
ShareholderTerese A. Mosher Beluris
ShareholderMichael Muse-Fisher
ShareholderPhilip Nulud
ShareholderC. Tyler Ohanian
ShareholderRichard P. Ormond
ShareholderR. Chad Pugh
ShareholderRajnish Puri
ShareholderJosiah R. Reid
ShareholderPeter Rho
ShareholderJoshua M. Robbins
ShareholderMary H. Rose
ShareholderKeven Rowe
ShareholderDaniel M. Rygorsky
ShareholderJoel G. Samuels
ShareholderWilliam Schoenholz
ShareholderAndrew Selesnick
ShareholderMatthew L. Seror
ShareholderDaniel H. Slate
ShareholderScott O. Smith
ShareholderBarry A. Smith, Esq.
ShareholderPooya E. Sohi
ShareholderSteven M. Spector
ShareholderThomas J. Speiss, III
ShareholderRyan D. Staley
ShareholderLarry Steinberg
ShareholderGeorge Stephan
ShareholderStephen J. Strauss
ShareholderBlake Terry
ShareholderJoseph Vargas
ShareholderTanya Viner
ShareholderMichael L. Wachtell
ShareholderPamela Kohlman Webster
ShareholderJeremy Weitz
ShareholderMarcus J. Williams
ShareholderMarlene J. Williams
ShareholderMichael Williamson
ShareholderRobert A. Willner
ShareholderPhilip J. Wolman
ShareholderJeffrey S. Wruble
ShareholderDaniel H. Wu
ShareholderMichael Zerman
ShareholderNikole K. Zoumberakis
ShareholderAssociates
Sarah Andrzejczak
AttorneyRonald J. Arias
AttorneyAnita Barooni
AttorneyAnjel Bonilla
AttorneyCameron Brown
AttorneyNatalie Bryans
AttorneySylvia Cheong
AttorneyNicolette A. Cohen
AttorneyKevin Connelly
AttorneyNicholas Couchot
AttorneyShir Davidovicz
AttorneyRachel A. Duboff
AttorneyOlivia Durnell
AttorneyAaron Elster
AttorneyPokuaa M. Enin
AttorneyEliana A. Fields
AttorneyZachary R. Fountas
AttorneyTrevor B. Fugate
AttorneyMichael Fuoroli
AttorneyKaren N. George
AttorneyTia Gonzalez
AttorneyFrank Herrera
AttorneyVahan Khodanian
AttorneyGraham Lambert
AttorneyMichelle Lopez
AttorneyAlfredo Lorenzo
AttorneyChadwick McCombs
AttorneyGrace Moore
AttorneyMarshall Olney
AttorneyMeghna Parikh
AttorneyTaylor Park
AttorneyColin Rowe
AttorneyEliana A. Spero
AttorneyMi Tran
AttorneyBrett Voets
AttorneyDaniel Zhivanaj
AttorneyOf Counsel
Russell Allyn
Senior CounselEfrat M. Cogan
Of CounselJessie Reider Cristo
Senior CounselMichael B. Fisher
Of CounselMichael C. Flynn
Of CounselJennifer Guerrero
Senior CounselLandon Hardcastle
Senior CounselDana Hobart
Of CounselKarl Israelsen
Of CounselGerald Jerry Janoff
Senior CounselVanessa LeFort
Senior CounselAaron M. Levine
Senior CounselC. Dennis Loomis
Of CounselMelanie T. Marcheschi
Senior CounselDanielle Mayer
Senior CounselSelena Medlen
Associate General CounselAshley Milnes
Senior CounselAndrea R. Musker
Senior CounselSteven M. Nakasone
Of CounselAnthony J. Napolitano
Senior CounselAlexandra Bijan Pakzad
Special CounselMancy Pendergrass
Senior CounselDallis Nordstrom Rohde
Of CounselNicole Sahagen Schiff
Of CounselScott M. Salomon
Senior CounselJack R. Scharringhausen
Senior CounselStuart A. Simon
Of CounselGordon Stuart
Senior CounselKenny Tamura
Senior CounselSarin Tavlian
Senior CounselBlake Tengberg
Senior CounselSusan P. White
Special CounselMichael J. Worth
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Pivot, Don’t Panic: How Employers Should Respond to the FTC’s Ban on Non-Compete Agreements
May 10, 2024 By: Dylan W. Wiseman and Sarah Andrzejczak On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission approved and issued its final rule effectively banning employers’ use of non-compete agreements (subject to very few exceptions). The rule becomes effective 120 days after publication in the Federal Register, heralding yet another stride towards enhanced employee mobility. Despite the unfavorable reception from many employers, it’s important to understand that all is not lost. Notably, since the Gold Rush era, California employers have successfully operated without non-compete agreements...
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Buchalter Welcomes New Shareholder in Seattle Office: Launches New Fintech and AI Practice Group
14 May, 2024 - Buchalter is pleased to announce the addition of Wendy Lee to the Firm's Seattle office. Lee joins Buchalter as a Shareholder, and will spearhead the launch of the firm’s new Fintech and AI practice group. "We are thrilled to welcome Wendy to Buchalter," said Adam Bass, President and Chief Executive Officer of Buchalter. "With the rise of new technologies and the transformative impact of Artificial Intelligence across industries, establishing a Fintech and AI practice group has increasingly been our goal. Wendy’s impressive background and expertise make her a great fit to lead this practice group as we navigate the evolving landscape of modern business...
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