Practice Areas

By limiting its practice to employment law the Akopyan Law Firm, A.P.C. is able to devote the substantial experience and exceptional talent of its award-winning trial lawyers to helping folks protect their rights in matters involving any and all aspects of employment law.  As the old saying goes, “a jack of all trades is a master of none.”

Employment Law for Employees

Our employment lawyers are dedicated to helping employees stand up for themselves and speak truth to power whenever they are wronged. We have experience handling nearly every kind of employment law case and can bring that experience to your own case. We can help you fight for justice if you experienced wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, emotional distress, minimum wage violations, overtime violations, and much more.

Employees We Can Help

• Employees fired from work because of a disability, medical condition, pregnancy, age, gender, sex, religion, race, or other protected characteristic.
• Employees fired from work for requesting or taking family medical leave, pregnancy leave, baby bonding leave, or any other job protected leave of absence from work.
• Employees fired from work for requesting or needing a reasonable accommodation for a disability or medical condition, pregnancy, or religious beliefs.
• Employees fired from work for complaining about violations of the law, refusing to participate in illegal activities, or engaging in other whistleblowing activities.
• Employees fired from work for reporting or opposing workplace harassment or discrimination due to a disability, medical condition, pregnancy, age, gender, sex, religion, race, or other protected characteristic
• Employees fired from work for reporting unsafe conditions.
• Employees who are victims of sexual abuse or sexual harassment.
• Employees who are victims of workplace harassment due to a disability, medical condition, pregnancy, age, gender, religion, race, or other protected characteristic.
• Employees who are denied wages, commissions, overtime pay, retaliated against for asserting wage claims, or suffer any other violation of wage and hour laws.

Employment Law for Employers

Employment disputes can often develop into bet-the-company litigation. Our employment lawyers stand ready to help employers quickly and efficiently resolve employment disputes without the need for protracted litigation.

Employers We Can Help

• Employers facing claims, demand, or lawsuits by employees.
• Employers facing administrative claims before the California Labor Commissioner.
• Employers seeking to hire an attorney to provide advice and counseling in matters involving employment law.