John S. West
Top rated Employment Litigation attorney in Los Angeles, California
Allred, Maroko & GoldbergPractice Areas: Employment Litigation, Personal Injury, Business Litigation; view more
Licensed in California since: 1981
Education: Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Languages Spoken: English, French
Allred, Maroko & Goldberg
6300 Wilshire BoulevardSuite 1500
Los Angeles, CA 90048 Phone: 323-653-6530 Email: John S. West Visit website
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Over the course of more than three decades of practice, i have had the honor of representing invidividuals from all walks of life. My practice ranges from pre-litigation negotiation of claims to all aspects of litigation, including trials, arbitrations and appeals. In appellate matters, I have obtained a number of state and federal appellate reversals. Highlights include appearances before the California Supreme Court, and a Supreme Court reversal of a Court of Appeal opinion.
Practice areas
Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Business Litigation, Civil RightsFirst Admitted: 1981, California
Professional Webpage: http://www.amglaw.com/Attorneys/John-S-West.shtml
- Anti-SLAPP motions are on the rise, as are the number of those motions that proceed to the second, factual, prong of the statute’s two part analysis. While cases suggest that a plaintiff’s prong two burden is only “minimal,” the second prong presents contains numerous traps for the unwary plaintiff’s lawyer. This article points out the hidden challenges faced by plaintiff’s counsel in cases that proceed to the second prong of the Anti-SLAPP analysis., author, THE ANTI-SLAPP STATUTE IN 2020: ONLY THE STRONG, OR THE VERY WELL PREPARED, SURVIVE NO MATTER WHAT THE CASES SAY?, 2020
- California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) provides plaintiffs with generous remedies for workplace illegality. Often, FEHA claims cannot be asserted for technical reasons, and attorneys are compelled to assert tort claims such as intentional infliction of emotional distress (“IIED”). The elements of an IIED claim are, however, different from those of FEHA claims. This article discusses those differences as well as practical considerations relating to IIED claims., author, The Application Of The Intentional Infliction Of Emotional Distress Tort In Employment Settings—You Might Be Outraged At What Is Not Outrageous For Purposes Of The Tort”, Advocate, 2018
- This article discusses how the courts may treat the same facts differently for purposes of an a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress and a claim for violation of California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”)., author, “The Application Of The Intentional Infliction Of Emotional Distress Tort In Employment Settings—You Might Be Outraged At What Is Not Outrageous For Purposes Of The Tort”, Advocate, 2018
- This article discusses the role, or lack of a role, of the defendant's motives in assessing whether the Anti-SLAPP statute should be applied to a plaintiff's cause of action., author, “The Anti-Slapp Statute: Much Worse, And Not As Bad, As You Think It Is”, California Labor And Employment Law Review, 2017
- This article discussed California opinions recognizing First Amendment rights belonging to employers who produce creative content, and cautioned plaintiffs’ attorneys to be concerned about Anti-SLAPP motions whenever discrimination claims are brought against employers who produce such content. , author, “Caveat Actor, Writer And Broadcast Personality. Recent Judicial Interpretations Of The Anti-SLAPP Statute May Render Even Your FEHA Sexual Harassment Claims Subject To The Statute’s Burdensome Two Part Test”, Advocate, 2015
- This Article criticised how the Courts then treated costs differently from fees in FEHA cases, and correctly anticipated a reversal of then exsiting law, author, Jumbled words: How California Courts Erroneously Treat Costs Differently from Fees in FEHA Cases, Advocate, 2012
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