Practice areas: Employment & Labor, Employment Litigation, Personal Injury; view more
Licensed in California since: 2010
Education: Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2024 - 2026 As the co-founder of LNN LAW, based in Los Angeles, California, Akop Jacob Nalbandyan provides legal representation to employees throughout the state in a wide range of employment law matters. His practice is dedicated to protecting workers’ rights and advocating on behalf of individuals facing unlawful treatment in the workplace.
Mr. Nalbandyan focuses his practice on employment-related disputes, including wrongful termination, retaliation, discrimination, harassment, and wage and hour violations. He represents employees in matters involving both public and private employers, offering strategic counsel and aggressive advocacy tailored to each client’s circumstances. He often works through complicated state and federal employment laws and pursues claims through litigation and negotiation.
With experience handling cases in state and federal courts, Mr. Nalbandyan represents clients before the California courts and the U.S. District Court for the Central and Eastern Districts of California. He is known for offering clear guidance on employee rights, workplace compliance and legal options. He helps clients make informed choices at every step of their cases.
Mr. Nalbandyan graduated with his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2006. He then went on to attend the Loyola Marymount University Law School, where he laid the foundation for his legal career and earned his Juris Doctor in 2010. His legal education provided a strong foundation in litigation, advocacy and employment law principles.
Active in the legal community, Mr. Nalbandyan is a member of The State Bar of California and maintains involvement in several professional organizations focused on labor and employment law. His memberships include the California Employment Lawyers Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association Labor and Employment Section, and the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles.
Practice areas
Employment & Labor: Employee, Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - General: PlaintiffFocus areas
Employment Discrimination, Employment Law - Employee, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wage & Hour Laws, Wrongful Termination
- 30% Employment & Labor: Employee
- 40% Employment Litigation: Plaintiff
- 30% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2010, California
Professional Webpage: https://lntriallawyers.com/about/jacob-nalbandyan/
Bar / Professional Activity
- The State Bar of California, Member
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- California Employment Lawyers Association, Member
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section, Member
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Member
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- Martignetti v. Southern California Healthcare System, Inc. (July 24, 2024, B327194) 2024 WL 3516669 (The Court of Appeal unanimously affirmed judgment in the amount of $3.4 million in favor of the Plaintiff, our client, after we prevailed in arbitration).
- Jimenez v. U.S. Continental Marketing, Inc. (2019) 41 Cal.App.5th 189 (Reversing jury’s finding for the defense, ordering a new trial, and establishing California law that a worker sent to work by a staffing agency to a 3rd party contracting company is an employee of both the staffing agency and the contracting company).
- Diaz v. Professional Community Management, Inc. (2017) 16 Cal.App.5th 1190 (Securing denial of a motion to compel arbitration at the Court of Appeal on first instance and obtaining sanctions against the employer and employer’s lawyers and law firm to be paid as follows: 1. $8,500 to the court; 2. attorney’s fees to the employee for trial preparation and for defending the appeal; and 3. the employer’s attorneys ordered to forward the Court of Appeal opinion to the State Bar).
- Castro-Ramirez v. Dependable Highway Express, Inc. (2016) 2 Cal.App.5th 1028 (Establishing sweeping California law that an employer may not discriminate or retaliate against an employee with a disabled child on account of the employee’s related work schedule needs). Click here to learn more about this case.
- $10,000,000 Jury Verdict in Sutter County Superior Court against the County of Sutter, Sheriff’s Department (CVCS19-0000737). This case involved disability-related medical leave & sexual harassment. Click here to learn more about this case.
- $4,900,000 Settlement for whistleblower wrongful termination.
- $1,475,000 Settlement for Disability-Related Wrongful Termination.
- $1,403,696 Arbitration win for a factory worker fired after attempting to return from medical leave. Click here to learn more about this case.
- $1,000,000 5-year employee out on medical leave for about 2 years loses his job when he attempts to return to work from medical leave.
- $1,000,000 Settlement for Disability-Related Wrongful Termination.
- $1,010,000 Settlement for Disability-Related Wrongful Termination.
- $1,100,000 Settlement for Associational Disability-Related Wrongful Termination in Castro-Ramirez v. Dependable Highway Express, Inc. (LASC Case No. BC511197)
- $1,250,000 Settlement for a $12.50/hr temp. a staffing agency worker who was fired after becoming pregnant.
- $1,325,000 Million Dollar Settlement – $10.50 per hour fast-food worker sexually harassed by the manager who quit when nothing was done to stop it.
- $6,700,000 Jury Verdict in Los Angeles County Superior Court for a $15/hr employee fired only because she was a pregnant Mexican woman who needed a handful of days off to give birth to her baby. Click here to learn more about this case.
- $4,700,000 Settlement for hourly employee of a hospital fired while treating for a disability.
- $1,500,000 $21 per hour who worked only for 6 months and was fired after needing time off for knee surgery when the company ultimately closed 1 year after termination.
- $4,000,000 Arbitration win for a sales associate at a major retail chain for workplace sexual assault. Click here to learn more about this case.
- $3,451,219 Arbitration win for a hospital nurse fired because of a disability. Click here to learn more about this case.
- $2,500,000 Settlement for pregnancy related wrongful termination on behalf of a $15/hr custodial worker.
- $3,320,000 Settlement for $19 per hour worker fired after returning to work from surgery.
- $2,184,560.43 Arbitration win for a whistleblower wrongful termination lawsuit. Click here to learn more about this case.
Educational Background
- University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., Major: Economics, Honors: summa cum laude, 2006
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Lessons Learned From Winning (2022) – Jacob was invited as a speaker for the California Employment Lawyers Associations 35th annual conference in 2022, for the second time, to speak before lawyers and judges for his $3.45 Million arbitration win in 2022 against a major southern California hospital.
- Lessons Learned From Winning (2016) – Jacob was invited as a speaker for the California Employment Lawyers Association’s 29th annual conference in 2016 to speak before lawyers and judges for his win in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court in the case of Castro-Ramirez v. Dependable Highway Express, Inc. In 2018, he successfully settled the case for $1.1 Million without his client having to attend a long and protracted jury trial.
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2024 - 2026
