# Top Lawyer For Executive Employee Issues Los Angeles > Executive employment issues often include: 1) Breaches of employment contracts often with liquidated (preset) damages 2) Large monetary damages due to high Source: https://worklawyerca.com/executive-labor-lawyer/ Firm: Employment Lawyers Group — employee-side employment lawyers since 1993. Serving Los Angeles County, California. Phone: (818) 783-7300 (calling is the fastest way to reach the legal team) Office: 13418 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 Contact form: https://worklawyerca.com/contact/ Consultations are free and confidential; cases are taken on contingency. --- **Executive Labor Lawyer** Many high powered employees wonder if a labor lawyer is the right lawyer to represent them if they have an employment issue. Although the term labor often refers to non-management and nonexempt employees in unions, the same type of attorney who represents labor may be qualified to represent management. Firm founder, Karl Gerber, is just the sort of lawyer an executive would want to be represented by. He has been representing employees since 1993. His legal skills include actual trial experience, published appeals, over 300 legal articles, serious pre-trial litigation, large settlements, verdicts, and arbitration awards. While a younger, or small time attorney might not be the right lawyer to represent a high wage earning executive, Karl Gerber would be. At our firm he is involved in all litigation strategies and management of our employee lawyers. If you need proper legal representation for a big fight against your employer, or you would prefer diplomatic and discrete legal representation we can assist you. ## Executive employment issues often include: 1. **Breaches of employment contracts often with liquidated (preset) damages** 2. **Large monetary damages due to high salaries and benefits** 3. **Stock options** 4. **Bonuses that need to be paid** 5. **Threats about trade secret violations and non-compete agreements** 6. **Severance agreements that look good to a layperson but not an experienced employment lawyer** [Age discrimination](https://worklawyerca.com/discrimination-lawyer-los-angeles/) and [disability discrimination](https://worklawyerca.com/los-angeles-disability-discrimination-lawyer/) can also be problems for executive level employees. So much is expected out of high level employees. Many employers assume employees will no longer be able to perform if they are experiencing medical problems such as cancer, pregnancy, or they suffer from a disability. Because executives are often older, a time comes when they are excised from their employment due to age. Although executives may have a history of high earnings, we do not expect a former executive level employee to hire our firm and pay us by the hour. Quite frankly, the employee ends up saving considerable money by hiring a lawyer on a contingency. While Karl Gerber’s regular hourly rate is $475.00 an hour or more and his associates’ rates are $300.00 per hour, based upon the number of hours they will spend on your case you get a far better deal by hiring them on a contingency. In addition, the costs required to engage in litigation are thousands of dollars if not ten thousand dollars or more. We advance the costs. You do not have to make a 401k withdrawal in order to fund your case The Employment Lawyers Group takes all cases on a contingency. If the employer is liable for your attorney fees we will assert our legal fees should be reimbursed at hourly rates of attorneys with our experience. While we might be worth more, it is not our goal to greedily assert our worth before a judge. Please allow us to review your high end employment problems. We have appellate and trial experience. You can read about our trials and appeals elsewhere on this website. Karl Gerber is used to deposing and cross-examining the highest level employees, agents, and officers of the largest employers in California. We have represented attorneys, corporate officers, doctors at all levels, executives, financial professionals, managers, professionals and sales people earning more than $1,000,000 a year. For executive quality representation no matter your level of employment, contact our sophisticated and established employment law firm at (818) 783-7300. We have been the sole tenant in our Sherman Oaks building since Karl Gerber acquired it in 1999. Although that location is ideal for serving executives in Sherman Oaks, Encino, Tarzana, Woodland Hills, and entertainment professionals in Studio City, it is only a few miles from Beverly Hills, Westwood and the Westside. In Ventura County, in 2013 we acquired a waterside office in the Mandalay Bay marina area of Oxnard. Agoura, Westlake, and Thousand Oaks executives can chose between our Sherman Oaks and Oxnard locations. If you are a South Bay executive living in one of the beach communities we maintain an office in Gardena. Pasadena area clients can chose between our Sherman Oaks office or our downtown Los Angeles office. Call (818) 783-7300 for an established employment law firm and speak to one of our seasoned labor lawyers. Employment Lawyers Group, Representing Employees Since 1993. Offices in Bakersfield, downtown Los Angeles, Gardena, Oxnard, Riverside, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Sherman Oaks, [Boston](https://bostonlaborlaw.com), and Tustin. ## Our Firm: No Upfront Fees or Costs ### Contingency Fee Representation All employment cases for employees are taken on a **contingency basis**. We are only paid a fee **when and if we win** your case, and we **advance all litigation costs**. Our goal is to make expert legal representation accessible to every hardworking employee. ### Serving Los Angeles County We have proudly served all of Los Angeles County since 1993. Ready to discuss your case? (818) 783-7300 Submit A Contact Form The Employment Lawyers Group has successfully handled 2,000+ Separate California Employment Cases ## Media Engagements ## Sample Case Results breach of commission contract $1,150,000 Unpaid commissions of two plaintiffs unpaid wages $875,000 For 4 oil field service industry workers whose times worked were not recorded on timesheets and were on-call forced to work without pay standby pay case $800,000 Controlled stand by class action settlement Disclaimer: These results are based on the facts of these specific cases and do not guarantee or predict a similar result in any future case. ## Practice Areas [Discrimination Age, Disability, FMLA/CFRA, Gender, National Origin, Pregnancy, Race, and Sexual Orientation discrimination claims.](https://worklawyerca.com/discrimination-attorney-8-facts-to-prove/) [Unpaid Wages & Overtime Recovering earnings for overtime, bonuses, commissions, meal & rest break violations, and prevailing wage claims.](https://worklawyerca.com/unpaid-wages-attorney-los-angeles/) [Sexual Harassment Compassionate and effective representation for sexual harassment and hostile work environment claims.](https://worklawyerca.com/sexual-harassment/) [Wrongful Termination Representing employees terminated in violation of public policy, contracts, or California and federal law.](https://worklawyerca.com/wrongful-termination-settlements/) [Leaves & Retaliation Protecting employees who face adverse actions after reporting illegal activity or taking protected medical leave.](https://worklawyerca.com/leave-of-absence-lawyer-los-angeles/) [Whistleblowers Advocating for employees who report fraud, waste, or abuse under California and federal whistleblower protection laws.](https://worklawyerca.com/los-angeles-whistle-blower-lawyer/) ## Our California Locations ### Bakersfield [BakersfieldLaborAttorney.com](https://bakersfieldlaborattorney.com) 5401 Business Park S, #214, Bakersfield CA 93309 [(661) 412-9600](tel:6614129600) ### Los Angeles [EmployeeLawCA.com](https://employeelawca.com/) 611 Wilshire Blvd, #1023, Los Angeles CA 90017 [(323) 525-1600](tel:3235251600) ### Orange County [WorkLawyerOC.com](https://worklawyeroc.com) 2522 Chambers Rd, #100, Tustin CA 92780 [(714) 210-8000](tel:7142108000) ### Riverside [RiversideEmploymentLawyer.com](https://riversideemploymentlawyer.com) 9496 Magnolia Ave, #208, Riverside CA 92503 [(951) 367-1000](tel:9513671000) ### Sacramento [SacramentoLaborAttorney.com](https://sacramentolaborattorney.com) 777 Campus Commons Rd, #200, Sacramento CA 95825 [(916) 340-0000](tel:9163400000) ### San Bernardino [EmploymentAttorneySanBernardino.com](https://employmentattorneysanbernardino.com) 337 N. 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He has represented a wide range of employees throughout California. Mr. Gerber has won **51 of the binding arbitrations and jury trials** he first chaired, and a number of his appeals are published. This deep trial experience is the foundation of the firm's strategic approach to litigation. The employment attorneys employed by the Employment Lawyers Group have worked at the firm well in excess of five years, have also tried many different labor cases, and have all been **extensively trained on employment and wrongful termination law by Karl Gerber**. [Meet Karl Gerber](https://worklawyerca.com/karl-gerber/) ## Ready to Discuss Your Case? Your rights as an employee matter. Submit a contact form and we'll get back to you. Submit A Contact Form [Call (818) 783-7300 Now](tel:8187837300)