Labor and Employment Law
Ca. Labor & Emp't Rev. May 2018, Vol 32, No. 3
Content
- Adr Update: Gentry Rides Again: When Gentry Still Applies
- Cases Pending Before the California Supreme Court
- Employment Law Case Notes
- From the Editors Editorial Policy
- Inside the Law Review
- Labor & Employment Law Section Executive Committee 2017-2018
- Masthead
- MCLE Self-Study: Tax Reform Impacts the Tax Treatment of Sexual Harassment Settlements for Both Plaintiffs and Defendants
- Nlra Case Notes
- Public Sector Case Notes
- Wage and Hour Case Notes
- Message From the Chair
Message From the Chair
By Thomas A. Lenz
Thomas Lenz is a partner in the Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo law firm (Cerritos and Pasadena offices). He advises and represents employers on labor and employment law. He attended Marquette University (B.A.) and Louisiana State University Law Center (J.D.). He began his career with National Labor Relations Board Region 21 (Los Angeles). He teaches at the USC Gould School of Law. Serving the Section since 2012, he has participated in conferences and presentations as well as programming and appearances on the Your Legal Rights radio show (KALW-FM 91.7 San Francisco and www.kalw.org) on topics of workplace law.
As I start to write this Message, I have just completed 26 years at my law firm. How can that be? Who stays anywhere for 26 years?
Two of my firm’s founding partners met working at the National Labor Relations Board where, coincidentally, I began working years later. They took separate paths into private practice before coming together to form my firm. I joined when we were 25 lawyers and three offices. We are now nine offices and over 180 lawyers. We considered it careful, opportunity-based growth, but, in retrospect, it has been fast and amazing.