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Jonathan H. Siegel Siegel & Lewitter Suite 307 1939 Harrison St. Oakland, CA 94612 |
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Jonathan Siegel has practiced and taught labor and employment law in a variety of settings since 1978. He enjoys a strong reputation as an energetic but honorable employee advocate. He has acted as lead counsel in hundreds of arbitrations, administrative trials and jury trials. Most recently, he was lead counsel in Rogers v. ARINC, a successful action in Alameda County in which the plaintiff received a substantial six-figure award for a racially and sexually hostile workplace. He has successfully litigated class action wage and hour lawsuits against the University of California and Pacific Gas & Electric Company. Mr. Siegel continues to represent a broad range of individuals in all manner of discrimination, harassment and wrongful termination litigation.
- Areas Of Practice:
- Employment Litigation and Advice - Employees
- Employment Discrimination - Employees
- Hostile Environment - Employees
- Disability Discrimination - Employees
- Sex Discrimination - Employees
- Race Discrimination - Employees
- National Origin Discrimination - Employees
- Age Discrimination - Employees
- Pregnancy Discrimination
- Wrongful Termination - Employees
- Breach of Contract - Employees
- Misrepresentation - Employees
- Public Policy - Employees
- Bar Admissions:
- California, 1977
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1982
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1978
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1978
- Education:
- Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, California, May, 1977
- J.D.
- Honors: Top Quarter of Class
- Honors: Member of Student-Faculty Governing Body
- Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, USA, May, 1973
- B.A.
- Honors: Honors on Comprehensive Examinations
- Honors: Wesleyan Scholar
- Honors: Chairman of the Student Caucus, University Senate
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Faculty at National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), Stanford Law School Intensive Advocacy Progam, 1997 - Present
- Adjunct Instructor in Labor Law, School of Law, John F. Kennedy University, Walnut Creek, California, 1986 - 1987
- Teacher, "Grievance Handling and Arbitration" and "Labor Law for Shop Stewards", Merritt College and the Institute for Industrial Relations, Berkeley, California, 1983 - 1986
- Lecturer at Labor and Employment Law Seminars, National Lawyers Guild, San Francisco Bar Assoc., CA Workers' Compensation Defense Attorneys' Assoc., and various labor unions, 1980 - Present
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Bar of the State of California
- AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee
- Alameda County Bar Association
- St. Paul's Episcopal School, Oakland, California
- Member, Board of Directors
- National Lawyers Guild
- Past Employment Positions:
- Siegel & LeWitter, Oakland, California, July, 1998 - Present
- Eggleston, Siegel & LeWitter, Oakland, California, November, 1989 - July, 1998
- Boltuch & Siegel, Oakland, California, January, 1982 - October, 1989
- National Labor Law Center, Washington, D.C., January, 1980 - December, 1981
- Siegel & Taub, Oakland, California, December, 1977 - December, 1979
- Birth Information:
- 1951