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Ramit Mizrahi has been been selected by Super Lawyers® as one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers and Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in Southern California. It is the second year she has been selected to the Top 50 Women list.
Ms. Mizrahi has also been recognized in U.S News & World Report’s 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
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The year 2022 not only continued our new normal of a deluge of employment decisions, but it also brought some blockbuster decisions in employment law.
The January 2023 issue of the California Lawyers Association’s Labor & Employment Law Review features an article authored by Ramit Mizrahi, Andrew Friedman, and Anthony Oncidi—”The Top Employment Cases of 2022“—that highlights the most important California state and federal employment cases from last year.
Click on the below image to read the article in full.
Ramit will also be speaking at the following continuing education program this month:
2022 New Employment Practitioner Conference, Employment Law 101
Program by: California Lawyers Association Labor and Employment Law Section
Date/Time: : Thursday, 1/19/22, 8:30-10 a.m.
Description: California provides employees with numerous protections that practitioners need to understand to provide effective representation and which employers need to know in order to be in compliance. In this module, our panelists will provide an overview of filing and defending against claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation provided by the Fair Employment & Housing Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and other key employment laws. The presentation will touch upon exhaustion of administrative remedies, the essential points of analysis for claims, recent changes to the law, and emerging trends and concerns.
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On May 11, 2022, Ramit Mizrahi appeared on KALW’s Your Legal Rights radio show to discuss workplace harassment–and retaliation–as people return to the workplace, along with with Michael Robbins, Jeffrey Hayden, and Dean E. Johnson. You can listen to the program here.
The following resources may also be helpful:
- A blog post delving into sexual harassment;
- An article by Ramit Mizrahi on sexual harassment litigation in the post-#MeToo era;
- A blog post on H.R.4445, the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021;
- A blog post on new California employment laws in 2021; and
- A blog post on new California employment laws in 2020.
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The January 2022 issue of the California Lawyers Association’s Labor & Employment Law Review features an article authored by Ramit Mizrahi, Andrew Friedman, and Tony Oncidi.
The article—”The Top Employment Cases of 2021″—highlights the most important California state and federal employment cases from last year. Click on the below image to read the article in full.
Ramit will also be speaking at the following continuing education program this month:
Thursday, 1/20/22, 8:30-10 a.m.
2022 New Employment Practitioner Conference, Employment Law 101
Program by: California Lawyers Association Labor and Employment Law Section
Description: California provides employees with numerous protections that practitioners need to understand to provide effective representation. In this module, our panelists will provide an overview of filing and defending against claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation provided by the Fair Employment & Housing Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and other key employment laws. The presentation will touch upon exhaustion of administrative remedies, the essential points of analysis for claims, recent changes to the law, and emerging trends and concerns. -
On November 10, 2021, Ramit Mizrahi appeared on KALW’s Your Legal Rights radio show to discuss the new employment laws passed in 2021.
You can listen to the program here and read our blog post delving into the new laws (including some the program did not cover) here.
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Ramit Mizrahi has been recognized in U.S News & World Report’s 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© for her work in employment law representing individuals.
Ms. Mizrahi has also been selected to the 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers® list, again for her work in employment law representing individuals.
Both honors reflect peer recognition of excellence in practice.
This marks the tenth year that Ms. Mizrahi has been recognized by Super Lawyers®, including having previously been distinguished as being among the top 100 Rising Stars and top 50 Rising Stars women for three consecutive years.
Ms. Mizrahi and the Mizrahi Law team remain committed to serving as tenacious advocates for the firm’s clients while working to build collegiality and community in the legal profession.
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28 Jul '21
On July 28, 2021, the New York Times investigated the practice by employers of encouraging employees who report workplace discrimination or harassment to use employer-sponsored mental health treatment. The article is titled “‘You’re the Problem’: When They Spoke Up About Misconduct, They Were Offered Mental Health Services.” Ramit Mizrahi was interviewed by the article’s authors, Alisha Haridasani Gupta and Ruchika Tulshyan, and is quoted several times in the article.On the surface, the practice of offering employees employer-sponsored mental health sessions might seem to be helpful to employees. But it can sometimes cause more harm than good.
First, employers have an obligation to take all reasonable steps necessary to prevent unlawful workplace discrimination and harassment. This means that when an employer receives a complaint of discrimination or harassment, it should conduct a prompt and thorough investigation and take corrective action as necessary. If an employer pushes an employee to take leave or seek therapy instead of investigating and taking corrective action, then it may not be fulfilling its legal obligations.
Second, when employees sue their employer for workplace discrimination or harassment and they allege emotional harm, some or all of their mental health records from that time period may become discoverable in litigation. Mental health records often reference sensitive information in a person’s life (for example, references to past abuse, family history information, third-party information, sexual history, addiction issues, etc.). If the employer is encouraging employees who complain about discrimination or harassment to seek mental health treatment so that it can later access those records and discover that information in the event of litigation, this can be potentially harmful to employees.
“If a potential client called me and said: ‘I’m being harassed at work, I feel really stressed and anxious. Do you think I should use my company’s E.A.P.?’” Ms. Mizrahi said, “I would advise them against it.”
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Mizrahi Law is delighted to add Ellory Longdon to the team as our Legal Assistant and Intake Coordinator.
Ellory graduated with honors from the University of Southern California in 2021, double majoring in Health Promotion & Disease Prevention and Spanish. She was a USC Trustee Scholar, receiving a full-tuition scholarship for academic achievement, leadership, and community service.
While at USC, Ellory interned with the Alliance for Children’s Rights, a nonprofit that provides free legal services for children and families impacted by foster care. She also worked with the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office of Economic Opportunity to evaluate the impact of a federal community development grant on low and moderate-income LA communities. In 2021, Ellory conducted research on women’s health policy for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Ellory is passionate about civil rights, healthcare access, and public policy.
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The January 2021 issue of the California Lawyers Association’s Labor & Employment Law Review features an article authored by Ramit Mizrahi, Andrew Friedman, and Tony Oncidi.
The article—”The Top Employment Cases of 2020″—highlights the most important California state and federal employment cases from last year. Click on the below image to read the article in full.
Ramit also spoke on two panels this month:
Thursday, 1/14/21, 3-5 p.m.
2020 Is Done: What’s New In 2021?
Program by: Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
Description: Stay up-to-date on the laws that affect your practices. This program covers new housing laws post-COVID, new employment laws, a personal injury perspective on Proposition 22, and anticipated and current legal challenges to the new laws.Thursday & Friday, 1/20/21-1/21/21
2021 New Employment Law Practitioner 2021
Program by: California Lawyers Association Labor & Employment Law Section
Description: This is the perfect program for the new lawyers, paralegals, and legal assistants who work with you to learn about the basics of employment law. The program will have six panels: Employment Law 101 (discrimination, harassment, retaliation), Leave of Absence Compliance, Wage and Hour 101, Ethics & Bias During Pandemic Times, California Privacy Rights Act’s Top 10, and Complying with the NLRA.
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Latest News
- Ramit Mizrahi has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers and Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in Southern California in 2023.
- Ms. Mizrahi is being recognized in the 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, published by U.S. News & World Report and by Best Lawyers.
- Ms. Mizrahi has been selected as a Top Attorney by Pasadena Magazine for 2023.
- Ms. Mizrahi is serving as Chair of the Pasadena Bar Association Labor and Employment Section.