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Los Angeles & Irvine Employment Lawyers

Shadie Berenji is dedicated to obtaining justice for employees and works passionately to obtain strong and positive results for her clients. As a result, Ms. Berenji has achieved numerous six and seven figure results for employees that have experienced unlawful discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, defamation and/or did not receive proper wages for the hours they worked or the tasks they completed. The following are highlights of some of the recent successful results Ms. Berenji has obtained for employees:

Jury Verdict

$9,460,000

WRONGFUL TERMINATION & DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

Verdict against WestRock Services, a Fortune 500 company, for wrongful termination and disability discrimination.

CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

$8,000,000

 wage and hour

On the behalf of pet groomers against Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. This settlement was featured in a news articles published by Bloomberg BNA, the Los Angeles Daily Journal, and Law360.

CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

$5,100,000

 wage and hour

On behalf of hourly-paid employees that worked for Aaron’s Inc.’s (furniture store) in California.

CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

$2,612,000

 wage and hour

On the behalf of movie theater employees against California Cinema Investments, Inc. This settlement was featured in a news articles published by the Los Angeles Daily Journal and Law360.

CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

$2,350,000

 wage and hour

On the behalf of rehabilitation counselors against Phoenix Houses of California.

CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT

$2,000,000

pregnancy discrimination

Against Fortune Global 500 consumer food company.

CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT

$1,969,335

 wage and hour

For misclassification of eight individual salary employees.

CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

$1,500,000

 wage and hour

On the behalf of retail salespersons against Sterling Jewelers.

CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT

$1,500,000

sexual harassment

For sexual harassment claim against a restaurant chain.

CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

$1,250,000

 wage and hour

Against Flagship Facility Services, Inc.

CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

$1,000,000

 wage and hour

On the behalf of maintenance technicians against Virgin America, Inc. This settlement was featured in the Los Angeles Daily Journal.

CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

$950,000.00

wage and hour

On the behalf of retail salespersons against jewelry company.

CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT

$905,000

disability discrimination

Against emergency and disaster relief company.

CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

$800,000

 wage and hour

On the behalf of technicians against Envent Corp.

CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

$750,000

wage and hour

On the behalf of bread-delivery drivers against Frisco Baking Company.

 SETTLEMENT

$540,000

Private Attorneys General Act

For Private Attorneys General Act penalties on the behalf of traffic controllers.

SETTLEMENT

$500,000

Private Attorneys General Act

For Private Attorneys General Act penalties on the behalf of car sales consultants against Frontier Auto Sales.

CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

$473,155

wage and hour

On the behalf of leasing consultants against GHP Management Corporation, Inc.

CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

$400,000

wage and hour

On the behalf of automobile technicians against McKenna Collision Center.

CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT

$350,000

pregnancy discrimination

Against a clothing company.

CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT

$350,000

pregnancy discrimination

Against banking services company.

CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT

$300,000

 disability discrimination

Against a restaurant.

CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENTS

Millions of dollars

On the behalf of employees that suffered from sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination, disability discrimination, race discrimination, gender discrimination and retaliation.