Success Stories
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
$7,500,000
wage and hour
On the behalf of commissioned sales employees against a nationwide car dealership.
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
$3,150,000
on the behalf of employees that received incentive compensation against O’Gara Coach Company.
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
$1,150,000
on the behalf of delivery drivers.
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
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.
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.