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One Market Plaza
Steuart Tower, Suite 2630
San Francisco, California 94105 (San Francisco Co.)
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(Main Office) Phil Horowitz has represented employees for 25 years. Mr. Horowitz has litigated hundreds of cases since 1983, including wrongful termination cases, sexual harassment cases, and cases for unpaid wages, overtime, commissions and stock options. He also serves as a mediator, helping wrongful termination lawyers and their clients settle their disputes. Mr. Horowitz has also appeared before the appellate courts, including in the landmark California Supreme Court case of Reno v. Baird. Mr. Horowitz is Immediate Past Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of California. He served from 2003 to 2005 as Chair of the California Employment Lawyers Association, the statewide association of lawyers who represent employees, and continues on its Board. Mr. Horowitz also volunteer teaches trial advocacy at Stanford University and University of San Francisco Law Schools. Mr. Horowitz chaired the advisory committee to the California Judicial Council that drafted form employment interrogatories adopted effective July 2002. He also chaired the advisory committee to the Judicial Council on employment jury instructions. Those new jury instructions were adopted effect July 1, 2003. Mr. Horowitz now co-chairs the newly-convened advisory committee to provide updated advice to the Judicial Council on employment jury instructions. Statement of PracticeWrongful Termination, Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Wage and Hour Claims, Employment Mediation. Firm Size: 1
Languages: Spanish.
Phil Horowitz (Member) born Syracuse, New York, January 2, 1959; admitted to bar, 1983, California. Education: Occidental College (B.A., 1979); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1983); Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University (Candidate, LL.M., Dispute Resolution). Articles Development Editor, Industrial Relations Law Journal, 1981-1982. Author: "Settling Employment Cases Without the Mediation Dance," Bender's California Labor & Employment Bulletin (2006); "Causes of Action Employee Lawyers Forget," Bender's California Labor & Employment Bulletin (2005); "The History of Sexual Harassment Lawsuits: The Top Ten Mistakes Defendants Make," Bender's California Labor & Employment Bulletin (2004); "Why Do So Many Disability Cases Fail?" Supplement to the Recorder, April/May 1999; "The California Supreme Court's New Wrongful Discharge Decisions The Tide Turns," CTLA Forum, March 1991. Lecturer: State Bar of California, Labor and Employment Law Section, "Sprint and Jones: New Blockbuster Employment Discrimination Cases" (2008); State Bar of California, Labor and Employment Law Section, "Brinker: The End of California Meal and Rest Break Litigation or Only the Beginning?" (2008); Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), "Employment Litigation Practice Issues" (2007); Plaintiff's Employment Lawyers Association (PELA), "360 Degrees of Privacy" (2007); State Bar of California, Annual Meeting, "Update on Wrongful Termination and Discrimination Law" (2006); State Bar of California, Labor & Employment Law Section, "Winning Opening Statements and Closing Arguments" (2006); California Employment Lawyers Association, "Drafting Jury Instructions" (2006); State Bar of California, Labor & Employment Law Section, "Harassment Training: Dramatization and Discussion" (2005); California Employment Lawyers Association, "Employment Law 101: Law Office Management" (2005); State Bar of California, Labor & Employment Law Section, "The Avoidable Consequences Doctrine After McGinnis" (2005); Bar Association of San Francisco, "New Face of Sexual Harassment" (2004); Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada, "Regarding McGinnis and Beyond" (2004); Lorman, Discovery Skills for Legal Staff in California (2004); Bar Association of San Francisco, Labor and Employment Law Section; "The New Employment Form Interrogatories and Jury Instructions" (2002); California Employment Lawyers Association, "Discovery of Electronic Data and Other Prickly Discovery Issues" (2001); California Employment Lawyers Association, "Ethical and Strategic Use of Internet and Other Electronic Technology in Discovery and Trial" (2000); California Employment Lawyers Association, "Interaction between FMLA, ADA, and Workers Compensation Claims" (1999); American Board of Vocational Experts, "Use of Vocational Experts in Wrongful Termination Cases" (1999); California Rehabilitation AssociationNorth, East Bay, San Francisco District, "Expert Witness Testimony: The Nuts and Bolts for Rehab Counselors" (1999); California Employment Lawyers Association, "Developing and Managing the Plaintiff's Employment Practice" (1998); State Bar of California, Labor and Employment Law Section, "Multiple Forums for the Injured/Disabled Worker" (1993); California Employment Lawyers Association, "Practice Tips: Torts with Potential" (1993); San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, "Hiring and Firing Within the Law" (1993); California Trial Lawyers Association, "Requests for Admission" (1992); Bay Area Legal Recruitment Association, "Sexual Harassment in Law Firms" (1992); California Federation of Teachers, Council of Classified Employees, "Public Employees and Wrongful Discharge" (1987). Editorial Boards: Bender's California Labor & Employment Bulletin (2004); Representing California Sexual Harassment Plaintiffs, James Publishing (2004); Guerilla Discovery, James Publishing (2003). Law School Teacher: Advocacy Skills Workshop, Stanford University Law School, 1992; Intensive Advocacy Program, University of San Francisco Law School, 1994. California Judicial Council Advisory Committees: Chair, Employment Form Interrogatories Advisory Committee to the California Judicial Council, 1999-2002; Co-Chair, California State Bar Labor and Employment Law Section's Special Committee on Jury Instructions, 2008; Chair, 2003; Member, 2001-2003. Organizational Leadership: California Employment Lawyers Association, Chair, 2003-2005; Board of Directors, 1998; Executive Committee, 2005. California State Bar Labor and Employment Law Section, Chair, 2007-2008; Vice Chair, 2006-2007; Secretary, 2005-2006; Executive Committee, 2002-2005. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California (Labor and Employment Section); National Employment Lawyers Association; California Employment Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Reno v. Baird (1998) 18 Cal. 4th 640. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Wrongful Termination; Discrimination; Sexual Harassment; Employment Mediation.
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