Diefer Law Group, P.C.

Aggressive Sexual Harassment Attorneys-No Recovery No Fee. Free Consultation with An Attorney

Our Firm has litigated countless sexual harassment claims which we have brought on behalf of a variety of individuals, including waitresses, gas attendants, administrative assistants, cashiers, car wash employees, medical technicians, medical assistants and high level executives, just to name a few.

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Overview of California Law on Sexual Harassment

Created On: 02/14/2011

The California Fair Employment and Housing Act ("FEHA"), Government Code §12940(J)(1) prohibits "an employer…or any other person, because of …sex…to harass an employee…."   The...

What is Sexual Harassment in the Workplace?

Created On: 02/14/2011

Sexual harassment is by far the most common form of workplace harassment. Under state and federal law, unlawful sexual harassment is defined as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual...

Case History

Confidential v. Confidential

Practice Area: Sexual Harassment

Description: Our client, a female employee of national bank was forced to endure lap dances by supervisor, explicit sexual jokes, and was frequently propositioned by male boss.

Outcome: $100,000.00 prior to filing of lawsuit settlement

Confidential v. Confidential

Practice Area: Sexual Harassment

Description: Co-worker of our client, a female accounts representative of small architectural firm subjected our client to unwelcome tochings, including stroking her hair, rubbing her legs, rubbing her shoulders, caressing her hands, grabbing her arm and touching her breast with his fingers, and making derogatory comments.

Outcome: $75,000.00 settlement after the filing of the lawsuit.

Walker v. San Francisco Housing Auth.

Practice Area: Sexual Harassment

Description: As Reported in the Los Angeles Daily Journal---California appeals court affirms a sexual harassment award against a city housing authority. in the amounts of $500,000 for emotional distress damages, $173,866 in interest, $611,898 in attorneys' fees, and $11,986 in costs and $30,000 in discovery sanctions.

Outcome: Over $1,200,000 receovered by Plaintiff after Jury Verdict and Appeal. $500,000 for emotional distress damages, $173,866 in interest, $611,898 in attorneys' fees, and $11,986 in costs and $30,000 in discovery sanctions.

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Diefer Law Group, P.C., (Irvine, CA)

Partner, 2004 - present

I am head of the Employment Department of the Firm, and practice exclusively in the area of employment law, with a special emphasis on sexual harassment cases.

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, (Newport Beach, CA)

Associate, 2002 - 2004

While at Stradling Yocca, I was an associate in the Employment Law Department of the Firm.

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, (Los Angeles, CA)

Juris Doctorate, Law 2002

Recipient, First Honors Award in Trial Advocacy. Memeber of the St. Thomas More Honor Society. Justice, Scott Moot Court Honors Board. Judicial Intern, Honorable Paul Boland, California Court of Appeals.

University of California, Santa Barbara, (Santa Barbara, CA)

Bachelors of Arts, With Honors, Political Sciene 1999

State Bar of California (CA), 2002

American Bar Association, 2002 - present

California Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section, 2002 - present

Orange County Bar Association, Employment Law Section, 2002 - present

Lawyers

Marcelo Dieguez

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Locations : Irvine, CA; Riverside, CA

Practice Areas: Sexual Harassment