Strauss Law Group represents its clients in the following areas.

Employment Law and Litigation

Protecting Employees

SLG has long been protecting the rights of employees, including the right to receive overtime and meal and rest periods, the right to be protected from sexually or racially hostile work environments, and the right to be free from discrimination of any kind.

Representative cases include:

Seeking overtime compensation and statutory penalties for auto mechanics who were forced to work through lunch and break periods over the last four years.

Representing an executive vice president in a publicly traded company who was denied previously negotiated stock options.

Prosecuting a pregnancy discrimination case against an employer who suggested that the plaintiff seek an abortion and then fired her when she told him she would not do so.

Prosecuting a failure to accommodate claim against an employer who suspended an employee when she presented him with a work restriction from her doctor.

Protecting Employers

The best way for employers to avoid lawsuits by disgruntled employees is to take a preventative approach. That is why SLG performs workplace training for its employer clients. The topics covered by SLG's training courses include keeping sexual harassment and discrimination at bay and making sure employers pay their employees according to California law. SLG also prepares employee handbooks, safety plans, instructs on posting requirements, and helps employers solve personnel problems before they turn into lawsuits.

Defending Employers

However, when a problem does get to court, Tony Strauss has been representing employers in lawsuits brought by their employees for over thirty years. Representative cases include:

Defending an employer against an employee who claimed he was harassed because of his race.

Defending major retailers in allegations of false imprisonment when investigating employee theft.

Handling claims of sexual harassment, pregnancy and age discrimination, and other civil rights claims.

Representing employers in wage-and-hour claims, such as overtime, break time, and lunch period violations.

Business Litigation

SLG is involved in a wide array of business litigation, in areas including:

Trade secrets and unfair competition.

Contract disputes.

Breach of warranty.

Contested business dissolutions.

Real Estate Litigation

SLG also handles real estate disputes, whether arising out of the purchase/sale, improvements to, or construction on real property. Representative cases include:

Prosecute quiet title action to determine property ownership by prescription.

Prosecute action against seller, real estate agents, and property inspectors for failures to disclose/discover defects in a 100+ year old house.

Defend sellers in allegations of injury by mold infestation.

Prosecute investor who was defrauded by a real estate investment.

Representing builders and buyers in construction defect cases.