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The Law Offices of Eli M. Kantor, founded in 1981, is a boutique law firm specializing in Employment Law. Together with his son, Jonathan, they represent both employees and employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, including cases involving wage and hour laws, PAGA and wage and hour class action lawsuits, independent contractor status, wrongful discharge litigation, employment discrimination, including: disability discrimination, failure to accommodate, age discrimination pregnancy discrimination, sexual harassment, gender discrimination, sexual orientation discrimination; as well as employee handbooks and personnel practices, NLRB representation elections, union contract negotiation and grievance/arbitration, entertainment law and immigration law. He does both preventative counseling and litigation and he has extensive trial experience. Mr. Kantor is an acclaimed employment law attorney. He received his B.A. Magna Cum Laude from U.C.L.A. in 1973 and his J.D. from Loyola Law School in 1976. He was a Trial Attorney at Region 21 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from 1976 to 1980. Since 1981, Mr. Kantor has been in private practice specializing in Labor and Employment Law. As a former attorney for the government, and law professor, he has the insight, experience and connections necessary for achieving success. Every year he serves as a judge for the National Trial Lawyer Competition sponsored by Loyola Law School held at the Santa Monica Courthouse to evaluate aspiring law students. He has organized, conducted and been a keynote speaker at numerous seminars and continuing education programs about Labor and Employment Law. He has lectured at the UCLA Institute for Industrial Relations, and at UCLA Extension, and has achieved Martindale-Hubbell's highest accolade: an AV rating. He has also received Avvo.com's highest rating: subperb -10.0, as well as their Client's Choice Award, and he has been selected as a SuperLawyer in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. He is a leading authority in the field of Employment Law. He has been interviewed by National Public Radio and featured in the Los Angeles Times, Daily Variety and Business Week. He has written numerous articles on employment related topics for the Daily Journal. He is a member of the California State Bar and is also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Central and Southern District of California, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Kantor is also a member of the Labor Law Sections of the America Bar, California Bar, Los Angeles County and Beverly Hills Bar Associations. Put your case in the hands of an expert, who will deliver results. NLRB provides clarification of an acceptable social media policy by Eli M. Kantor

Jonathan Kantor received his BA from UCSB and his JD from UCLA School of Law in 2016. During law school he worked at the Law Offices of Eli M. Kantor and now has vast experience in all areas of labor and employment law. He is fluent in Spanish, Hebrew and Farsi and is a great addition to our team.