Minami Tamaki's Employment and Consumer Law attorneys provide a wide range of legal services to enforce the rights of employees and consumers. We litigate individual and class action claims for discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, wage and hour violations and unfair competition in federal and state court and in administrative forums. We also have extensive experience and an excellent track record representing federal employees nationwide. We use our expertise to advise a select few employers that value their employees and respect the legal process. For employer clients, we provide day to day human resources advice, develop policies and procedures, investigate and resolve internal claims and provide sexual harassment and EEO training.

We provide consultations and litigate on behalf of individuals and classes based on a broad range of claims, including:

• Consumer Fraud and Unfair Business Practices
• Race, Gender, Age, Disability and Retaliation Discrimination, Harassment and Hostile Work Environment
• Whistleblower Retaliation
• Employment Contracts, Non-Compete, Trade Secret, Confidentiality, Severance and Waivers/Releases

For individuals, we provide personal consultations to evaluate cases and create a course of action to enforce legal rights and achieve client goals. Employees seldom find themselves in a legal crisis at work, while employers deal with these issues daily. Thus, it is not surprising that the employer is better prepared to document and create its defenses in the early stages of any dispute. The earlier an employee evaluates his or her situation with one of our experienced attorneys, the more likely an accurate record of events can be documented and a resolution achieved.

We have litigated a variety of class actions, including representing African American steel workers, Postal Service employees, female USDA Forest Service employees in California, purchasers of new cars who were charged more than the advertised sale price and federal census workers denied overtime pay. We have won trials and settlements into the multi-million dollars.

In assisting employers, we excel at timely consultations and in providing management training and investigations to prevent claims from becoming lawsuits.

Our attorneys are very active participants in professional and community non-profit and government organizations. Attorneys provide services in Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. For more details, please see the biographical data for individual attorneys.

If you are an employee who wants to know more about your rights, or an employer who wants to avoid claims, take a look through our Employee Rights and Information Center.
If you have any questions about employee rights or Minami Tamaki's legal services, don't hesitate to contact us today.