THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA 84th Annual Meeting Program 127 How to Fire Employees (Without Getting Burned) Saturday, September 17, 2011 2:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Sponsored by the Solo and Small Firm Section The State Bar of California and the Office of Section Education and Meeting Services are approved State Bar of California MCLE providers. Points of view or opinions expressed in these pages are those of the speaker(s) and/or author(s). They have not been adopted or endorsed by the State Bar of California’s Board of Governors and do not constitute the official position or policy of the State Bar of California. Nothing contained herein is intended to address any specific legal inquiry, nor is it a substitute for independent legal research to original sources or obtaining separate legal advice regarding specific legal situations. ©2011 State Bar of California All Rights Reserved Overview Price Kent, Lisa Miller The Marcin Lambirth Law Firm AV-rated Marcin Lambirth, LLP is a unique trialattorney firm, serving the legal needs of individuals and businesses. We are trial lawyers with a strong record in bringing and defending lawsuits and claims in state and federal court before juries, judges and arbitrators. We primarily practice in California, Nevada, and New York. The Firm's blend of energy and enthusiasm for the practice of law is the reason that Marcin Lambirth has developed a stellar reputation as a Firm that can come in and successfully try a case at the 11th hour. The firm represents individuals in employment matters (wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation and contract disputes), major accident (including truck accident cases), catastrophic injury cases, as well as families and loved-ones in wrongful death cases. We have obtained a number of multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements. The firm provides business and corporate clients with superior legal representation in complex litigation, banking, commercial and contractual disputes, employment lawsuits, financial institution cases, insurance claims, real estate issues, and trademark and copyright infringement matters. We provide highquality legal skills coupled with common sense. Communication with our clients and a well thought-out strategy are our strengths and trademark. Marcin Lambirth, LLP offers individual attention to each client and each case along with a trial lawyer's experience, and combines them with attentive and efficient service to obtain effective results. ++++++++++ To learn more about Ms. Kent, Ms. Miller, or the Marcin Lambirth Law Firm, please call (818) 305-2800 or visit www.Marcin.com. We welcome your inquiries. [email protected] Ask your attorney how many trials he or she has had? What were the results? We believe our Managing partner, A.V. Rated John B. Marcin is a highly accomplished trial lawyer. He was aptly labeled the "Dragon Slayer" by the Los Angeles Daily Journal for his litigation skills and exploits. (See article "Dragon Slayer" in the "Articles" section of this web site). A veteran of more than fifty complex business litigations, and of over seventy-five bench and jury trials (including over twenty-three three week or longer jury trials), he has successfully represented plaintiffs and defendants in both state and federal court. In addition, he has extensive experience litigating general corporate, real estate, partnership disputes, employment cases, and trademark and copyright cases. In the area of complex commercial and financial litigation, Mr. Marcin has advised, represented, and served as lead trial counsel for companies and financial institutions in numerous matters involving covenant defaults and threatened or actual bankruptcy, insolvency, or receiver scenarios. He has also advised, represented, and served as lead trial counsel for individuals and firms and highly contentious employment matters where breaches of contracts, discrimination, and harassment were claimed. Among other notable victories, Mr. Marcin successfully represented a plaintiff in an employment action resulting in a plaintiff's jury verdict after a three-week trial which resulted in a $3.5 million verdict. In another notable victory, Mr. Marcin successfully defended an individual sued by Goldrich and Kest, and Jerome Snyder (all land developers and builders in Southern California) who sought over $5 million in damages (excluding punitive damages) against a former partner whom they claimed breached duties to them. After a threeweek jury trial, the jury found squarely against the plaintiffs on all causes of action and all theories. Before co-founding Marcin Lambirth, LLP Mr. Marcin had worked with the law firm of Murphy Weir & Butler in San Francisco (which merged with Winston & Strawn in 2003). Mr. Marcin is admitted to practice in California, Nevada, and Washington D.C. He also is admitted to the Central, Southern, Eastern, and Northern District Courts of California, the District of Nevada, as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Marcin is a member of the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, and the American Inns of Court (the Business Litigation Inn of Court). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Copyright; Trademark Litigation; Real Property Litigation; Wrongful Termination; Employment Litigation; Wrongful Death; Truck Accidents; Personal Injury Admitted: 1990, California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Central, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of California; 1993, District of Columbia; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court; 1999, Nevada; 2000, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada Law School: Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D., 1990 College: University of Massachusetts, B.A. Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Litigation Section), Washington, D.C. and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Intellectual Property, Real Property, Employment, Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Sections on: Litigation and Employment); State Bar of Nevada; California Employment Lawyers' Association; Nevada Trial Lawyer's Association; American Inns of Court Business Litigation [email protected] Ms. Kent earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Oboe Performance in 1994 from the University of California, Irvine and continued on to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree as one of the esteemed UC Irvine Chancellor’s Fellowship recipients in 1996. Ms. Kent has performed as a professional oboist for over 15 years in both the Hollywood Film and Television recording industry as well as in live performance on stages all over Southern California. In 2006, Ms. Kent graduated from Whittier College School of Law where she also earned an Intellectual Property Law Certificate, as one of Whittier Law School’s Intellectual Property Fellow and having received the highest honors in both Professional Responsibility and Trademark Law. Ms. Kent served as a Federal Judicial Extern to the Honorable Stephen G. Larson, Central District, Riverside, California in the summer of 2004 and worked as a law clerk to Judge Nho Trong Nguyen, West Justice Center, Westminster, California in 2005. Price Kent’s practice focuses in the areas of Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, including Copyright, Trademark, and Right of Publicity in both transactions and litigation. In her first year of private practice, Ms. Kent negotiated Music Licenses with EMI Music Publishing, Cherry Lane, and Warner Chappell Music Publishing for a proprietary video game technology, assisted clients in acquiring the necessary registrations to protect their intellectual property assets in both Copyright and Trademark, as well as represented clients in contract negotiations throughout the Entertainment Industry. Ms. Kent is licensed to practice before all courts in the State of California and the United States District Court in the Central District of California. Ms. Kent is a member of the California State Bar, Orange County Bar Association, UCI Alumni Association and is the President-Elect of the Whittier Law School Alumni Association.
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