If you were treated unfairly at work because of who you are, LyfeLaw’s employment discrimination lawyers will hold your employer accountable and recover the wages, benefits, and dignity you’re owed.
California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act protects far more than most workers realize. Whatever form the bias took, LyfeLaw will prove it.
Being passed over, paid less, or pushed out because of your race, skin color, ancestry, or accent is illegal in California. As your race discrimination attorney, we expose the pattern disguised as “fit” or “performance.”
Workers over 40 are protected from being replaced, demoted, or laid off in favor of younger employees. “Restructuring” is a common cover story an experienced age discrimination lawyer finds the evidence it’s hiding.
Employers must reasonably accommodate your disability, not punish you for it. Denying accommodation, or firing you after you disclose a condition, violates FEHA. We make them answer for it.
California bars bias based on sex, gender identity, pregnancy, or religion. Our sex discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, and religious discrimination lawyers hold employers to that standard in hiring, pay, and promotion.
California protects LGBTQ+ employees from bias in hiring, pay, promotion, and daily treatment. Being sidelined, misgendered, or pushed out for who you are violates FEHA. We hold employers accountable.
Being paid less than colleagues for substantially equal work, or punished for reporting bias, both break California law. As your job discrimination lawyer, we pursue the pay gap and the payback together.
Call or submit the form. Our team reviews your case within minutes, not days.
Private investigation costs, expert witnesses, and HR records. You’ll never pay a dime out of pocket.
We negotiate from strength. If they won’t pay what your case is worth, we take them to trial.
Discrimination is rarely announced out loud. It shows up as a promotion that never comes, a sudden bad review after you disclose a pregnancy, or a “reorganization” that only removes older workers. A workplace discrimination lawyer gives you the power to challenge these decisions and recover what they cost you. LyfeLaw’s job discrimination lawyers investigate the timeline, the comparators, and the paper trail to prove why the decision was really made and in most cases, you pay nothing unless we win.
Deadlines are strict. Under FEHA you have three years from the discriminatory act to file a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department, and once your right-to-sue letter is issued, one year to file a lawsuit in civil court. Federal claims through the EEOC carry a shorter 300-day window, so filing with the state first protects you. Government employers require a claim within six months. Missing a deadline can permanently bar your case.
California law allows employees to recover lost past and future wages, lost benefits, and emotional distress damages. Where an employer acted with malice or oppression, punitive damages may also be awarded, and FEHA allows recovery of your attorney’s fees. The stronger the pattern of bias, the more a jury can award.
Most firms settle every case for whatever the employer offers first. LyfeLaw maintains a full trial team with 18+ licensed attorneys. When a company knows we’re prepared to take a discrimination case to verdict, they negotiate differently because a jury, not their lawyers, decides what the bias cost you.
LyfeLaw proudly represents employees throughout Los Angeles County including Downtown LA, the San Fernando Valley, Long Beach, Pasadena, Inglewood, Glendale, Burbank, Torrance, and surrounding communities. Our office is at 10880 Wilshire Blvd, 24th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90024.
In addition to Los Angeles, we represent employees throughout California. Wherever you are in the state, our employment law team is available to help you understand your rights and determine your legal options.
Almost no employer admits bias outright. An employment discrimination lawyer proves it with circumstantial evidence: how comparable coworkers were treated, the timing of the decision, shifting explanations, and internal documents. Patterns are often more convincing to a jury than a single comment.
FEHA protects race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, age (40 and over), disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, and military or veteran status, among others.
No. Retaliation against you for reporting discrimination or participating in an investigation is a separate violation of California law, with its own damages even if the original discrimination claim is still being decided.
Nothing upfront. LyfeLaw handles most discrimination cases on contingency: you pay only a percentage of what we recover, and if we don’t win, you owe us nothing. FEHA also lets us recover fees from the employer.
If you’ve faced discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or wrongful termination, we’re here to protect your rights. Free consultation.
