Samani Law Firm

My goodness. Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] if you’ve been subjected to anything like this.

Routine appearance in a disability discrimination matter. I love these courthouse hallways.

Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] regarding this type of race discrimination at school or at work. This type of bigotry sickens me to my core.

Interesting case involving contract for personal services.

Great piece on the early history of sexual harassment claims in the United States. "The phrase 'sexual harassment' was coined in 1975, by a group of women at Cornell University. A former employee of the university, Carmita Wood, filed a claim for unemployment benefits after she resigned from her job due to unwanted touching from her supervisor. Cornell had refused Wood’s request for a transfer, and denied her the benefits on the grounds that she quit for 'personal reasons.'... Wood together with activists at the university’s Human Affairs Office, formed a group called Working Women United. At a Speak Out event hosted by the group, secretaries, mailroom clerks, filmmakers, factory workers and waitresses shared their stories, revealing that the problem extended beyond the university setting. The women spoke of masturbatory displays, threats and pressure to trade sexual favors for promotions." See more

Honoring Macon B. Allen, who is believed to be the first Black lawyer in America. #blackhistorymonth

Do you live or work in California? Do you suspect that your rights were violated this year, in terms of employment or housing, on the basis of a protected characteristic such as disability, gender identity, race, or sexual orientation? You deserve to live - work - breathe with dignity, free from pernicious discrimination or harassment. There is very little that angers me more than civil rights violations, and that’s why I became an attorney. Please feel free to contact m...e later this week at [email protected] if you would like a consultation. I also offer dispute resolution services, such as mediation. Wishing you and yours much peace and harmony this new year.

Melania Trump recently suggested that women need "evidence" in order to pursue claims of sexual assault. In employment cases involving sexual harassment, gend...er discrimination, and retaliation, as well as other matters, your testimony IS evidence. Your word is significant. Your story counts. Please do not be dissuaded by misguided notions that your telling of your story does not matter. I have handled cases in which third parties were not able to directly corroborate my clients' harassment claims. It's often the "nature of the beast." Discriminatory animus on the basis of sex, gender, sexual orientation, etc. is a rampant, powerful force, and witnesses are often scared to come forward. Nothing herein constitutes a guarantee that a particular result will be achieved in your case, or that I will be able to represent you. But feel free to contact me at [email protected] if you would like a consult regarding your potential claims. And please keep speaking up. We are listening, and we care. In this great State of California, you have significant employee protections, and it is your right to assert them.