Jacob Nalbandyan

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

• Jimenez v. U.S. Continental Marketing, Inc. (2019) 41 Cal.App.5th 189 (Reversing jury’s finding for the defense, ordering a new trial, and establishing California law that a worker sent to work by a staffing agency to a 3^rd party contracting company is an employee of both the staffing agency and the contracting company).
• Diaz v. Professional Community Management, Inc. (2017) 16 Cal.App.5th 1190 (Securing denial of a motion to compel arbitration at the Court of Appeal on first instance and obtaining sanctions against the employer and employer’s lawyers and law firm to be paid as follows: 1. $8,500 to the court; 2. attorney’s fees to the employee for trial preparation and for defending the appeal; and 3. the employer’s attorneys ordered to forward the Court of Appeal opinion to the State Bar).
• Castro-Ramirez v. Dependable Highway Express, Inc. (2016) 2 Cal.App.5th 1028 (Establishing sweeping California law that an employer may not discriminate or retaliate against an employee with a disabled child on account of the employee’s related work schedule needs). Click here to learn more about this case.

REPRESENTATIVE RESULTS

• $10,000,000 Jury Verdict in Sutter County Superior Court against the County of Sutter, Sheriff’s Department (CVCS19-0000737). This case involved disability-related medical leave & sexual harassment. Click here to learn more about this case.
• $4,900,000 Settlement for whistleblower wrongful termination.
• $3,451,219 Arbitration win for a hospital nurse fired because of a disability. Click here to learn more about this case.
• $3,320,000 Settlement for $19 per hour worker fired after returning to work from surgery.
• $2,500,000 Settlement for pregnancy related wrongful termination on behalf of a $15/hr custodial worker.
• $2,184,560.43 Arbitration win for a whistleblower wrongful termination lawsuit. Click here to learn more about this case.
• $1,500,000 $21 per hour who worked only for 6 months and was fired after needing time off for knee surgery when the company ultimately closed 1 year after termination.
• $1,475,000 Settlement for Disability-Related Wrongful Termination.
• $1,403,696 Arbitration win for a factory worker fired after attempting to return from medical leave. Click here to learn more about this case.
• $1,325,000 Million Dollar Settlement – $10.50 per hour fast-food worker sexually harassed by the manager who quit when nothing was done to stop it.
• $1,250,000 Settlement for a $12.50/hr temp. a staffing agency worker who was fired after becoming pregnant.
• $1,100,000 Settlement for Associational Disability-Related Wrongful Termination in Castro-Ramirez v. Dependable Highway Express, Inc. (LASC Case No. BC511197)
• $1,010,000 Settlement for Disability-Related Wrongful Termination.
• $1,000,000 5-year employee out on medical leave for about 2 years loses his job when he attempts to return to work from medical leave.
• $1,000,000 Settlement for Disability-Related Wrongful Termination.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & ARTICLES

• Lessons Learned From Winning (2022) – Jacob was invited as a speaker for the California Employment Lawyers Associations 35^th annual conference in 2022, for the second time, to speak before lawyers and judges for his $3.45 Million arbitration win in 2022 against a major southern California hospital.
• Lessons Learned From Winning (2016) – Jacob was invited as a speaker for the California Employment Lawyers Association’s 29th annual conference in 2016 to speak before lawyers and judges for his win in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court in the case of Castro-Ramirez v. Dependable Highway Express, Inc. In 2018, he successfully settled the case for $1.1 Million without his client having to attend a long and protracted jury trial.