Joseph E. Herman, Esq.

(323) 937-1400
jherm@comcast.net

Mr. Herman has represented a wide variety of employers in virtually every kind of employment and labor law matter, including union organizing and negotiations, and proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the United States Department of Labor, the Occupational Safety and Health Agency, and corresponding state agencies. He has extensive experience dealing with all forms of labor disputes, including boycotts and corporate campaigns. Mr. Herman also has handled a broad variety of class and individual litigation matters in both state and federal courts involving wrongful dismissal, employment discrimination, sexual harassment and employee benefits and constitutional issues. He has represented a number of the largest farming companies in the country in agricultural labor law matters. 

2. Professional Activities

Mr. Herman has published numerous articles in publications such as law reviews (e.g. the University of Virginia Law Review); specialty publications (e.g. The Labor Lawyer); conference proceedings (e g. The NYU Institute on Labor and The Southwestern Labor Law Conference); CEB Books (e.g. Advising California Employers); and major newspapers (eg. The New York Times and Los Angeles Times). He won the Legal Writing Contest sponsored by the Chicago Bar Association two years in a row.

He has taught courses in labor and employment law and negotiating at the Harvard Business School, Northwestern Law School, the UCLA Institute on Industrial Relations, the Practicing Law Institute and has participated as a speaker in many industry and legal programs. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.  

Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, MA. (J.D. 1966)
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. (B.A. 1963)
 

Thelen, Reid & Priest (Partner)                   1998-2001
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (Partner)             1991-1998
Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson    1966-1991
(Managing Partner Los Angeles)

Mr. Herman is admitted to the California and Illinois Bars and various Federal Courts throughout the country.