Professional Expertise:
Mr. Meer’s practice focuses on litigation and client counseling in the areas of wrongful discharge, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, labor arbitration, employee benefits litigation and employee relations.

Client Representation:
As a litigator, Mr. Meer has represented a large mix of employers in a variety of industries, including motion picture studios, entertainment and music companies, automobile manufacturing companies, temporary staffing and employee leasing organizations, consumer products distributors, banks, and investment banking and financial services firms. He has obtained judgments for employers in state and federal courts and won appellate cases before the California Court of Appeals, the California Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

As a counselor, Mr. Meer has helped numerous clients avoid extensive litigation through the use of arbitration programs, effective employee handbooks and human resources policies, as well as through mediation and other alternative dispute resolution techniques.

Author & Speaker:
Mr. Meer is a contributing columnist to the ABA press and the California Labor Letter. He is a contributing author to Sexual Harassment in Employment Law, B. Lindemann & D. Kodue, Eds. (BNA 1992).

He is a frequent lecturer and featured speaker on labor and employment litigation issues before the National Employment Law Institute, The Employers Group, The Employer Advisory Council and The Professionals in Human Resources Association. Mr. Meer is an instructor in continuing legal education accredited by the State Bar of California, and has taught a course entitled “Winning Summary Judgment in Employment Litigation,” and is a guest lecturer at the Graduate School of Business of California State University.

Education:
Mr. Meer received his B.A. with honors in 1986 from Cornell University, School of Industrial & Labor Relations, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Eta Sigma, and his J.D. with honors from Boston University in 1989.

Professional Associations:
He is a member of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the American Bar Association and the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and is a member of the California Bar.