Varnavides Law, PC also regularly counsels and represents clients – both employers and employees – in a variety of employment disputes ranging from discrimination claims to compensation disputes. Given California’s complex maze of employment laws and regulations, Gary’s clients regularly come to him for advice and strategy on employment matters and value his shrewd insight.
Gary regularly counsels a diverse mix of clients (both employers and employees) on a broad range of employment matters. With respect to employers, he routinely advises clients on a host of issues including employee compensation, employee departures, stock option issues, and discrimination claims. As a former business owner and employer, Gary is keenly aware of the extensive litigation and regulatory risks that buffet business owners and brings this experience to bear for his clients.
On the employee side, Gary often represents employees who have been taken advantage with respect to compensation, benefits, or otherwise suffered at the hands of unscrupulous employers.
Representative Matters Include:
- Represented terminated employee in dispute with former employer concerning loans that the employee had made to the employer-company. After the employer terminated the employee as a pretext to avoid repaying the loans, the client retained Gary to pursue claims against the employer-company and its owner. Ultimately, Gary obtained a resounding victory for his client – he obtained a judgment against the owner of the company and enforced it in the state where the owner resided. After obtaining an attachment against the owner’s home, Gary recovered every dollar that the employee loaned the company, with interest and costs.
- Represented private equity real estate firm in dispute with former employee and successfully resolved matter in client’s favor after determining that former employee was not entitled to certain equity grants. Prior to retaining Varnavides Law, the client was set to pay out the equity grants to the former employee and thereby garnered significant savings.
- Currently representing client, an attorney and former in-house counsel, in dispute with former employer regarding unpaid compensation and misclassification of employment status.
- Currently representing client, an investment banker, in dispute with former employer regarding compensation owed on deals originated by the client.
- Currently representing client, an insurance industry executive, in complex negotiations with an international insurance firm to form a new insurance company with client obtaining an equity stake and assuming CEO role of new firm.