Unions represent the strongest institution alized force for the working class that can counteract the influence of Cor porate America. As such\, the role of labor lawyers has never been more imp ortant. Join OPIA to learn from Wasserstein Fellow Jonah J. Lalas\, who went from un ion organizer to law student to now a partner at Altshuler Berzon LLP’s new ly-opened Southern California office. A child of Filipino immigrants\, Jona h will talk about his path to becoming a labor lawyer and discuss his work representing nurses\, writers\, hotel workers\, linemen\, and incarcerated workers. He will also offer practical tips on how to position yourself to l and a place in this exciting\, fulfilling\, and constantly-evolving practic e that continues to provide critical support to the ongoing struggle for ec onomic justice.
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Jonah’s practice consists primarily of rep resenting unions in arbitration\, administrative proceedings\, advice matte rs\, contract negotiations\, and in litigation at the trial and appellate l evels. He was previously a partner at a Southern California union-side law firm. Jonah has presented on a number of legal topics at conferences conduc ted by the AFL-CIO Union Lawyers Alliance\, the California Teachers Associa tion\, the IUPAT Professionals Forum & Finishing Industries Forum\, and the Bar Association of San Francisco's Labor and Employment Law Section. He al so contributes to the public discourse about the labor movement and has pub lished opinion pieces in Newsweek\, The Hill\, Truthout\, and The Progressi ve. Jonah graduated from the University of California\, Berkeley School of Law. He then clerked for three federal judges: Magistrate Judge Nathanael C ousins (N.D. Cal.)\, Chief Judge Dolly M. Gee (C.D. Cal.)\, and Judge Raymo nd C. Fisher (9th Circuit). Jonah is currently a Ninth Circuit Judicial Con ference Lawyer Representative for the Central District of California and re gularly serves as an instructor for the Union Lawyers Alliance's monthly tr ial skills trainings\, which is attended by 30 to 60 practicing lawyers thr oughout the country. He and his wife recently taught their 5th grade daught er's after-school inaugural Mock Trial Club.
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