Barry has successfully completed the Mediating the Litigated Case course at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine School of Law. Barry is currently on the mediator panel with the Mediation Center of Los Angeles (MCLA). He has also volunteered for several years as a mediator at the Los Angeles County Superior Court through the Center for Conflict Resolution, and he is a member of the Southern California Mediation Association.
Appell Mediation also offers online dispute resolution through the use of Zoom video conferencing.
Barry M. Appell has substantial experience representing both employees and employers for the past 25 years in employment litigation in trial and appellate courts, arbitrations, and administrative forums. Barry also provides employers with counseling on employment issues, trainings, handbooks, and investigations.
Having represented both sides in employment cases, Barry is uniquely qualified to see cases from both perspectives which helps him relate to all sides of a dispute. Barry has also been named a Southern California Superlawyer every year since 2004.
After several years representing only employers, in 2004, Barry started his own law firm, Appell Hilaire Benardo LLP, representing employees and employers, until 2012, when Barry joined with Scott Shapiro to form Appell Shapiro LLP.
Barry has successfully litigated many cases, including multi-million dollar wage and hour class actions. Barry has spent most of his years of practice litigating harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, wage and hour, and other employment-related claims, including class actions and PAGA cases.
Barry is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the San Fernando Valley Bar Association. He graduated from UC Hastings College of the Law in 1994 and from California State University, Northridge, cum laude, in 1991.
Barry M. Appell’s mediation experience focuses on employment law, personal injury, tort, and breach of contract cases. With respect to employment law disputes, Barry’s area of expertise includes wage and hour claims, including class actions and PAGA cases, as well as harassment, discrimination, disability and failure to accommodate, retaliation, wrongful termination, privacy, and unfair competition claims.
Barry has successfully completed the Mediating the Litigated Case course at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine School of Law. Barry is currently on the mediator panel with the Mediation Center of Los Angeles (MCLA). He has also volunteered for several years as a mediator at the Los Angeles County Superior Court through the Center for Conflict Resolution, and he is a member of the Southern California Mediation Association.
Appell Mediation also offers online dispute resolution through the use of Zoom video conferencing.
Barry M. Appell has substantial experience representing both employees and employers for the past 25 years in employment litigation in trial and appellate courts, arbitrations, and administrative forums. Barry also provides employers with counseling on employment issues, trainings, handbooks, and investigations.
Having represented both sides in employment cases, Barry is uniquely qualified to see cases from both perspectives which helps him relate to all sides of a dispute. Barry has also been named a Southern California Superlawyer every year since 2004.
After several years representing only employers, in 2004, Barry started his own law firm, Appell Hilaire Benardo LLP, representing employees and employers, until 2012, when Barry joined with Scott Shapiro to form Appell Shapiro LLP.
Barry has successfully litigated many cases, including multi-million dollar wage and hour class actions. Barry has spent most of his years of practice litigating harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, wage and hour, and other employment-related claims, including class actions and PAGA cases.
Barry is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the San Fernando Valley Bar Association. He graduated from UC Hastings College of the Law in 1994 and from California State University, Northridge, cum laude, in 1991.
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