Stephen M. Benardo, Esq.

Los Angeles

Employment

Stephen M. Benardo is a panel mediator and arbitrator for Alternative Resolution Centers and for the American Arbitration Association (AAA). Mr. Benardo also serves as a panel mediator for the United States District Court for the Central District of California and as a settlement officer for the Los Angeles County Superior Court through the LASC MVP program and the Resolve Mediation program. He previously served as a settlement officer in the LASC CRASH Mediation program and as a volunteer mediator for the LASC Small Claims Division through the Center for Conflict Resolution.

With over thirty years of experience as an employment lawyer, Mr. Benardo is regarded as an expert on a wide range of employment law issues from wage and hour and PAGA, to discrimination and harassment, to wrongful termination, to retaliation and whistleblowing, to trade secrets, unfair competition, and employee mobility, and to almost every area of law governing employers and employees.

As a litigator, Mr. Benardo represented both employers and employees in mediations, from single-plaintiff cases to multi-plaintiff cases to wage and hour class actions. As a defense attorney, he worked for multi-billion-dollar companies, single individuals, and all kinds of clients in between. As a plaintiffs' attorney, he handled cases ranging from class actions with potential damages of over $100 million to individual cases with as little as $10,000 at stake.

Because Mr. Benardo represented both employees and employers in such a broad range of cases, he knows what both rooms are thinking.

As a mediator, Mr. Benardo specializes in employment law with a focus on wage and hour class actions and PAGA cases, as well as harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and employee mobility disputes. Mr. Benardo also serves as a mediator in personal injury cases, business litigation, and many other areas of law.

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