Our Attorneys
Iris Weinmann
Partner
Iris Weinmann has been concentrating her practice on representing employees in employment related litigation since 1994. Together with Paul Greenberg, Ms. Weinmann has successfully tried multiple employment cases to verdict. She has also argued several appeals before the Court of Appeal for the State of California and has obtained published decisions. Ms. Weinmann has been very successful in defeating numerous summary judgment motions over the past 30 years and in resolving cases for significant sums after active litigation, but prior to trial.
Ms. Weinmann is a member of the California Employment Lawyers Association, and LEFTJAW, a local organization dedicated to the effective representation of plaintiffs in employment matters. Ms. Weinmann has spoken on employment related issues at seminars hosted by these organizations, and has had numerous articles published in legal journals.
Ms. Weinmann was admitted to the California State Bar in December 1992, after receiving her Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University School of Law in 1992, where she graduated magna cum laude. Ms. Weinmann was a Dean's Merit Scholar, and an associate editor of the Pepperdine Law Review. Ms. Weinmann was admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States in April of 2005.
Prior to entering law school, Ms. Weinmann was a Regent's Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she received her undergraduate degree in Economics/Business in 1989. She graduated magna cum laude and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Publications
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Pre-emption, Limits on Damages and Other Industry-Specific Burdens to Plaintiffs' Employment Claims: The National Bank Act, ERISA and NLRA Are But a Few of the Statutory and Regulatory Quagmires, Advocate: Journal of Consumer Attorneys Associations for Southern California, April 2013.