Elisabeth A. DeBartolo
California Worplace LawDedicated to providing practical, cost-effective, solutions to workplace challenges. Attorney Elisabeth DeBartolo is your best choice for an employment and labor attorney who offers personalized assistance with your case. She may be the most seasoned employment attorney you will find in our area. Attorney Elisabeth DeBartolo is a Monterey Employment Attorney who worked for many years in executive level Human Resources prior to attending law school. Her experience is unique. She doesn't just have book smarts, she has the day-to-day, on-the-job, in-the-trenches experience needed to identify workplace challenges and resolve them. Ms. DeBartolo can quickly assess your legal situation and provide you with proactive, practical and cost effective counsel and representation. Ms. DeBartolo was working in large companies when labor and employment laws in California first began to evolve. Unlike most attorneys you will meet, Ms. DeBartolo actually worked in companies, wrote employment policies while inside those companies and faced the same workplace challenges you are facing today. Elisabeth knows the laws personally because she lived through their enactments while working in Human Resources. Time and time again, Ms. DeBartolo was responsible for bringing large workplaces into compliance as the workplace laws evolved. If you are looking for one of the most knowledgeable employment attorneys around - you've come to the right place!
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Credit Cards Accepted
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Contingent Fees
Occasionally. -
Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
I perform most of my services on an hourly or flat fee basis. On occasion I will accept cases on a contingency fee basis.
- California
- 9th Circuit
- Owner / Attorney
- California Workplace Law
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- Executive Level Human Resources Positions
- Agrigulture, Transportation, Non-profit, Publishing, Hotels and Restaurants
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- California State University - Chico
- B.A. | Sociology
- Golden Gate University
- M.S. | Human Resources Management
- University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
- J.D. | Law
- Honors: Highest Honors in Written Advocacy, Academic Dean's List, California Women Lawyer's Scholarship Recipient
- Activities: Teaching Assistant - Legal Advocacy, Team Captain - International Mock Trial Team (Jessup), Member of Business law, and Workers' Compensation Clinics
- Legal Services for Seniors
- Pro-Bono Attorney
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- Activities: Provide free legal services to seniors who might not otherwise have legal representation. Legal services include: guardianships, limited conservatorships, landlord-tenant issues, employment law, among others.
- New Year - New Employment Laws
- Monterey County Bar Association
- Presented continuing education legal seminar for Monterey County Attorneys.
- New Year - New Employment Laws
- Monterey County Bar Association
- Presented continuing education legal seminar for Monterey County Attorneys.