Leo Livshits
SENIOR TRIAL ATTORNEY & TEAM LEAD AT BLACKSTONE LAW
Leo Livshits is an accomplished employment attorney with extensive trial and litigation experience. Mr. Livshits handles a wide variety of employment matters involving workplace discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and other civil rights violations. Aside from securing numerous seven-figure settlements in single-plaintiff cases, Mr. Livshits has co-chaired jury trials and arbitrations that resulted in verdicts or judgments of $155.4 million, $2.7 million, $1.7 million, and $1 million.
Additionally, Mr. Livshits has successfully litigated appeals in state and federal court. This includes a published decision in Hernandez v. Meridian Management Services, LLC (2023) 87 Cal.App.5th 1214, where the California Court of Appeal found that the plaintiff could bring her pregnancy discrimination case before a jury rather than in arbitration.
Mr. Livshits earned his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School and his undergraduate degree from UCLA. In 2023, he was recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star. Mr. Livshits is responsible for all aspects of case management from the pre-litigation stage up through and including trial.
- Employment Law
- Employment Discrimination, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- California
- State Bar of California
- ID Number: 331605
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Senior Associate Attorney & Team Lead
- Blackstone Law
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- Managing Attorney
- Shegerian & Associates, Inc
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- Associate Attorney
- Legal Clerk
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- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
- J.D. (2019)
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- UCLA School of Law
- B.A. (2016) | Political Science and Government
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- State Bar of California # 331605
- Member
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- CAALA
- Current
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