Vincent James DeSimone
3 Decades of Employment Law & Civil Rights Experience in Los Angeles
From 1987 to 1990, he was a staff attorney at Westside Legal Services, in Santa Monica, California where he was the lead trial lawyer representing lower income families and individuals who could not afford a lawyer. In 1990, DeSimone founded the cutting edge civil rights law firm Schonbrun & DeSimone. Later known as Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, the firm established a reputation as one of the most prestigious civil and employment rights law firms in the State of California and in the entire country.
After twenty-five years as a partner, Jim decided to carve out his own path by establishing V. James DeSimone Law, a California law firm dedicated to representing individuals in civil rights cases, with an emphasis on employment discrimination and harassment, employment wage and hour class action cases, police misconduct and brutality cases, including wrongful death, excessive force, and false arrest cases, and personal injury cases.
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Car Accidents
- Wrongful Termination
- Discrimination
- Sexual Harassment
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Free Consultation
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Contingent Fees
Most of my cases are taken on a contingency basis.
- California
- Partner
- V. James DeSimone Law
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- Partner
- Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP
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- University of California - Los Angeles
- Law Degree (1985)
- Johns Hopkins University
- B.A. (1981)
- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Top 25 Plaintiff's Employment Lawyers in California
- Daily Journal
- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Top 10 Plaintiff's Employment Lawyers in California
- Daily Journal
- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- California Employment Lawyers Association
- Member
- Current
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
- Member
- Current
- National Employment Lawyers Association
- Member
- Current
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Charities
- Member
- Current
- Winning Don't Come Easy, Tales from Trial Lawyers in the Trenches., California Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference
- Voir Dire and Opening Statement in Employment Discrimination Trial, Successful Trial Techniques in Employment Law Litigation