Lisa Pierson Weinberger
Lisa Pierson Weinberger is the owner of an employment law practice working with families, employees, and small businesses. Ms. Weinberger advises on maternity leave benefits, reinstatement rights, and the proper employment of domestic employees (including work related to the hiring process, background and drug checks, and termination).
Ms. Weinberger has extensive experience counseling employers on many aspects of California and federal employment law, including the classification of exempt and non-exempt employees, confidentiality and trade secret issues, and leaves of absence. She has also drafted customized personnel policies and other employment-related agreements for clients, led training sessions to help minimize employment liability, conducted investigations of employee complaints regarding discrimination, and represented employers in litigation before state courts and administrative agencies in a broad range of matters. Ms. Weinberger received her BA in Psychology from Washington University and her JD from UCLA.