Employment Law: Bias & Assumption
Presented by Angel Horacek, Esq.
6:00 - 7:00 PM
March 9, 2022
via Zoom
Members: $15
Non-Members $35
Student Members: $10
Non-Member Students: $20
Description:
Ms. Horacek will be talking about employment law and the implicit bias that happens during assumptions and bias that occur in the workplace.
Attendees will receive 1.0 MCLE credit and supporting training materials.
Angel James Horacek
Angel James Horacek practices employment and civil rights law on behalf of employees. She focuses primarily in three areas: anti-discrimination and harassment; antiretaliation and whistleblowing; and fair pay for employees.
At Law Offices of Angel J. Horacek, PC, Ms. Horacek represents employees in litigation, trials, arbitrations, hearings, and administrative processes. She also advises individuals regarding workplace or employment issues that arise prior to or during employment.
Ms. Horacek is admitted to practice in all state courts in California, in the United States District Court for the Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of California, and in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She was also an extern in the chambers of the Honorable Andrew J. Wistrich of the United States Federal Court for the Central District of California.
Ms. Horacek is the co-chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Saturday Seminar Committee, which presents cutting-edge continuing legal educational programs for lawyers and law students several times through the year. Ms. Horacek also participates on the California Employment Lawyers Association Fair Employment & Housing Council Committee, which drafts comprehensive comments to ensure that FEHA regulations accurately reflect California’s laws.
Ms. Horacek has been named as a Southern California Super Lawyer from 2017 to 2022. She has been a featured speaker and moderator for the State Bar of California, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Pincus Professional Education, and a variety of other entities. Ms. Horacek has also been featured in the Los Angeles Times and other publications.
She is a member of the California Bar, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the California Employment Lawyers Association, and Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles. She is a lifetime member of the John M. Langston Bar Association and Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles.
Ms. Horacek was previously an associate commercial litigator at an AmLaw 100 firm focusing on business and corporate clients and an associate attorney at a boutique employee-side litigation firm.
Ms. Horacek obtained both her Juris Doctor and Bachelor degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles. While at UCLA Law, she obtained a specialization in Business Law and Policy and a concentration in Critical Race Studies. She also served as the SBA President at UCLA Law for her graduating class. Ms. Horacek currently serves as Secretary of the Alumni Board at Harvard-Westlake
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