400 Continental Blvd., 6th Floor
El Segundo, California 90245
Phone: (310) 426-2650
Fax: (310) 426-2651
About The Employers Law Group
Recognizing the complex web of continually changing federal and
state employment laws and the increased employee lawsuits which
impact employers operating in California, Stefan R. Miller founded The
Employers Law Group to help small and medium-sized businesses
develop and implement measures to minimize exposure for
employment-related claims and avoid litigation.
Mr. Miller has spent his entire 13-year legal career
practicing exclusively in the area of employment law representing
employers in a variety of different industries (e.g.,
communications and high technology, restaurant, retail,
manufacturing, construction, staffing/recruiting, electronics,
entertainment, automobile, food and grocery, health care,
consulting, freight forwarding and international logistics, medical
billing, banking) and professions (e.g.,
medical, legal, accounting, actuarial, teaching/education and
engineering).
Some of the larger representative clients that Mr. Miller has
defended or otherwise advised in connection with employment law
matters include: Federal
Express; AT&T Corp.; Safeway Inc.; Lucent Technologies Inc.; The
Vons Companies; RadioShack Corporation; Mastercard International;
Avaya Inc.; International House of Pancakes; Kaiser Permanente
(Southern California Permanente Medical Group); Kragen Auto Parts;
and ITT Educational
Services, Inc. As a
result, Fortune 500 counsel and representation now is available to
small and medium-sized businesses.
Preventive Strategies and Counseling Experience
Mr. Miller advises clients on a wide-range of federal and
Mr. Miller also advises management regarding the development and
implementation of employment policies, procedures and related
documentation which impacts all facets of the employment
relationship, including but not limited to employment applications,
offer letters, employee handbooks, training guidelines, wage and
hour related forms, employment agreements, independent contractor
agreements, arbitration agreements as well as agreements relating to
the protection of confidential and/or proprietary information
(including non-disclosure and non-solicitation), conflicts of
interest and separation.
Mr. Miller also has advised employers regarding the implementation
and use of background investigations for both applicants and
existing employees as well as the implementation of drug and alcohol
testing and related policies.
In addition, Mr. Miller has advised employers regarding
various workplace violence issues and has successfully obtained
temporary restraining orders to diffuse both potential and actual
workplace violence situations.
Likewise, Mr. Miller has both personally conducted internal
workplace investigations and has advised in-house human resource
contacts regarding how to conduct such investigations.
Litigation Experience
In addition to the foregoing, Mr. Miller has spent much of his
career successfully defending employers and members of management
against complaints for:
wrongful termination in violation of public policy; discrimination,
harassment and retaliation based on race, ethnicity, national
origin, age, sex/gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy and
disability; wage and hour violations; breach of contract; unfair
competition claims; defamation; fraud; and various other statutory,
contract and tort-related claims filed and prosecuted in federal and
state courts as well as before administrative government agencies.
In addition to preparing numerous position statements in
response to administrative complaints of discrimination and
harassment filed with both federal and state administrative
agencies(e.g., California
Department of Fair Employment and Housing, California Division of
Labor Standards Enforcement, United States Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, United States Department of Health and Human
Services, etc.), Mr. Miller also has handled all aspects of
litigation from inception through the appeals process, including
successfully arguing several appeals before United States Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
In fact, Mr. Miller has prepared and successfully argued
nearly all of the motions for summary judgment and each of the
appeals prepared on behalf of the clients he has served.
Mr. Miller also has defended employers against employee claims filed
pursuant to California’s workers’ compensation laws, including, but
not limited to, California Labor Code, section 132a (prohibiting
discrimination arising out of or relating to industrially-caused
injuries) and California Labor Code, section 4553 (prohibiting
serious and willful misconduct by an employer with respect to
industrially-caused injuries).
Training, Speaking and Publishing Experience
Mr. Miller also has conducted manager/supervisor training on:
harassment, discrimination and retaliation; leaves of
absence; disability accommodation; performance management and
discipline. Likewise, he
has spoken to business and professional human resource organizations
about various employment law topics, including:
employment law compliance for new businesses; proactive,
preventive measures that can be taken by employers to minimize
exposure to employee lawsuits;
harassment, discrimination and retaliation; leaves of
absence; disability accommodation; performance management and
discipline; privacy; and proper record-keeping practices.
Mr. Miller also has been a speaker for
In addition, Mr. Miller has written articles on a variety of
employment law issues that have been published in the
Los Angeles Daily Journal
(a Southern California legal journal), as well as in various trade
organization publications.
Mr. Miller also is the author of an article published in the
Educational Background
Mr. Miller received his Bachelor of Arts degree from
Personal
Mr. Miller lives in
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