Weinberg, Roger and Rosenfeld
David A. Rosenfeld
Shareholder
Email: drosenfeld@unioncounsel.net
Telephone: 510-337-1001
Education:
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California
Brown University
David Rosenfeld is a named shareholder of the Law Firm. Mr. Rosenfeld has been practicing union side labor law since his graduation from University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, in 1973. Mr. Rosenfeld has argued many important cases before the United States Supreme Court, the California Supreme Court, various federal and state courts of appeal and the National Labor Relations Board. He had primary responsibility for the seminal wage and hour case of Morillion v. Royal Packing Co. (2000) 22 Cal.4th 575,broadening an employer’s obligation to pay for all hours worked to include travel time on company vehicles.
David takes particular pride in developing creative and unusual tactics, both in the courts as well as outside of the courts. His book entitled “Offensive Bargaining” published by the National Labor College and the strategies he has developed have been used by unions throughout the country as effective weapons against anti-union employers. His booklet “Offensive Use of the California Labor Code” has encouraged California Unions and worker advocates to use wage and hour issues more aggressively.
One of the things David likes most about being a union lawyer is the ability to help union officials be more offensive, aggressive and effective in dealing with difficult employers. He teaches at Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California and has designed and taught a new course entitled “Representing Low Wage Workers.”
He had primary responsibility for the wage and hour case Cicairos v. Summit Logistics, Inc. (2005) 133 Cal.App.4th 949, an ongoing wage/hour litigation regarding breaks for meals and rest. He has also brought other successful wage and hour class actions, including but not limited to Fitz et al. v. Able Iron Works, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC343271; Hernandez et al. v. Central Precast Concrete, Inc., Alameda Superior Court Case No. RG05247294; Matthews et al. v. Petrochem Insulation, Inc., Alameda Superior Court Case No. 2002067565; Weddle et al. v. Frito-Lay Inc., No. C 99-05272 PJH (N. D. Cal.); andYarbrough et al. v. Labor Ready, Inc., No.836186-2 (Alameda County Superior Court).
Practice Areas:
Labor Arbitrations and Collective Bargaining Negotiations
Class Actions and Wage and Hour Litigation
Employment Discrimination
Draft and Defend Legislation and Regulations
Enforcing Labor Standards on Public Works Projects
Apprenticeship Programs
Labor Compliance and Labor Harmony Coalitions
Public Sector
Shareholder
Email: drosenfeld@unioncounsel.net
Telephone: 510-337-1001
Education:
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California
Brown University
David Rosenfeld is a named shareholder of the Law Firm. Mr. Rosenfeld has been practicing union side labor law since his graduation from University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, in 1973. Mr. Rosenfeld has argued many important cases before the United States Supreme Court, the California Supreme Court, various federal and state courts of appeal and the National Labor Relations Board. He had primary responsibility for the seminal wage and hour case of Morillion v. Royal Packing Co. (2000) 22 Cal.4th 575,broadening an employer’s obligation to pay for all hours worked to include travel time on company vehicles.
David takes particular pride in developing creative and unusual tactics, both in the courts as well as outside of the courts. His book entitled “Offensive Bargaining” published by the National Labor College and the strategies he has developed have been used by unions throughout the country as effective weapons against anti-union employers. His booklet “Offensive Use of the California Labor Code” has encouraged California Unions and worker advocates to use wage and hour issues more aggressively.
One of the things David likes most about being a union lawyer is the ability to help union officials be more offensive, aggressive and effective in dealing with difficult employers. He teaches at Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California and has designed and taught a new course entitled “Representing Low Wage Workers.”
He had primary responsibility for the wage and hour case Cicairos v. Summit Logistics, Inc. (2005) 133 Cal.App.4th 949, an ongoing wage/hour litigation regarding breaks for meals and rest. He has also brought other successful wage and hour class actions, including but not limited to Fitz et al. v. Able Iron Works, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC343271; Hernandez et al. v. Central Precast Concrete, Inc., Alameda Superior Court Case No. RG05247294; Matthews et al. v. Petrochem Insulation, Inc., Alameda Superior Court Case No. 2002067565; Weddle et al. v. Frito-Lay Inc., No. C 99-05272 PJH (N. D. Cal.); andYarbrough et al. v. Labor Ready, Inc., No.836186-2 (Alameda County Superior Court).
Practice Areas:
Labor Arbitrations and Collective Bargaining Negotiations
Class Actions and Wage and Hour Litigation
Employment Discrimination
Draft and Defend Legislation and Regulations
Enforcing Labor Standards on Public Works Projects
Apprenticeship Programs
Labor Compliance and Labor Harmony Coalitions
Public Sector
Lisl Duncan
Associate
Email: lduncan@unioncounsel.net
Telephone: 213-380-2344
Education:
Hastings College of Law, 2008
University of California, Berkeley, 2004
Lisl Duncan joined Weinberg, Roger and Rosenfeld in December 2008. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 2004 with a major in English and a minor in Peace & Conflict Studies, and graduated from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law with her J.D. in 2008.
Ms. Duncan worked as a Peggy Browning Fund Fellow in the Division of Judges at the National Labor Relations Board in 2007, and interned at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and with a small firm in Barcelona, Spain in 2006. She served as Editor in Chief of the Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal from 2007-2008. During law school, Ms. Duncan participated in the Workers’ Rights Clinic, Refugee & Human Rights Clinic, Pilipino American Law Society, Hastings Public Interest Law Foundation, and volunteered with organizations off campus including the General Assistance Advocacy Project and the Tenderloin After-School Program. She received Hastings’ 3L Class Leader Award in 2008 by vote of her peers.
Ms. Duncan hopes to dedicate her legal career to social justice and positively affecting people’s lives. She represents labor unions and individuals in labor and employment litigation, including wage and hour class action lawsuits.
Ms. Duncan speaks, reads and writes intermediate level Spanish.
Practice Areas:
Labor Arbitrations and Collective Bargaining Negotiations
Class Actions and Wage and Hour Litigation
Employment Discrimination
Enforcing Labor Standards on Public Works Projects
Associate
Email: lduncan@unioncounsel.net
Telephone: 213-380-2344
Education:
Hastings College of Law, 2008
University of California, Berkeley, 2004
Lisl Duncan joined Weinberg, Roger and Rosenfeld in December 2008. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 2004 with a major in English and a minor in Peace & Conflict Studies, and graduated from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law with her J.D. in 2008.
Ms. Duncan worked as a Peggy Browning Fund Fellow in the Division of Judges at the National Labor Relations Board in 2007, and interned at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and with a small firm in Barcelona, Spain in 2006. She served as Editor in Chief of the Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal from 2007-2008. During law school, Ms. Duncan participated in the Workers’ Rights Clinic, Refugee & Human Rights Clinic, Pilipino American Law Society, Hastings Public Interest Law Foundation, and volunteered with organizations off campus including the General Assistance Advocacy Project and the Tenderloin After-School Program. She received Hastings’ 3L Class Leader Award in 2008 by vote of her peers.
Ms. Duncan hopes to dedicate her legal career to social justice and positively affecting people’s lives. She represents labor unions and individuals in labor and employment litigation, including wage and hour class action lawsuits.
Ms. Duncan speaks, reads and writes intermediate level Spanish.
Practice Areas:
Labor Arbitrations and Collective Bargaining Negotiations
Class Actions and Wage and Hour Litigation
Employment Discrimination
Enforcing Labor Standards on Public Works Projects
Caren P. Sencer
Shareholder
Email: csencer@unioncounsel.net
Telephone: 510-337-1001
Education:
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, 2004
Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, 1999
Caren Sencer joined Weinberg, Roger and Rosenfeld in 2004. Ms. Sencer received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and graduated from Boalt Hall School of Law with her J.D. Ms. Sencer also worked as a law clerk for the firm as a law student. Ms. Sencer represents labor unions and individuals in labor and employment litigation, including wage and hour class action lawsuits.
Ms. Sencer is the author of When Your Boss Isn’t An Employer: Limitations Of Title VIII Coverage, 25 Berkeley J. Emp. & Lab. L. 441.
Practice Areas:
Labor Arbitrations and Collective Bargaining Negotiations
Class Actions and Wage and Hour Litigation
Employment Discrimination
Enforcing Labor Standards on Public Works Projects
Labor Compliance and Labor Harmony Coalitions
Public Sector
Shareholder
Email: csencer@unioncounsel.net
Telephone: 510-337-1001
Education:
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, 2004
Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, 1999
Caren Sencer joined Weinberg, Roger and Rosenfeld in 2004. Ms. Sencer received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and graduated from Boalt Hall School of Law with her J.D. Ms. Sencer also worked as a law clerk for the firm as a law student. Ms. Sencer represents labor unions and individuals in labor and employment litigation, including wage and hour class action lawsuits.
Ms. Sencer is the author of When Your Boss Isn’t An Employer: Limitations Of Title VIII Coverage, 25 Berkeley J. Emp. & Lab. L. 441.
Practice Areas:
Labor Arbitrations and Collective Bargaining Negotiations
Class Actions and Wage and Hour Litigation
Employment Discrimination
Enforcing Labor Standards on Public Works Projects
Labor Compliance and Labor Harmony Coalitions
Public Sector