Dorothy Buffum’s father started Buffum’s department stores which became a chain of sixteen high-end department stores. She married Harry Chandler’s eldest son Norman Chandler (publisher of the Los Angeles Times from 1945-1960). They met at a dance at Stanford.
During World War II Dorothy Chandler took control of the Los Angeles Times Women’s Section. She refused to be identified as a feminist, but actively took part in women’s issues. She turned the Los Angeles Times into a more moderate newspaper, and tended to take the liberal side of issues.
Dorothy (aka Buffie or Buff) in all likelihood saved the Hollywood Bowl from annihilation. In 1950 it closed for the summer season due to finances. Her fund raising efforts allowed the Hollywood Bowl to stay open. She later became the chairman of its parent corporation.
In the 1950s Dorothy and Norman Chandler lived in a Beaux Arts mansion at 455 South Lorraine, The Chandlers hosted Presidents Eisenhower (who Dorothy exerted strong editorial support for during his run for the Whitehouse), Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. Their home was referred to as the Western White House during this period.
Dorothy Chandler was a University of California Regent from 1954-1968. During this time the U.C. System grew from five to eight campuses, and UCLA developed an international reputation.
Beginning in 1954, Dorothy Chandler began a ten year campaign to raise funding for a music center in Los Angeles. She believed that without this cultural achievement the city her in-laws built would never make the map. A large part of the funding to build the music center came from the Jewish community. Myford Irvine, Mark Taper (as in the Mark Taper Forum) and Howard Ahmanson (as in the Ahmanson Theater) were primary contributors.
The Grande Dame of Los Angeles Culture died in 1997.
The color picture of the Pavilion was taken by accident when I was walking away from the downtown Los Angeles civil courthouse across the street. My cell phone snapped it. Although I do not get to see many shows at the Pavilion, I always see what is playing there when I use the parking elevator to rise to the street level in route to court. Yes, I am a proud parking patron of the underground garage.
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Jury verdict for male visually harassed and subject to crude comments by a female manager
breach of commission contract
$1,150,000
Unpaid commissions of two plaintiffs
unpaid wages
$875,000
For 4 oil field service industry workers whose times worked were not recorded on timesheets and were on-call
Disclaimer: These results are based on the facts of these specific cases and do not guarantee or predict a similar result in any future case.
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Discrimination
Age, Disability, Family Medical Leave (FMLA/CFRA), Gender, National Origin, Pregnancy, Race, and Sexual Orientation claims.
Unpaid Wages & Overtime
Recovering earnings for Overtime, Bonuses, Commissions, Meal & Rest Breaks, and Prevailing Wage violations.
Sexual Harassment
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Wrongful Termination
Representing employees terminated in violation of public policy, contracts, or California and Federal law.
Leaves & Retaliation
Protecting employees who face adverse actions after reporting illegal activity or taking protected medical leave.
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Advocating for employees who report fraud, waste, or abuse in their organizations under whistleblower protections.
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About Firm Founder, Karl Gerber
Firm Founder, Karl Gerber, has been an employment wrongful termination attorney since 1993. He has represented a wide range of employees throughout California.
Mr. Gerber has won 51 of the binding arbitrations and jury trials he first chaired, and a number of his appeals are published. This deep trial experience is the foundation of the firm's strategic approach to litigation.
The employment attorneys employed by the Employment Lawyers Group have worked at the firm well in excess of five years, have also tried many different labor cases, and have all been extensively trained on employment wrongful termination by Karl Gerber.
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