Steven M. Chanley is a shareholder with Employer Advocates Group "(EAG") law firm, in San Luis Obispo and Orange County, where he concentrates on defending and advising businesses in all aspects of Employment Law. His practice includes wage-hour, employee misclassification, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, trade secret misappropriation, and wrongful termination litigation defense. Mr. Chanley also advises businesses on Employment Law compliance and personnel matters.
Mr. Chanley is rated as "AV" by Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, the highest rating given to attorneys based on their legal ability and professional ethics, reliability and diligence.
Prior to founding EAG in 2002, Mr. Chanley practiced Employment Law in San Francisco (Littler) and Palo Alto (Morrison & Foerster), and was a Partner at the San Luis Obispo firm of Sinsheimer, Schiebelhut, Baggett & Tangeman.
Mr. Chanley was raised in San Luis Obispo County, and is a graduate of Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and the University of California Law School, San Francisco. He is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice before all federal Courts in California, as well as federal district courts in Texas.
- University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
- J.D.
- California State University - California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
- B.A. (1985) | English
- Honors: cum laude
- Attorney/Founder
- Employer Advocates Group
- - Current
- Attorney/Partner
- Sinsheimer, Schiebelhut, Baggett & Tangeman
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- San Luis Obispo, CA
- Attorney
- Morrison & Foerster LLP
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- Palo Alto, California
- Attorney
- Littler Mendelson P.C.
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- San Francisco, California
- Board Agent/Extern
- National Labor Relations Board, Region 20
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- San Francisco, CA
- Summer Accociate
- Littler Mendelson P.C.
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- San Francisco, CA
- Summer Associate
- Cotchett & Illston
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- Burlingame, CA
- Paralegal
- Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro
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- San Francisco, CA
- Rethinking The 'No Comment Rule' Rule in At-Will Discharges
- San Luis Obispo County Bar Bulletin
- Quest For Order in "Pigeon Feathers": Updike's Use of Christian Mythology
- Thompson Publishing
- Employment Law Update 2013, Dibuduo & Defendis Insurance
- Form I-9 Compliance, Santa Maria Human Resources Assn.
- Avoiding Top 10 Problematic Employment Practices, Nat'l Assn. of Women Business Owners, Cental Coast
- Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
- Martindale-Hubbell
- AV Rating
- Martindale-Hubbell
- American Jurisprudence Award
- Labor Law II
- State Bar of California  # 142079
- Member
- - Current
- California
- State Bar of California
- ID Number: 142079
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- English
- Website
- Website