Lawyers for Employee and Consumer Rights

About Lawyers for Employee and Consumer Rights

Lawyers for Employee and Consumer Rights APC, which calls itself LFECR, is a California professional corporation founded in 2015, according to the firm, and is based at 3500 W. Olive Ave in Burbank. It is led by head of litigation and managing partner Robert Ebert Byrnes, who was admitted to the California bar in 1999, according to State Bar of California records. The firm says Byrnes holds an A.B. from Brown University, a Master of Public Policy from Harvard and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.

According to its website, the firm represents only employees and consumers and never employers. Its attorneys handle claims in state court, federal court and arbitration, including American Arbitration Association and JAMS proceedings. The firm says it takes clients from all 58 California counties but accepts only California residents.

The practice areas it lists are employment matters: wrongful termination; unpaid minimum wage, overtime and tips, pursued as individual or class claims; missed meal and rest breaks; discrimination under California's Fair Employment and Housing Act and federal laws including Title VII, the ADEA and the ADA; sexual, racial and other workplace harassment; retaliation against whistleblowers; FMLA and CFRA leave violations; misclassification of employees as independent contractors; workplace privacy; child labor rules; and on-the-job injuries.

LFECR states that it works only on contingency, with no fee unless there is a recovery, and offers free, confidential case reviews with no upfront cost. According to the firm, callers first speak with a case evaluator before an attorney reviews the matter. It lists English and Spanish as service languages.