
biography
Larry R. Schmadeka brings over 25 years of substantive litigation and transactional experience in domestic and international matters over a wide range of practice areas, including commercial, intellectual property, products liability, employment, and shipbuilding litigation. He has represented foreign corporations, along with their domestic subsidiaries, from Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, India, Sweden, and Germany in various state and federal courts. Larry has also represented clients in and managed foreign arbitral matters, including the LMAA, SIAC and ICC. He has also worked with local counsel in the coordination of litigation and transactional matters in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
Employment Law
Larry’s experience includes defending small to large, domestic and foreign-based employers in single, multi-party and class actions matters involving wage and hour, wrongful termination, unlawful discrimination and sexual harassment claims in state and federal courts and arbitral forums. He also has extensive experience in advising employers, including Korean and Chinese-owned enterprises, on employment practices involving wage and hour issues, employment policies...
Los Angeles
Credentials
Admissions
California
US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
US District Court, Central District of California
US District Court, Northern District of California
US District Court, Southern District of California
US District Court, Eastern District of California
Education
Southwestern University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1992
Claremont McKenna College, B.A., 1987
Prior Law Firm Experience
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith, LLP
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae LLP