Neil Pedersen
Partner
Neil Pedersen and Pedersen Law APC is an Employee Rights litigation law firm handling issues such as Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation, Leave Issues and Employee Privacy Concerns. They practice in all state and federal courts in California. Mr. Pedersen graduated with a BS and J.D., magna cum laude, from Western State College of Law in 1988 as co-Valedictorian and Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. After working for several years in small to medium-sized litigation firms, he opened his own office in 1994. Mr. Pedersen went in-house with a technology company, QuantumLink Corp., as General Counsel and VP of Human Resources where he remained until assisting with acquisition of the company. He then opened his own firm again in 2000, which continues to operate now. Mr. Pedersen has been an adjunct professor at Western State College of Law teaching Employment Law, and he also co-created and taught the school’s first Law Practice Management course for 8 years. He is a prolific author and regular lecturer on subjects of employment law, law practice management, and general litigation. Mr. Pedersen has been involved in the procurement of several significant six and seven-figure verdicts and settlements for his clients over the years. Mr. Pedersen has been selected as a Top Attorney in Southern California since 2014, been named one of the Top Employment Law Attorneys in Orange County repeatedly, and been identified as a Southern California Super Lawyer from 2015 to present. In 2016, the State Bar Solo and Small Firm Section named him its Attorney of the Year. In 2019, Mr. Pedersen was selected by the Orange County Bar Association as its Harmon Scoville Award honoree for a career that exemplifies the highest standards of the legal profession, for his significant contributions to the Orange County Bar Association, and his championing of their constitutional system of justice. He was inducted into the Western State College of Law’s Alumni Hall of Fame in 2010. Mr. Pedersen was retained by the State Bar of California Office of Professional Competence as its Subject Matter Expert on the topics of basic lawyering skills and law practice management, including the use of technology in the practice of law as part of the Bar’s development of a continuing legal education e-learning course (2017 to 2018). He has also been a contributing editor to several CEB publications, including the “Basic Practice Handbook Update” and the “Employment Litigation Guide.”
