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Weintraub Tobin’s Construction Group attorneys, Dan Steinberg, Jessica Robison, Dustin Amrein, and Blake Gibbs will present No Pay, No Problem: Mechanics’ Liens & Smart Collections, a practical seminar focused on protecting your right to payment on construction projects.
On Tuesday, May 5th, Weintraub shareholder Lizbeth “Beth” West will present “The Leap That Changed Everything: Stories of Women Who Turned Doubt Into Direction” at the Better Business Bureau’s 2026 Sacramento Women’s Conference. Beth will be joined by Dr. Christina Bilyeu from the Kaiser Permanente Greater Sacramento Valley Psychiatry Residency, to discuss the challenges and inspirations they experienced in their career paths. They will share their journeys and explain how important it was to rewrite the stories they had learned, or told themselves, about what they could and couldn’t do, and discuss how perseverance led them to create their own professional legacy with a commitment to lift others along the way.
In spite of recent PAGA reforms, wage-and-hour lawsuits continue to plague California employers. Even highly conscientious organizations find themselves targeted for technical violations they never intended to commit. With California’s rapidly evolving wage‑and‑hour landscape—and steadily rising minimum wage, expanded enforcement authority, heightened premium‑pay obligations, and complex exemption rules—unintentional non‑compliance remains one of the most-costly risks employers face. Proactive compliance measures are now not only a best practice but a strategic defense tool for mitigating that risk.
Weintraub Tobin shareholder and Healthcare Group co-chair Jeanne L. Vance will speak on the panel “Red Tape to Green Light: Licensure, Certification and Enrollment in Health Care Transactions” as part of the American Health Law Association (AHLA) Health Care Transactions Conference in Nashville, TN. Jeanne also served on the conference’s Planning Committee.
This session will bring together industry professionals to discuss the regulatory landscape surrounding healthcare transactions, with a focus on navigating licensure, certification, and enrollment requirements in an increasingly complex environment.
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Learn more about this event on the AHLA website.
On Thursday, April 9th, Weintraub shareholder Meagan Bainbridge and Ryan Abernethy will present “Relatively Speaking: What Every Family Business Needs to Know About Employment Law” to members of the Capitol Region Family Business Center. The seminar will be guided by questions submitted by members, providing attendees with practical insights on the employment issues that matter most to their businesses.
On March 25th, Weintraub senior attorney Jacqueline Simonovich will moderate a virtual panel discussion, Interview Tips for Underrepresented and First Gen Attorneys for the Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF) Barristers Diversity & Inclusion Committee.
On Wednesday, March 25th, Weintraub senior attorney Bunnie Poullard will present the webinar, “Planning for the Unexpected with Limited Liability Companies: Death, Money Troubles, and Disagreements,” for the California Lawyers Association’s Corporate Committee. This virtual event will focus on operating agreement provisions and other guidance for addressing unexpected issues that may arise after a limited liability company is formed.
On Tuesday, March 19th, Weintraub partner Scott Hervey will present an informative MCLE webinar, Beyond Top Gun and Tattoos: Something Old and Something New on Ninth Circuit Principles for the Beverly Hills Bar Association.
Hiring is hard. PEOs and staffing agencies can provide quick access to talent, and possibly streamline HR functions. However, using either type of service does not come without risk. Join Weintraub Tobin’s Labor & Employment Group attorneys Lizbeth “Beth” West and Talia Delanoy, as they discuss some of the pros and cons of working with PEOs and staffing agencies.
Weintraub Tobin is pleased to share that shareholder Lily Harris and associate Madeline Giles will host a webinar on behalf of the Silicon Valley Bar Association on February 11th, 2026. The webinar, titled “The Undiscovered Country: Discovery Practice in Trust and Estate Litigation” will provide an overview of discovery practice as encountered in trust and estate litigation.