About Firm
Neumann Law is a Sonoma County based law firm which is dedicated to providing the highest quality legal services to employees in Northern California including Sonoma, Napa, Marin, Mendocino and Lake County. Employees often feel frustrated and powerless in the face of unfair and illegal actions by their employers. Neumann Law stands on your side and provides counseling and representation to employees who have been terminated, discriminated against or retaliated against by their employers. Neumann Law's skilled and knowledgeable legal representation puts employees back in a position of power.
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Neumann Law is committed to protecting your rights as an employee. Your job is important both because it supports you and your family and because it is where you spend much of your time. For many people their job defines who they are and the loss of a job is a devastating blow both financially and emotionally. Unfair treatment or harassment on the job can cause serious emotional distress which can effect not only the employee but their friends and family as well. Neumann Law is committed to to quality legal representation to employees in matters dealing with all aspects of employment. Neumann Law balances aggressive representation with compassionate client counseling.
Why Hire Neumann Law
- Experienced litigator.
- A proven track record of trial wins.
- Compassionate representation.
- Aggressive pursuit of your rights.
- Performance under pressure.
- Dedicated to representing employees.
- Knowledge and experience.
- Honed negotiation skills.
Experience you need
Employers who take illegal actions against their employees often have the resources to hire large national law firms. Don't be outgunned. You need a lawyer with experience who is not afraid to go up against a large well funded adversary. Michelle Dye Neumann has gone to trial, and been victorious, against some of the largest companies and largest defense firms in the country. Ms. Neumann has experience with a wide variety of employment matters. She has represented employees in all types of discrimination matters including sex, race, age, disability and religious discrimination as wells as discrimination based on sexual orientation, marital status and pregnancy. She also has extensive experience advocating on behalf of whistleblowers and employees who have been retaliated against for opposing illegal practices or for pursuing their legal rights including the right to organize and pursuing their right to compensation after a work-place injury.
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Sexual Harassment Victory
A young woman working at a pawn shop was terminated after she complained about her manager sexually harassing her and then threatening her for standing up to him. Represented by Michelle Dye Neumann, a jury awarded her $133,953.39 plus attorneys fees.
Fired for filing workers’ compensation claim
A jury awarded $361, 000 including $250,000 in punitive damages to a truck driver fired because he filed a workers’ compensation claim. Michelle Dye Neumann was lead counsel in the case.
Female Corrections Officer Awarded $1,275,000
A female corrections officer represented by Michelle Dye Neumann was awarded $1,000,000 in punitive damages and $275,000 in compensatory damages after she was retaliated against for reporting sexual harassment by co-worker.
Meet the Lawyer
Michelle Dye Neumann is passionate about employee rights and has represented employees in individual employment rights cases for over twenty years. She has experience with a wide variety of employment cases including wrongful termination, sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower, FMLA, California Family Rights Act claims and veteran’s rights. She also consults hourly regarding employment contracts and severance negotiations. Ms. Neumann has tried cases to juries and judges in both state and federal courts all over the country, including California, Florida, Alabama, Missouri, Nebraska and Minnesota. Her more than 25 trial victories include a verdict of $2,032,500 on behalf of an employee who was retaliated against for speaking out about health care, an $850,000 verdict in a sexual harassment retaliation case, and a $2,792,000 verdict for two plaintiffs in a whistleblower claim. Most recently, in 2018, Ms. Neumann obtained a verdict of $312,892.00 against a local business in Sonoma County Superior Court for age discrimination in employment.
A graduate of Duke University School of Law, Ms. Neumann has focused her career on representing employees since 1996 and has been a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) since 1999 and is also a member of the California Employment Lawyers Association and the Sonoma County Bar Association. Due to her experience, she has been asked to teach at numerous state, local and national conferences on trial practice and employment law issues. Ms. Neumann has also argued before various state and federal courts of appeals, including arguing successfully before both the Missouri Supreme Court and the Minnesota Supreme Court. While practicing in Minnesota, Ms. Neumann was certified as a Labor and Employment Law Specialist by the Minnesota State Bar Association. Ms. Neumann was designated a "Super Lawyer" in California in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 and in Minnesota in 2014 and 2015. She now resides permanently in Sonoma County and is committed to the representation of employees throughout Northern California.
