Brent Buchsbaum
Partner
The Law Offices of Carlin & Buchsbaum, LLP
555 E. Ocean Blvd, Suite 818
Long Beach CA 90802
Phone: 562-432-8933
Fax: 562-435-1656
brent@CarlinBuchsbaum.com
Experience
As a partner in the firm, Brent specializes in representing employees in wrongful termination cases. He has worked exclusively in the area of employment law since he began practicing in 1998. Through the years, Brent has successfully defended employee rights, against Fortune 500 companies, large government entities, as well as small and medium-sized employers, obtaining significant settlements, jury verdicts and preserving his clients’ reputations. Since he joined forces with Gary Carlin to launch the firm in July of 2004, he has generated more than $10 million dollars for his clients as lead trial counsel. He has handled virtually every type of labor and employment dispute, including claims of sexual harassment, unpaid overtime, whistle-blowing, racial discrimination, age discrimination, disability discrimination, and gender discrimination. In addition, he has also successfully prosecuted cases based on breach of contract, fraud, defamation, personal injury and other civil claims that often arise in the context of employment. Brent recently recovered $1.17 million in a well-publicized wrongful termination suit against the City of Pasadena (read more), earning him a spot in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Brent was also nominated as Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles for 2008.
Background
Brent was raised in Laguna Beach, and attended Laguna Beach High School, where he played tennis and basketball. In 1994, he went on to earn a bachelor’s degree at the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he graduated with honors. After college, Brent followed through with his ambition of becoming a lawyer, enrolling at the University of San Diego School of Law, where he earned his law degree in 1997. It was in law school that Brent decided that protecting employee rights, particularly of those who have been wronged, was much more rewarding than defending corporations.
Honors and Affiliations
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles nominee for 2008 Trial Lawyer of the Year
- Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Member of the California Employment Lawyers Association, an organization of lawyers devoted to ensuring the protection of employee rights in the courts, in the legislature, and through public persuasion
- Active member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Long Beach Bar Association
- Member of the State Bar of California’s Labor and Employment Law Section
- Graduated cum laude from University of California at Santa Barbara