Labor/Employment
Feb. 3, 2007
Nonequity Partners Are Benefit-Eligible Employees, Judge Rules
A nonequity partner in a law firm is an employee and therefore entitled to unemployment benefits, a state administrative judge has ruled.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A nonequity partner in a law firm is an employee and therefore entitled to unemployment benefits, a state administrative judge has ruled.
In her decision, Judge Cassie DeSilvestore said attorney Gary Effron of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith was not an equity partner, despite holding the title.
Effron...
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