Luiza Manuelian is an Employment Lawyer based in Encino, San Fernando Valley, serving employers in the greater Los Angeles area and all throughout California. Luiza represents employers in various employment-related matters including claims for civil rights violations, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, defamation, and unfair business practices. She also represents employers in class and representative action wage & hour disputes and claims brought under the California Private Attorney General’s Act (PAGA).

Luiza represents employers before government agencies such as the DFEH and EEOC. She also provides clients with general labor advice and counsels clients to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.

Luiza also trains employers on Sexual Harassment, Wage & Hour Compliance, and Violence Prevention in the Workplace, amongst others. She does presentations through various State Bar affiliations, including the San Fernando Valley Bar Association.

Prior to joining Grant Shenon Almaraz, where she is now a Partner, Luiza served as a Supervising Partner and Chair of the Toxic Tort Division at a Los Angeles law firm. She has extensive trial experience in product liability toxic tort and civil rights violation cases and has tried matters throughout California, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Oakland. Luiza graduated from Southwestern University School of Law, where she participated in the Moot Court Program and was a finalist at the National American Bar Association competition in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Luiza received her J.D. from Southwestern Law School in 2004, where she served as a judicial extern for the Court of Appeals, Limited Jurisdiction, of the Central District of California. Prior to entering law school, Luiza worked at law firms since she was 15 years old. She received her B.A. from the California State University, Northridge in Psychology in 2000, where she was published for her research on gender studies.