Were You Punished for Having a Disability?
California's FEHA covers more disabilities than the federal ADA. If your employer would not accommodate, retaliated, or fired you for a real condition, we know how to try that case.
If your condition became the problem at work, the law has something to say about that.
FEHA requires California employers to accommodate, to engage in an interactive process, and to keep their hands off your job for the wrong reasons. When that fails, FEHA also gives you broader rights than the federal ADA.
You asked for a reasonable accommodation and got terminated
The doctor's note went in. The accommodation request followed. The job ended soon after. FEHA treats the request itself as protected, and "we just could not make it work" rarely holds up under document review.
You returned from medical leave to find your role "restructured"
You came back from PDL, CFRA, or extended sick leave to a different title, fewer reports, a smaller territory, or no role at all. That re-staffing is one of the clearest patterns in disability and pregnancy cases.
You were denied promotion or training after disclosing a chronic condition
The diagnosis came up in a benefits conversation, an absence note, or a conversation with a manager. The next promotion cycle skipped you. Training stopped showing up on your calendar. FEHA reaches that.
Disability cases are won by reading the documents, not the speech.
"We tried to accommodate" is the line every defense lawyer rehearses. We pull the records and prove what really happened.
Trial-Ready From Day One
Disability cases that produce real value are the ones the defense believes will go to verdict.
ABOTA Fellow Representation
David Safvati is a Fellow of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a peer-elected trial bar.
Direct Partner Attention
You meet with David, not an intake screener. He stays on the file from first call to verdict.
California-Only Practice
Deep state-court experience in LA Superior and the California Court of Appeal.
Paid Consultation, Real Strategy
You leave the consult with a clear read on the case, not a sales pitch.
Award-winning trial lawyers. Verdicts that hold up.
Peer-recognized credentials and the trial record to back them. The recognitions below come from independent bar bodies and rating organizations.
After extensive motion practice, discovery, and trial, the jury returned a $146,000,000 verdict — recognized among the Top 100 Jury Verdicts in California.
Judgment entered prior to trial after extensive litigation and motion practice, resulting in a decisive recovery for the client.
After contested motion practice, discovery, and trial, the jury returned a verdict of $3,234,727 in favor of the client.
Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome. Each case turns on its own facts.
David M. Safvati
- ABOTA Fellow
- Founder, Westview Law
- Hon. Jessner Law-Clerk Fellowship
- Trial + Court of Appeal Record
David founded Westview Law to do plaintiff-side employment litigation the way it should be done: by lawyers who actually try cases. He is a Fellow of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a peer-elected bar reserved for attorneys with a substantive trial record. He regularly argues complex motions in California Superior Courts and at the California Court of Appeal.
Earlier in his career, David served as a law clerk fellow with the Hon. Samantha P. Jessner, Presiding Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court. That bench-side perspective shapes how he prepares every disability-discrimination case at Westview: with the courtroom, not the conference room, in mind.
A clear path from the first call to the verdict.
No mystery, no runaround. Here is exactly how a disability-discrimination case moves through Westview.
You call or submit the form
Phone, form, or email. We respond the same business day, usually faster.
Paid consultation with David
Not a screener. You sit with David, walk through the timeline, and leave with a real read on the case.
We investigate, demand, and file
Records, witnesses, a written demand. If it does not settle pre-suit, we file in California Superior Court.
We try the case if needed
If the offer is not what serves you, we take it to a jury. That is how the firm is built.
A picture of what disability-discrimination representation looks like at trial.
Returned from PDL with a chronic autoimmune condition, placed on a PIP for previously satisfactory metrics
The client had a chronic autoimmune condition that flared during pregnancy. She took pregnancy-disability leave, gave birth, and returned to work after a doctor-cleared maternity period. Within ten days of returning, she was given a written PIP citing the same sales metrics that had been rated satisfactory in her prior review and bonus cycle.
We requested the prior reviews, the territory and quota assignments, the leave paperwork, and the supervisor's notes. The PIP metrics had been recalculated against a higher quota set during her leave, with no adjustment for the months out of the territory. The case proceeded under FEHA disability and pregnancy-disability theories and produced a jury verdict that included economic damages, emotional-distress damages, and a fee award.
Illustrative case study (composite). The scenario above is a composite drawn from the kinds of disability-discrimination matters our team has handled. It is not a description of a single client and is presented for general information only. Prior results do not guarantee or predict similar outcomes. Every case turns on its own facts.
The questions employees actually ask before they call.
How is FEHA broader than the federal ADA?
What counts as a disability under California law?
What is the "interactive process" requirement?
What kind of accommodations does the law actually require?
What does my employer have to do before terminating me?
What are the deadlines?
What damages are available in a FEHA disability case?
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