Westview Law PC
Editorial Policy
Written and Reviewed By: David M. Safvati, Esq. | California State Bar #326605 | Westview Law PC, 1880 Century Park East, Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90067 | (310) 906-4862
Why this policy exists
Westview Law PC publishes content about California and federal employment law. Readers use that content to figure out whether they have a claim, what deadlines apply, and what the litigation path looks like. Some of those readers later become clients. Either way, the information has to be accurate, current, and written by people qualified to write it.
This policy explains who writes our pages, how each page is reviewed, when we update it, and how to flag an error. The structure mirrors the model California civil-rights and consumer-protection bars expect of law-firm publishing: attorney authorship, traceable sourcing, and a published correction process.
Who writes and reviews our content
Every substantive page published on westviewlawpc.com is written or reviewed by a California-licensed attorney. The three attorneys responsible for the firm's content program are:
David M. Safvati, Esq.
Founder and Managing Partner. California State Bar #326605. J.D., Loyola Law School. Practice: business litigation, labor and employment, real estate.
Paul S. Marks, Esq.
Of Counsel. California State Bar #138407. J.D., USC Gould School of Law. More than 30 years of California civil and commercial litigation. ABOTA Associate. Commissioner, California Commission on Access to Justice.
Taylor Markey, Esq.
Of Counsel. California State Bar #319557. J.D., UCLA School of Law (Order of the Coif). Former Assistant Regional Attorney, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Outside contributors are sometimes used for research, first drafts, or interview write-ups. No content produced by an outside contributor is published on the site until it has been reviewed and approved by one of the three attorneys above. Authorship credit on a page reflects the attorney who reviewed the page, not the contributor who drafted it.
Our three-stage review process
Each page moves through three independent passes before it goes live and before any major update is published.
Stage 1
Legal accuracy pass
An attorney verifies every statutory citation, case citation, regulatory reference, and procedural deadline. California statutes are checked against the official text on the Legislative Counsel's Bureau site at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov. Cases are checked against the official reporter cite and read in full when the page relies on a holding, not just a headline. Federal regulations are checked against the current Code of Federal Regulations. Deadlines under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (CRD) and Title VII (EEOC) are confirmed against current agency guidance.
Stage 2
Readability pass
A second reviewer reads the page from the perspective of the audience the page targets, usually an employee considering a claim. The reviewer flags jargon that did not get translated, sections that bury the operational answer, and disclaimers that fail to land where SB 37 and Rule 7.1 of the California Rules of Professional Conduct require them. We use plain words wherever the legal point allows. We keep the technical vocabulary where the point requires it.
Stage 3
Attorney sign-off
The attorney whose name appears in the byline does the final read. That attorney is the responsible attorney for the page under SB 37 and accepts responsibility for the content as published. The byline attorney's California Bar number appears on the page with a link to the State Bar member directory so any reader can verify the license in real time.
Annual re-review and freshness
California employment law changes every legislative session, and California courts decide cases that shift FEHA, retaliation, and wage-hour doctrine on a rolling basis. Westview re-reviews every page in the firm's library at least once per year. Pages that touch areas with active legislative or appellate movement are re-reviewed more often. The Last Updated date at the top of each page reflects the most recent review, not the date the page was first published.
When we update a page after an appellate decision, statutory amendment, or agency guidance change, we note the change in the page text where the law moved. We do not silently rewrite a page to make outdated content look current.
Correction tracking
If you spot an error on any Westview page, tell us. Every report gets a read, and every reader who sends one gets a response. Corrections that fix a factual mistake are made within two business days of confirmation. Corrections that involve a more substantive rewrite, for instance because a court of appeal has changed the operating standard, are made as soon as the responsible attorney can review the new authority.
Send a correction report to
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (310) 906-4862
Mail: Westview Law PC, Attn: Editorial, 1880 Century Park East, Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90067
When you report a correction, please include the URL of the page, a short description of what you believe is wrong, and a citation or source if you have one. We log every report with the date received, the reviewer assigned, and the action taken.
Verify anytime
Every attorney whose name appears on a Westview page has an active California bar license. You can verify any of our attorneys at any time through the State Bar of California member directory.
| Attorney | CA Bar Number | Verify |
|---|---|---|
| David M. Safvati, Esq. | 326605 | apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/326605 |
| Paul S. Marks, Esq. | 138407 | apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/138407 |
| Taylor Markey, Esq. | 319557 | apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/319557 |
The State Bar directory shows current license status, the year of admission, any record of public discipline, and the attorney's registered address with the Bar.
How we source our content
Westview is a California employment-law firm. Our pages draw from a defined set of primary and secondary sources. We name the source in-line where the page relies on it, and we deep-link California statutes to the Legislative Counsel's Bureau text.
California statutes. The Government Code (FEHA at sections 12900 through 12996), the Labor Code (wage-and-hour at sections 200 through 2810.5, whistleblower retaliation at section 1102.5, at-will employment at section 2922, PAGA at sections 2698 through 2699.5), and the Code of Civil Procedure (statutes of limitation, discovery rules, anti-SLAPP at section 425.16).
California case law. Published opinions of the California Supreme Court and the California Courts of Appeal. Recurring authorities on our pages include Tameny v. Atlantic Richfield Co. (1980) 27 Cal.3d 167 on wrongful-termination-in-violation-of-public-policy, Guz v. Bechtel National, Inc. (2000) 24 Cal.4th 317 on California's adoption of the McDonnell Douglas framework, Lyle v. Warner Bros. Television Prods. (2006) 38 Cal.4th 264 on the severe-or-pervasive harassment standard, and Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court (2012) 53 Cal.4th 1004 on meal-and-rest-break obligations.
Federal statutes and regulations. Title VII (42 U.S.C. §2000e et seq.), the ADA (42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq.), the ADEA (29 U.S.C. §621 et seq.), the FMLA (29 U.S.C. §2601 et seq.), and the regulations the EEOC and the Department of Labor publish under those statutes.
Agency guidance. California Civil Rights Department regulations and enforcement guidance under FEHA, EEOC compliance manuals and enforcement guidance under Title VII / ADA / ADEA / EPA, and Department of Labor field assistance bulletins on FLSA and FMLA topics. We treat agency guidance as persuasive, not binding, and we say so where the distinction matters.
Jury verdict data. When we reference a verdict or judgment, the figure is taken from the public docket of the case or from verifiable verdict-reporting sources. We do not republish numbers from anonymous secondary listings.
Court verdicts and CRD decisions integration. Where Westview attorneys obtained the result themselves, the page identifies it as a firm result and the underlying docket is verifiable on the public record. Where a published California Civil Rights Department decision or a published California or federal court decision shapes the substantive analysis on the page, the decision is cited by name and date so a reader can read the source.
California insurance and Labor Code references. Where workers' compensation exclusivity, EDD unemployment, or short-term disability rules touch a claim, the relevant Labor Code or Insurance Code section is cited and linked.
What we do not source from: anonymous online forums, marketing-driven legal directories, or law-firm pages that themselves do not cite primary authority. Where we draw on a secondary source for context, the source is named in the page.
Use of drafting assistance and AI
Westview uses standard office software for research support and drafting assistance. Any draft that touches a page on this site, regardless of how the first draft was produced, is verified line-by-line by a California attorney before publication. Statutory citations are checked against the published code. Case citations are checked against the official reporter. We do not publish AI-generated text without that verification, and we do not publish AI-generated fabrications of statutes, cases, or holdings. The attorney whose name appears on a page is responsible for everything that appears under that byline.
SB 37 and advertising status
California Senate Bill 37 treats every page on a law-firm website as legal advertising. Westview publishes its pages under that framework. Each page identifies the responsible attorney and the firm. Each page includes the Attorney Advertising notice. Where a page references past results, the page also carries the past-results disclaimer required by Rule 7.1 of the California Rules of Professional Conduct and by SB 37: past results do not guarantee future outcomes, and each case depends on its specific facts. Outcome guarantees do not appear on any Westview page. Unsubstantiated superlatives do not appear in body copy.
Contact Westview Law PC
For a confidential consultation about a California employment matter, call (310) 906-4862 or send a message through the firm's contact form. The firm handles most plaintiff-side employment matters on a contingency-fee basis, so the client owes no attorney fee unless there is a recovery.
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