Mel Gonzalez
Host: Make the Road New York
Sponsor: Shearman & Sterling LLP, Thomson Reuters
Steve Arredondo
- Hosted by Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates
- Sponsored by The Arnold & Porter Foundation
- Service location Los Angeles, California
- Law school Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
- Issue area Workers' Rights
- Fellowship class year 2001
- Program Design-Your-Own Fellowship
The Project
Steve assisted low-wage immigrant workers with wage claims by expanding KIWAs Worker Empowerment Clinic.
Fellowship Highlights
Steve assisted workers at Koreatown supermarkets and raised concerns of unlawful and inequitable workplace conditions to the larger Los Angles community. His work resulted in a seven-figure settlement and changes in workplace conditions across various supermarkets in Koreatown.
Next Steps
Following his Fellowship, Steve worked at a prominent private public interest law firm where he continued representing low-wage immigrant workers in wage and hour class actions. Steve also served as a supervising attorney in the housing unit of the Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice, where Steve supervised a housing rights clinic and engaged in unlawful eviction defense and slum litigation. Since 2012, Steve has served California workers at the California Labor Commissioner’s Office where he continues to represent low-wage immigrant workers with wage and hour claims.
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Andrea Obando
Host: Equal Rights Advocates
Sponsor: Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Viacom
Hannah Alexander
Host: Equal Justice Center
Sponsor: Texas Access to Justice Foundation
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Host: New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice
Sponsor: Norflet Progress Fund