{"id":1464,"date":"2026-09-30T20:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T20:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workersrightslawfirm.com\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2026-09-30T20:13:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T20:13:28","slug":"michael-carlin-recognized-lawyers-of-distinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workersrightslawfirm.com\/es\/michael-carlin-recognized-lawyers-of-distinction\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Carlin Recognized by Lawyers of Distinction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Michael Carlin Recognized by Lawyers of Distinction<\/h1>\n<p>PASADENA, California \u2014 Workers Rights Law Firm, APC is proud to announce that founder and managing attorney Michael Carlin has been selected for recognition by Lawyers of Distinction in the area of Employment and Labor Law.<\/p>\n<p>This honor reflects Michael\u2019s ongoing commitment to representing California workers in complex workplace disputes involving wrongful termination, workplace harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and unpaid wages and wage-and-hour violations.<\/p>\n<h2>Insider Defense Insight, Exclusively for California Employees<\/h2>\n<p>Michael founded Workers Rights Law Firm, APC after departing a prominent global defense practice where he defended Fortune 500 employers in high-stakes workplace litigation. Today, he utilizes that institutional defense knowledge exclusively to advocate for individual employees.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;When a worker&#8217;s rights are violated, the financial and emotional stakes are immense. Having spent years inside major defense litigation, I know how corporate employers, their defense teams, and insurance adjusters evaluate claims. That perspective allows us to anticipate employer tactics and build aggressive strategies to hold corporations accountable.&#8221; &#8211; Michael Carlin<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Throughout his career as a <span class=\"text-box-trim-both\">California employment attorney<\/span>, Michael has litigated matters across both state and federal courts, representing clients in individual lawsuits, class actions, Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) enforcement actions, and appellate proceedings.<\/p>\n<h2>About Workers Rights Law Firm, APC<\/h2>\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\">Based in Pasadena, Workers Rights Law Firm, APC advocates for employees across California who have experienced illegal workplace conduct. The firm handles employee-side claims on a contingency basis, ensuring workers have direct access to experienced legal representation without upfront attorney fees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\">To learn more about Michael Carlin\u2019s background or view his credentials, visit his <a class=\"reset interactable cursor-pointer decoration-1 underline-offset-1 text-super-primary hover:underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelawyersofdistinction.com\/profile\/michael-carlin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span class=\"text-box-trim-both\">Lawyers of Distinction Profile<\/span><\/a> or explore the firm\u2019s <a class=\"reset interactable cursor-pointer decoration-1 underline-offset-1 text-super-primary hover:underline\" href=\"https:\/\/workersrightslawfirm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span class=\"text-box-trim-both\">California employment law practice areas<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Carlin Recognized by Lawyers of Distinction PASADENA, California \u2014 Workers Rights Law Firm, APC is proud to announce that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"Michael Carlin Recognized by Lawyers of Distinction","_seopress_titles_desc":"Michael Carlin of Workers Rights Law Firm, APC has been recognized by Lawyers of Distinction in Labor Law. Learn about his California employee-rights practice.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/workersrightslawfirm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/workersrightslawfirm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/workersrightslawfirm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workersrightslawfirm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workersrightslawfirm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1464"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/workersrightslawfirm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1473,"href":"https:\/\/workersrightslawfirm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464\/revisions\/1473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workersrightslawfirm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/workersrightslawfirm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workersrightslawfirm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workersrightslawfirm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}