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Jonathan Fraser Light
LightGablerlaw.com
jlight@lightgablerlaw.com

With 30 years of experience serving more than 300 national, regional and local employers in the private and public sector, and repeatedly named one of Southern California’s “SuperLawyers” by Los Angeles Magazine, Jonathan Light advises clients on day-to-day and incident-related employment matters.  He has significant jury trial experience defending employers and their managers and has litigated all aspects of employment law, including wage & hour, class action, wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation and unfair competition.

Beyond frequently lecturing to business groups and civic organizations on employment issues, Jon serves the community where he lives and works as a current or former board member of the Ventura County Bar Association (Past President), Ventura County Taxpayers Association, the Ventura County Boy Scout Council (Past President), the Channel Islands Ballet (Past Chair), Footworks Youth Ballet and the Ventura County Medical Resource Foundation (Past Chair).

He is the author of the nationally acclaimed and award-winning book, The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, the Second Edition of which was published in 2005. He is a frequent speaker on Baseball. Jon is also a member of the National Eagle Scout Association.

Jon is a 1981 graduate of the UCLA School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review. He graduated magna cum laude in history from UCLA in 1978, and is a 1986 graduate of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

Jon Light lives in Camarillo with his wife of 27 years, Angela, a public school teacher, and they are enjoying their empty nest as twin daughters Katherine and Elena are away at college on the East Coast.

Jon facilitates the following CNL courses:

• Nonprofit Employment Law
• Personnel Manuals
• Human Resources & the Law
• Avoiding Sex Harassment in the Workplace
• How to be an Effective Supervisor
• Business Pitfalls that Can Increase Your Blood Pressure and Reduce Your Bottom Line