About Jonathan
Jonathan Weinman built his legal foundation across three Southern California institutions. He earned a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Southern California in 1999, completed a Master of Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University in 2003, and received his J.D. from Southwestern Law School in 2005. He later expanded his dispute resolution credentials through a certification in International Dispute Resolution from Erasmus University in Rotterdam.
Early in his career he engaged in mediation training at the Institute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution in 2002. He also worked with Bet Tzedek Legal Services in 2005, where he gained experience assisting clients through legal processes. Those early exposures to public-interest practice and mediated dispute resolution helped shape a practice that blends courtroom work and alternative dispute resolution.
Weinman is admitted to practice in California and before the Ninth Circuit. His memberships trace a steady path through practitioner organizations. He joined the California Employment Lawyers Association in 2013 and became part of Lead Counsel in 2014. He was admitted to the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum in 2015. In 2016 he took on a leadership role as Chair of the Employment Law Section of the Santa Monica Bar Association, a post he continues to hold.
The pattern of affiliations suggests an emphasis on employment law. He represents clients in employment disputes and litigates matters in state and federal court when cases proceed beyond negotiations. He brings dispute-resolution training to those matters, often employing mediation and arbitration strategies learned during graduate study and international certification work. That blend allows him to assess when a case should be tried and when settlement or mediated resolution is a better path for a client.
Colleagues describe his approach as methodical. He prepares for court in a step-by-step manner and treats settlement talks as strategic negotiations rather than formalities. Memberships in peer organizations and plaintiff-oriented groups reflect a practice that intersects courtroom advocacy and negotiated outcomes.
His public roles include sustained involvement in bar leadership and professional forums that concentrate on large awards and complex employment claims. He continues to accept cases that require litigation in California courts and appellate work in the Ninth Circuit, and he draws on mediation training for cases that are amenable to alternative dispute resolution. He currently handles employment law matters and related dispute-resolution work.
