EXPERIENCE

OUR ATTORNEYS’ COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE INCLUDES REPRESENTING FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES; FIGHTING FOR INDIVIDUALS ON A PRO BONO BASIS; OBTAINING SEVEN-FIGURE AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL PLAINTIFFS; PROSECUTING ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; TAKING TRIALS AND ARBITRATION TO VERDICT AND DECISION; HANDLING MATTERS FROM INVESTIGATION THROUGH APPEAL; CONSULTING ON TRIALS AND JURY SELECTION; DEFEATING CLASS CERTIFICATION; SERVING AS GENERAL COUNSEL; BARGAINING AND LABOR MANAGEMENT; AND SERVING AND PARTNERING WITH OUR COMMUNITIES

OUR ATTORNEYS’ NOTABLE EXPERIENCE & INVOLVEMENT

Arbitration (6 days)
Breach of Contract, Fraud

Jury Trial (24 days)
Gender Discrimination and Harassment, Retaliation, Loss of Consortium

Trial (8 days)
Disability Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation, Failure to Accommodate

Jury Trial (8 days)
Overtime (Exemption) and Meal/Rest Period

Motion for Class Certification
Business and Professions Code § 21700, Insurance Code § 1758.7, Breach of Contract, Breach of Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing, Unfair Competition, Civil Code §1750

Motion for Class Certification
Business and Professions Code § 21700, Unfair Competition

Jury Trial (26 days)
Fair Employment and Housing Act, California Family Rights Act, Labor Code

Motion for Class Certification
Unfair Competition, Conversion, Gross Negligence

Trial (1 day)
Overtime, Minimum Wage, Waiting Time Penalties, Liquidated Damages

Trial Consultant
Breach of Contract

Trial Consultant
Pregnancy Discrimination

Appeal (Class Certification)
Unfair Competition, Conversion, Gross Negligence

Trial (1 day)
Adversary Proceeding Representing Plaintiff (Fraud)

Motion for Class Certification
Unfair Competition, Conversion, RICO

Trial Consultant
Sexual Harassment, Marital Status Discrimination, Retaliation

Federal Bar Association, Inland Empire Chapter (10+ years)
Board Member and Officer

Riverside Legal Aid (10+ years)
Board Member and Pro Se Clinic Volunteer

Hispanic Bar Association of the Inland Empire (7 years)
Founding Member, President, Board Member, and Advisor

Motion to Suppress
Drug Trafficking

Trial (4 days)
Sex Trafficking and Enticement

Appeal (Motion to Suppress)
Drug Trafficking

Appeal (Motion to Compel Arbitration)
Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

Trial Consultant
Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

Appeal (Anti-SLAPP Motion)
Retaliation

Arbitration (3 days)
Breach of Fiducial Duty and Fraud

SERVITAS (10 years)
Community Partnership, Academics, Leadership, Service

MAKE | SERVE (10 years)
Community Service, Empowerment, and Mission

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Jury Trial (4 days)
Lanterman-Petris-Short Act of 1967

Trial (2 days)
Lanterman-Petris-Short Act of 1967

Trial Consultant
Religious Harassment

Trial (2 days)
Bifurcated Trial on Doctrine of Res Judicata and Waiver/Release (Wage-Hour)

Trial (12 days)
Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Disability Accommodation, and Personnel File

Appeal (Anti-SLAPP Motion)
Misappropriation Claim

Appeal (Attorneys’ Fees)
Misappropriation Claim

Appeal (Jury Verdict)
Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Disability Accommodation, and Personnel File