Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2012 
Cornelia Ho Chin Dai is a partner at Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP in Pasadena, California. Her practice focuses on employment law, wage and hour matters, civil rights litigation, and complex class actions. She represents individuals and groups in matters involving workplace rights, including claims related to discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower protections, wrongful termination, unpaid wages, meal and rest break violations, and other labor and employment disputes. Her recognized practice areas include Employment Law - Individuals and Litigation - Labor and Employment.
Ms. Dai represents clients through all stages of litigation, including pre-lawsuit negotiations, trial, and appeals, in both California state and federal courts. Throughout her career, she has worked on cases involving employee rights, consumer and civil rights issues, and large-scale employment litigation.
Her work includes representing employees in class and collective actions addressing wage and hour practices and workplace policies. Notable matters include Grace v. The Walt Disney Company, a class action involving alleged violations of a local living wage ordinance on behalf of more than 50,000 employees that resulted in a published decision and a $233 million settlement. She also served as counsel in Wang v. Chinese Daily News, a wage and hour class action involving overtime and meal and rest break claims that resulted in a $5.1 million judgment following one of the first California wage and hour class action jury trials.
In addition to employment litigation, Ms. Dai has worked on significant public interest and civil rights matters. She was among the plaintiffs’ counsel in South Central Farmers Feeding Families v. City of Los Angeles, litigation involving efforts to preserve urban community garden land for low-income families in South Los Angeles. She also served as one of the Doe plaintiffs’ counsel in Doe v. Unocal, an international human rights case brought on behalf of Burmese villagers.
Based in Pasadena, California, Ms. Dai continues to represent employees and individuals in labor and employment disputes, civil rights matters, and complex litigation throughout California.
