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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 dispute...

Attorney Erin Joyce has extensive experience in State Bar investigations and disciplinary proceedings, plus over thirty years of civil litigation practice. Erin was admitted in 1990 and practiced for nearly eight years in an intellectual property boutique before joining the Office of Chief Trial Counsel as a prosecutor for the State Bar, from 1997 through 2016. Erin has over twenty-five years of experience handling all aspects of discipline cases against attorneys in State Bar Court, from the...

Keith Lemieux is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Municipal Law and Water Law. Keith practices law in Westlake Village, California Best Lawyers has recognized Keith Lemieux since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Keith Lemieux is held by other lawyers.

Morgan Ricketts is a partner at Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP in Pasadena, California, where her practice focuses on civil rights litigation , labor and employment litigation, police misconduct cases, and trial advocacy. She represents individuals in state and federal courts involving workplace disputes, constitutional rights violations, wrongful arrest, excessive force, and other complex civil litigation matters. Before joining Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP, Ms. Ricketts worked...

Randy Renick is a partner at Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP in Pasadena, California. His practice focuses on complex litigation and class action matters involving wage and hour , antitrust , employment, civil rights, and public interest litigation. His recognized practice areas include Employment Law - Individuals and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Mr. Renick has represented employees, consumers, and individuals in high-stakes litigation in state and federal courts. His experience i...

R. Rex Parris and his wife, Carrol, founded PARRIS Law Firm in 1985 with the goal of building a truly great law firm. That goal has never changed – they continue to innovate and work tirelessly to improve the service and results they provide daily. Rex is recognized as one of the most successful and innovative trial lawyers alive today. Rex handles a wide variety of cases, ranging from severe personal injury to class actions, products liability, and business torts. When he is not in tri...

Lee Cirsch is a senior attorney at The Lanier Law Firm. He is an experienced trial lawyer who has handled a wide variety of personal injury, products liability, and business and commercial litigation matters for more than two decades. He primarily focuses on representing the firm’s clients in personal injury and product liability matters. Lee focuses on the needs of the firm’s clients and develops the best strategy to achieve those needs in the most creative, efficient, and econom...

Daniel C. Lorenzen is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Tax Law and Trusts and Estates. Daniel C. practices law in Westlake Village, California Best Lawyers has recognized Daniel C. Lorenzen since 2023. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Daniel C. Lorenzen is held by other lawyers.

Michael A. Akselrud is a senior attorney at The Lanier Law Firm in Los Angeles, specializing in business litigation, personal injury, and product liability. He joined the Lanier family in 2012 as a law clerk and member of the firm’s pharmaceutical litigation team. Michael has been named by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in Southern California since 2016. Since 2020, Michael has been named to the LawDragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, one of the most respected guides to the le...

Norman A. Dupont is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Environmental Law and Litigation - Environmental. Norman A. practices law in Westlake Village, California Best Lawyers has recognized Norman A. Dupont since 2018. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Norman A. Dupont is held by other lawyers.