Best Lawyers in California, United States for Litigation - Labor and Employment
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Megan Cooney is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Megan practices law in Irvine, California Best Lawyers has recognized Megan Cooney 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 Megan Cooney is held by other lawyers.
Amy L. Lessa is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Employment Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Amy L. practices law in San Diego, California Best Lawyers has recognized Amy L. Lessa 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 Amy L. Lessa is held by other lawyers.
Elena Baca is the Global Chair of the Paul Hastings Employment Law Department and leads a diverse group of more than 80 lawyers in 10 offices around the world. Ms. Baca is a first-chair litigator who regularly navigates high-stakes litigation, conducts sensitive investigations and advises C-suite executives and corporate boards on compliance and regulatory issues involving human capital. In her role as practice Chair, Paul Hastings’ Employment Department has anticipated and led the resp...
Douglas “Doug” Clifford is a Partner in the firm’s Class Action and Employment Law Practice groups. Doug has spent approximately twenty years practicing employment law in a variety of legal roles: litigator, in-house counsel, adjunct professor, mediator and a business owner. At Wilson Turner Kosmo, Doug represents employers for all their employment law needs. He advises clients on the full spectrum of employment law issues, including wage and hour issues, wrongful terminatio...
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...
Ed Chapin is the Managing Partner in the San Diego office of Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP, a national law firm with offices in the District of Columbia, New York, California, Tennessee, and Maryland. Ed received his J.D. from the University of Missouri School of Law and his B.S. from Southwest Missouri State University. Ed is a veteran litigator whose practice spans class actions, unfair business practices, professional negligence, insurance coverage, bad faith, toxic torts, serious personal in...
One of the country’s leading trial attorneys, Los Angeles personal injury lawyer Brian Panish has obtained some of the most significant jury verdicts in United States history on behalf of plaintiffs. His courtroom victories include a $4.9 billion record verdict in the landmark products liability case Anderson v. General Motors , over 100 verdicts and settlements in excess of $10 million, eight verdicts in excess of $50 million, and more than 500 verdicts and settlements over one million...
Barbara Enloe Hadsell is a founding partner of Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP in Pasadena, California. She advises the firm on complex litigation and has spent decades representing individuals in matters involving Civil Rights Law, Employment Law - Individuals, and Litigation - Labor and Employment . Her practice has included employment discrimination , harassment , retaliation, whistleblower claims , wage and hour disputes, civil rights actions , and public interest litigation. Ms. Had...
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