Jennifer Misetich successfully settled an employment matter on behalf of a plumbing company immediately after the lawsuit was filed, where the plaintiff claimed discrimination, harassment, and various wage and hour violations, including employment misclassification (February 2018).
Joan Cochran and Jennifer Misetich successfully settled a personal injury lawsuit resulting from a car accident that occurred at approximately 5 mph, where the plaintiff claimed significant injury and lost wages (January 2018).
Lisa Kralik Hansen has been named to Super Lawyers for 2018 in Insurance Coverage. Lisa has been a selected Super Lawyer in Insurance Coverage since 2014.
Joan Cochran spoke at the CLM Annual Convention in March 2018 – “Does Sophie have a Choice? Ethical Considerations that Trigger A Right of Independent Counsel and the Consequences of Unethical Conduct in Litigation and Mediation.”
Joan Cochran and Lisa Kralik Hansen obtained an Order from the Ninth Circuit for appellate sanctions against the plaintiffs and their attorney who sued the firm’s client, a securities attorney (December 2017).
Jennifer Misetich successfully settled a disability discrimination lawsuit on behalf of a social services company that assists developmentally disabled adults (December 2017).
Jennifer Misetich successfully settled a complaint brought before the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing against a collections agency for a very nominal amount (November 2017).
Jennifer Misetich successfully settled a personal injury lawsuit resulting from a motor vehicle accident for a small sum, where the plaintiff claimed significant injury to her back and neck and a complete inability to work (November 2017).
Joan Cochran and Lisa Kralik Hansen successfully settled a class action lawsuit against a company which performs employee investigation reports after removal to federal court in Los Angeles (November 2017).
ChaHee Lee Olson joined the firm in October 2017. ChaHee is a native of Japan, fluent in Japanese and has managed teams of Japanese language document review attorneys on large-scale electronic discovery projects involving foreign corrupt practices and antitrust matters. Prior to that, ChaHee worked as a litigation associate in a boutique construction and business law firm in Los Angeles.
Jennifer Misetich successfully settled a personal injury lawsuit resulting from a trucking and motor vehicle accident showing a lack of causation for plaintiff's claimed injuries to his middle back and left knee which has not resolved (October 2019).
ChaHee Olson is actively representing Japanese-speaking companies and individuals in litigated and pre-litigation matters.
Lisa Hansen won a Motion for Terminating Sanctions in the Riverside County Superior Court resulting in the striking of a cross-complaint against the firm’s clients with additional evidentiary and monetary sanctions, following numerous court orders on motions to compel discovery (October 2019).
Lisa Hansen successfully settled action involving California’s Investigative Consumer Reporting Agency Act in a case involving an employee background check (September 2019).
Lisa Hansen and Joan Cochran prevail on a Motion for Summary Judgment in a bad faith case in the Fresno Superior Court for a London Market insurer, with the court agreeing there was never any coverage for a cargo loss claim due to the insured’s failure to meet the Driver Criteria endorsement of the Motor Truck Cargo policy (August 2019).
Jennifer Misetich successfully settled a wrongful termination and disability discrimination matter on behalf of a manufacturer of hair coloring products, which included the successful enforcement of a contractual indemnity provision and partial recovery of the client’s defense costs (August 2019).
Jennifer Misetich successfully settled a personal injury matter where the plaintiff underwent two significant surgeries and needed a third surgery as a result of the subject trucking and motor vehicle accident (May 2019).
Joan Cochran and Lisa Hansen extricate life insurance brokers from a broker negligence lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court with a demurrer sustained without leave to amend on statute of limitations grounds (May 2019).
Joan Cochran and Jennifer Misetich successfully settled a personal injury matter where the plaintiff allegedly incurred over $800,000 in medical treatment (April 2019).
Joan Cochran is selected as a 2019 Southern California SuperLawyer in Professional Liability.
Jennifer Misetich was a presenter at the March 2019 CLM Annual Convention. Jennifer’s panel discussion was on “Call Me Caitlyn, Not Bruce: Navigating the New Transgender Landscape in Healthcare, Business, and Employment Claims.”
Lisa Hansen was a presenter at the March 2019 CLM Annual Convention. Lisa’s panel discussion was on “The Great Divide – When Does a Claims Adjuster Have a Duty to Divide the File and What Communications and Ethical Consideration are there With the Reinsurer.”
