Attorneys

Trying to know and assert your own employee rights doesn't necessarily bring results. As advocates for employee rights, we are able to successfully fight for you. We use witnesses, private investigators, our extensive library and state-of-the-art research network to support your claims. Law clerks and legal assistants assist the attorneys with research and investigation. We present your claims in a logical, documented, convincing manner and respond appropriately to our opponent's arguments.

We consider and pursue all options to enforce your rights, depending on the scope of our representation, including settlement, mediation, arbitration, government agency involvement, class action, litigation and appeal.

Our attorneys have prevailed in thousands of cases through settlement, arbitration or litigation.

We have appeared as television and radio commentators and educated various attorneys groups. Hundreds of our newspaper and magazine articles or comments have been published, including our continuing weekly comments in the Monday Business Section of the Orange County Register. We teach five different courses on Employment Law, Wrongful Termination Law, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Wage and Hour Law, and Negotiation at a local law school. Our original law school textbook on Wrongful Termination Law and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace are the only books of their kind in the country. We publish our free monthly newsletter on employee rights as a community service.

Your confidence in us is justified by our experience, commitment and reputation. There's no reason to settle for less.

All of our attorneys enforce employee rights exclusively. That's all we do. It gives us the power that comes from focusing all our efforts in one area of law.

However, we also have varied professional backgrounds that give us a balanced perspective. We continually consult with each other to maximize our combined experience and expertise, as listed below.

Law Schools (Juris Doctorate)

Chapman School of Law

Loyola Law School

University of San Diego

University of Southern California

Western State University College of Law

Whittier Law School

Other Colleges and Degrees

Brigham Young University

California State University, Fullerton

Culver Stockton College

Golden Gate University

Kansai Gakkuin University (Nishinomia, Japan)

Lewis and Clark College

Newcastle University (UK)

Pepperdine University (MBA)

San Diego State University

University of Paris, Sorbonne

Court Admissions

All California Courts

All California U. S. District Courts

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal

Former Employment Experience

District Attorney's Office

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Pro Bono Volunteer Service (four years - Japan, France)

Honors and Awards

• Highest rating possible, "AV" (Very High to Preeminent) by Martindale-Hubbell, the largest and most consulted national attorney evaluation organization
• Numerous American Jurisprudence Awards for excellence in legal academics
• Chair (1998-2000), Labor and Employment Law Section, Orange County Bar Association
• President, Toastmasters (speaking organization)
• President, Deseret Business Association
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Lifetime Member
• Certificate of Appreciation, American Bar Association for service as Chapter Chair of Supplement to Employment Discrimination Law, a nationally recognized multi-volume treatise
• Director, Orange County Bar Association (1999-2000)
• Named in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities
• Winner, Honorable Warren J. Ferguson Moot Court Competition
• Chair, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Orange County Chapter
• Named in Best Attorneys in California

Professional Memberships

California Bar Association

Labor and Employment Law Section of California Bar Association

Labor and Employment Law Section of Orange County Bar Association

Million Dollar Advocates Forum

National Employment Lawyers Association

Orange County Bar Association

Law School Courses We Have Taught

Employment Law

Negotiation

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Wage & Hour Law

Wrongful Termination Law

Trial and Litigation

Thousands of cases successfully resolved through trials, appeals, arbitration, mediation or negotiation.

Over 75 years of combined trial, litigation and legal experience.

Million Dollar Advocates Forum, lifetime member.

Published Books

Wrongful Termination Law

(Pretium Press, Mission Viejo, California, 1997 revised edition 2002) (355 pages).

Only published law school casebook on this specific topic in the country.

Employee Rights in California
(Pretium Press, Mission Viejo, California, 1998) (271 pages).

Answers by Don D. Sessions in the Los Angeles Times to questions by employees (sold at bookstores throughout California and available from public libraries in Los Angeles and Orange Counties).

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
(Pretium Press, Mission Viejo, California, 1999) (353 pages).

Only published law school case book on this specific type in the country.

Employment Discrimination Law, Third Edition Supplement
(Labor and Employment Law Section of the American Bar Association and Bureau of National Affairs, Washington, D.C. 1998).

Wrongful Discharge Chapter Chair.

Win At Work Monthly

A monthly syndicated newsletter.

Newspaper and Magazine Articles and Quotes

Advocate of the National Employment Lawyers Association

Atlantic Monthly

Business Week

Business '98

California Lawyer

Career Source Magazine

Consumer Attorneys of California Forum

EEO Bimonthly - Equal Opportunity Career Journal

(Columnist for 5 years)

Forbes

Houston Chronicle

INC.

Job Giant Magazine

Long Beach Press Telegram

Los Angeles Daily Journal

Los Angeles Jobs Magazine

Los Angeles Times

(weekly columnist for almost a decade in the "Shoptalk" column of the Business Section and author/reviewer of three booklets sold by them)

National Business Employment Weekly

Newsweek

Orange County Jobs magazine

Orange County Lawyer

Orange County Metro

Orange County Register

(weekly contributor to the  "Life and Work Q and A" column of the Business Monday Magazine).

Orange County Reporter

Orange County Woman

Prairie Barrister

Sacramento Bee

San Bernardino Sun

San Fernando Valley Jobs Magazine

San Francisco Recorder

Self

Smart Money

Time

U.S. News and World Report

Wall Street Journal

Working Woman

Worth

Television/Radio Appearances

Television

American Independent Network (national broadcasts), Cox Cable, Dimension Cable, KABC, CBS (taping complete, broadcast pending), KDOC, KOCE, KVCR, KWHY

Radio

KALI (monthly radio program, 1997-1998), KBRT, KDAY, KFI, KFWB, KGAN, KIEV, KOST, KPCC, KPFK, KRTH, KSDO, KSTR, KTWV, KVEH, KZLA, NPR(National Public Radio), WFTO (Florida)

Languages

English

French

Spanish