Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo seeks to employ individuals with strong analytical and writing skills, solid academic credentials, and a genuine interest in the practice of management defense in the areas of employment, labor, construction, education, real estate, general business and business litigation, corporate, taxation, and bankruptcy.
Associates at our firm are generally vested with significant responsibility much earlier in their careers, and may advance more quickly, than attorneys at other law firms. New attorneys may have the opportunity to conduct negotiations with government agencies and opposing counsel, obtain courtroom experience, and become involved in firm marketing opportunities, as well as complete legal research and writing projects. This involvement allows them to acquire and refine their legal skills early in their careers. Our team approach involves associates in the handling of client matters — from conducting initial investigations, to developing a defense theory, planning and carrying out strategy, and trying the case or negotiating a settlement.
Sukhi Ahluwalia is senior counsel in the Cerritos office. Ms. Ahluwalia focuses on representing the public sector in all aspects of education, employment and labor law. Ms. Ahluwalia also advises school...
Full BioSun Hi Ahn is a senior associate in the Cerritos office and focuses on employment law and defense of management in personnel and labor relations matters such as sexual harassment...
Full BioLisa R. Allred is a partner in the Sacramento Office. Ms. Allred represents the public sector in all aspects of education law, including business, real estate, personnel, public works, technology and intellectual property...
Full BioSteven Andelson is a founding partner in the Cerritos office. During the past 29 years, he has exclusively represented school and community college districts in employment law, personnel and labor relations, and general public school law...
Full BioChristopher Andre is a partner in the Cerritos office. He is a seasoned civil litigator who focuses his practice on civil litigation and advising and representing employers...
Full BioCindy Strom Arellano is a partner in the Firm's Business & Tax Practice Group. Ms. Arellano’s practice focuses on employee benefits and executive compensation, qualified and nonqualified deferred compensation...
Full BioJessica Armijo is an associate in the Irvine office of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo. Ms. Armijo represents school districts and other educational agencies in labor and employment matters, general education issues, student issues and charter schools.
Full BioSteven D. Atkinson has defended employers for more than 40 years in all aspects of labor relations. He practices before all federal and state courts, including the United States Supreme Court, and administrative agencies such as the National Labor Relations Board and...
Full BioAlan G. Atlas is the supervising partner of the firm's city and county practice in the Cerritos office. Mr. Atlas has an extensive and varied background in both public and private sector labor and...
Full BioJames Baca is a partner in the Cerritos office. He is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and Chair of the Southern California Education Practice Group...
Full BioMichael Baker is a practicing construction lawyer and partner in the firm who specializes in the representation of owners, designers/engineers and general contractors. He has practiced in this area of law for over 20 years...
Full BioWilliam Betley practices in all areas of employment law, including unlawful harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination, employee classification, and wage and hour...
Full BioMark Bresee is a partner in our Irvine and Cerritos offices, and represents California public school districts and county offices of education. His areas of practice include all aspects of labor and employment law, student issues including...
Full BioJennifer Cantrell is a senior associate in the Cerritos office. Ms. Cantrell's areas of practice include school and public works construction law, construction disputes and litigation, including...
Full BioLisa Carrillo represents public and private sector employers in all aspects of labor and employment law including discrimination/harassment, retaliation, leaves of absence, privacy, and employee discipline.
Full BioGilbert Castro is an associate in the Pleasanton office and represents California school districts and community college districts as general counsel in education law and labor relations.
Full BioMr. Chastain provides public entity clients a full range of legal services for procurement and facilities needs, and provides private clients a full range of legal services for their planning and construction needs...
Full BioAndreas Chialtas is a partner in the Cerritos office. Mr. Chialtas practices primarily in the areas of school facilities, land use and management, public works and real property law...
Full BioMarie Cioth is a senior associate in the Cerritos office. Ms. Cioth has substantial experience in the areas of income and estate tax, trust and probate, corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and mergers and acquisitions...
Full BioJerry Conradi is the managing partner in the San Diego office. He represents California school districts, community college districts and special districts in employment law, administrative law and labor relations...
Full BioKevin Dale is experienced in counseling and representing public and private sector employers in all aspects of labor and employment law including discrimination/harassment claims, leaves of absence issues, employee terminations and...
Full BioScott Dauscher is a Partner in the Cerritos office and is the Chair of the firm’s Class Action Defense Group. Mr. Dauscher has extensive experience with class action lawsuits, particularly...
Full BioAlexandria Davidson is an associate in the Irvine office and represents California school and community college districts in general education, including...
Full BioMary Beth de Goede has exclusively represented school and community college districts in employment law, personnel and labor relations, and general public school law for over 29 years...
Full BioTony De Marco is a partner in our Irvine office and represents California public school districts and public agencies in all aspects of labor and employment law. His areas of practice include certificated and classified employee...
Full BioPeter Denno is a senior associate in the Fresno office. Mr. Denno focuses his practice on special education, general student issues, and labor and employment...
Full BioChristine Diaz-Herrera is an associate in the Cerritos office. She is experienced in counseling and representing public and private sector employers in all aspects of labor and employment law...
Full BioBill Diedrich is a partner in the firm's Riverside and San Diego offices and represents school districts and other public agencies in labor and employment law...
Full BioJohn Dietrich is the managing partner in the Riverside office. He joined the firm in January, 1998. Mr. Dietrich represents private sector clients, California school districts and community college districts in...
Full BioStephanie Marie Dopp is an associate in the Pleasanton office and represents California public school districts, county offices of education and community college districts in all aspects of education law.
Full BioHeather Dozier is a senior associate in the Cerritos office. She represents California school and community college districts in general education law and personnel matters...
Full BioMr. Drenan is a partner in the San Diego office. Mr. Drenan advises, represents, and defends employers in various areas of employment law and employment litigation before federal and state courts and administrative agencies...
Full BioA. Christopher Duran is a senior associate in the Fresno office. Mr. Duran’s practice focuses on all aspects of school law, including labor and employment, as well as issues related to special education and school facility finance...
Full BioGeneva L. Englebrecht is a senior associate in the Cerritos office. Ms. Englebrecht represents California school districts and county offices of education in education law, with a concentration in...
Full BioAmy Estrada is an associate in the San Diego office. Ms. Estrada represents California school districts, community college districts and county offices of education in education law...
Full BioJennifer Fain is a partner in the Pleasanton office. Her practice focuses on representing educational agencies in the areas of special education and anti-discrimination...
Full BioDebra Ferdman is a senior associate in the Cerritos office. She represents California school districts in all aspects of education law with a concentration in special education...
Full BioEve Peek Fichtner is a senior counsel in the Sacramento office. Ms. Fichtner is an experienced attorney representing school districts, county offices of education, community colleges and private...
Full BioCathie Fields is a senior associate in the Irvine office. For the past 15 years, Ms. Fields has represented school districts, community college districts, and other educational agencies in labor and employment matters, general education issues, and governance matters.
Full BioTerry Filliman is the managing partner in the Sacramento office and specializes in management employment law, administrative law, public school law, and labor relations...
Full BioPaul Fleck is the supervising partner of the firm's private labor and employment practice group. Mr. Fleck represents management exclusively in all aspects of employment litigation and employee relations matters including claims for leave of absence violations...
Full BioHelen Ryan Frazer is a partner in the Cerritos office. Ms. Frazer is a specialist in the area of bankruptcy and currently serves on the panel of Chapter 7 Trustees in Los Angeles County...
Full BioRobert is a partner in the Pleasanton office. In addition to his litigation practice as defense counsel, mediator and expert witness...
Full BioMr. William Tolin Gay is a member of the Corporate Department and has close to 30 years of experience as a business/corporate lawyer, with extensive experience working with domestic and foreign clients in securities, real estate, intellectual property and franchising...
Full BioKaren Gilyard is a partner in the Cerritos office. She represents California school districts and community college districts in education law and labor relations...
Full BioBarbara J. Ginsberg is a senior associate in the Cerritos and Irvine offices. She represents school and community college districts in all aspects of labor and employment matters and education law...
Full BioPenelope “Penny” Glover advises school districts, county offices of education, and community colleges on issues of technology use, personnel, labor relations, risk management, and student discipline...
Full BioTodd Goluba is a partner based out of the Firm’s Pleasanton office. Mr. Goluba serves as General Counsel to over 25 school districts, community college districts, and county offices of education...
Full BioJesus Gonzales is a senior associate in the Cerritos office. Mr. Gonzales has substantial experience advising school districts, community colleges, county offices of education, special districts...
Full BioCarlos Gonzalez is a senior associate in the Cerritos office. Mr. Gonzalez represents California school and community college districts in education law, including special education and student discipline, as well as labor and employment matters...
Full BioSherry Gordon retired from practice in 2012...
Full BioPatrick Gunn is a partner in the Pleasanton office. Mr. Gunn's practice encompasses all aspects of civil trial and appellate practice. Mr. Gunn specializes in business and construction transactions, dispute resolution, arbitration and litigation.
Full BioDavina Harden is senior counsel in the Cerritos office. Ms. Harden represents California public school districts in all aspects of education and employment law...
Full BioElizabeth Hearey is senior counsel in the Pleasanton office. Ms. Hearey represents California public school districts and county offices of education in all aspects of education...
Full BioJanice Hein is a senior associate in the Pleasanton office. Ms. Hein represents California public school and college districts in labor relations and employment law matters, including discrimination...
Full BioBrianna Hill is an associate in the Cerritos office. Ms. Hill represents California school districts, community college districts and county offices of education in education law, with a concentration in special education...
Full BioEdward Ho is a litigation partner in the Cerritos office, and maintains a diverse litigation and trial practice. Mr. Ho’s practice includes the representation of individuals and corporations involved in...
Full BioScott K. Holbrook is a senior associate in the Sacramento office and provides representation and legal counsel to school district, county office of education, and community college district...
Full BioSal Holguín, Jr. is a partner in the Cerritos office and represents public and private employers in labor and employment law matters which include collective bargaining, investigations, employee...
Full BioMartin Hom is a partner in the San Diego office. Mr. Hom has litigation and trial experience in a broad range of contract interpretation issues and disputes, such as delay and inefficiencies...
Full BioAndres C. Hurwitz is a senior associate in the Cerritos office. Mr. Hurwitz has extensive experience handling all phases of complex litigation in both federal and state courts throughout California...
Full BioSuparna Jain is an associate in the firm's Cerritos office. Ms. Jain is assists in researching and drafting Legal Research Digest regarding the Enforceability of Local Hire Preference Programs. In addition she assists in a variety of litigation and transactional matters...
Full BioJohn practices out of the Cerritos office with 35 years of experience as a business/tax lawyer, with extensive experience working with businesses, entrepreneurs and investors in negotiating, structuring and documenting transactions in varied industries...
Full BioBrooke E. Jimenez is an associate in the Riverside office, representing California public school and community college districts and county offices of education in the areas of education law...
Full BioSundee Johnson is a partner in the Cerritos and Riverside office. Ms. Johnson represents California school and community college districts in education law, including disability accommodation, special education, student discipline, and charter school matters...
Full BioJonathan Judge is a senior associate in the Cerritos office. He represents employers in labor law and various employment litigation matters, including wrongful termination, discrimination, wage & hour, and harassment...
Full BioTina Kannarr is a senior counsel in the Cerritos office and represents California public school and community college districts and county offices of education in all aspects of education, employment, and labor law...
Full BioWarren Kinsler is a partner in the Cerritos office and represents California school districts and community college districts in education law, administrative law and labor relations...
Full BioThomas Kovacich is a senior partner in the Cerritos office and chair of the firm's construction practice. Mr. Kovacich has exclusively represented employers for over 29 years in all aspects of employment law and labor relations matters...
Full BioNate Kowalski is an accomplished litigator who represents employers in both the private and public sectors. Mr. Kowalski has litigated dozens of labor and employment cases in state and federal court and has achieved remarkable results for...
Full BioHugh Lee is a partner in the Cerritos office. Mr. Lee's areas of practice include school and public works construction law, construction disputes and litigation including handling claims by...
Full BioThomas Lenz is a partner in the Cerritos office and heads the firm's Traditional Labor Law Department. Tom works with employers in all major industries. He brings practical experience to advice, training, and representation of employers...
Full BioBeth Lind is a senior counsel in the Pleasanton office. She is an experienced labor and employment attorney who regularly works with both public and private sector clients...
Full BioPaul Loya is the firm’s senior partner in the Pleasanton office. Mr. Loya represents employers as legal counsel and as labor management negotiator. He has successfully litigated employee...
Full BioPeter Lucey retired from practice in 2012.
Full BioKimberly Ludwin is an associate in the Cerritos office. Ms. Ludwin counsels and represents California school districts, community college districts and county offices of education in all general education law matters...
Full BioJorge J. Luna is a senior associate in the Cerritos office. Mr. Luna has been practicing law since 1996 in a variety of practice areas, including employment, construction, business litigation, intellectual property and entertainment...
Full BioBryan G. Martin is a senior associate in the Fresno office. Mr. Martin has used his litigation and school law background to prosecute personnel and disciplinary actions at the administrative and...
Full BioLaura Matteoli is an associate in the Sacramento office. Ms. Matteoli represents California school and community college districts in education law, including special education and student...
Full BioDonna Matties has extensive experience in advising school districts, county offices of education, and community college districts on various issues regarding general school law, personnel, student rights and student discipline...
Full BioPaul McGlocklin is an associate in the Riverside office. Mr. McGlocklin represents California school districts in education law, including labor and employment and facilities matters...
Full BioStephen McLoughlin advises public and private agencies on a wide variety of transactional and litigation matters. Mr. McLoughlin assists agencies in the drafting and negotiating of contracts for property and general service matters including...
Full BioGene McMenamin is of counsel in the Cerritos office. Mr. McMenamin exclusively represents employers in all aspects of public construction, construction labor relations matters...
Full BioMichael Middleton’s background as an attorney embraces a broad practice of representing clients in the areas of employment and construction law.
Full BioMarilou Mirkovich is a partner in the Cerritos office. Ms. Mirkovich represents employers in all aspects of labor relations and employment law...
Full BioIrma Rodríguez Moisa is an experienced litigator, labor negotiator, and trial attorney representing public and private entities in labor and employment matters. Ms. Rodriguez Moisa’s experience offers unique insights to develop winning...
Full BioJoshua Morrison is a senior counsel in the Cerritos office. Mr. Morrison represents California public school districts in all aspects of general education law...
Full BioDeanna Mouser is a partner in the Pleasanton office. She represents employers in all aspects of labor relations and employment...
Full BioKristin Myers is an associate in the Cerritos office representing California school and county offices of education specializing in special education and student discipline.
Full BioAdam Newman is a senior partner in the Cerritos and Irvine offices. Mr. Newman is co-chair of the firm’s state-wide Special Education Practice Group...
Full BioAnthony Niccoli is a senior associate in the Cerritos office. Mr. Niccoli has extensive experience representing contractors, subcontractors, school districts, public entities and special...
Full BioRonald Novotny is of counsel in the Cerritos office. Mr. Novotny has been representing employers in labor and employment matters in federal and state courts and administrative agencies since 1981...
Full BioAaron O'Donnell is a partner with the Cerritos office. He represents California community college districts, universities, and school districts in education and employment-related matters...
Full BioKelly O’Reilly is of counsel in the Cerritos office. He represents celebrities, athletes, and Fortune 500 companies in all aspects of immigration law. Mr. O’Reilly is a former District Adjudications...
Full BioSharon Ormond is a senior associate in the Cerritos and Irvine offices. She represents California public sector employers in all aspects of labor relations and personnel matters, including certificated and classified discipline, reductions in force...
Full BioMark Palin is a partner in the Cerritos office. He has over 25 years of experience in business-related litigation, and is an accomplished trial lawyer with extensive experience in arbitrations, mediations, class actions, and...
Full BioJames Palmer is a partner in the Cerritos office. He is the supervising partner of the firm's litigation department and the firm's General Counsel. He has handled all types of litigation in both state and...
Full BioJackson E. Parham was the Founding Partner and President of Parham & Rajcic. Mr. Parham will have an of counsel relationship with AALRR. He has over 35 years of experience in all aspects of labor...
Full BioChesley Quaide is a partner in the Pleasanton office. Mr. Quaide is the Chair of the Northern California Education Practice Group. He focuses on labor law, employment law and education law...
Full BioJohn Rajcic is a partner in the Cerritos office. Mr. Rajcic focuses his practice on the representation of public and private sector employers. He handles collective bargaining, transactional matters and...
Full BioEd Reitkopp is a senior counsel in the Cerritos office. He has more than twenty years experience in labor and employment law, his chosen area of expertise...
Full BioElizabeth Rho-Ng is a partner in the Pleasanton office representing California public school districts, county offices of education and special education local planning areas in various aspects of Education Law, specializing in special education and student issues.
Full BioTodd Robbins is an associate in the Riverside office representing public school districts in the areas of education law, certificated and classified employee discipline, certificated layoffs, harassment...
Full BioDavid Robinett is a senior associate in the Riverside office. He represents school and community college districts and county offices of education in personnel and employment law, special education...
Full BioRobert Roginson is a partner in the Firm’s Employer Services Practice Group. His practice includes all aspects of employment and labor law litigation and counseling for employers. Mr. Roginson has represented private and...
Full BioJames Romo is the firmwide managing partner. Mr. Romo represents school district employers in all aspects of labor relations and employment law matters. He has extensive experience with...
Full BioMarcia Ross focuses on assisting employers in compliance with state and federal leave of absence and reasonable accommodation laws and regulations. She is experienced in dealing with issues related to union contract compliance...
Full BioJoseph Rossini is a senior associate in the Cerritos office. Mr. Rossini practices primarily in the representation of contractors, subcontractors, school districts, architects, engineers, public entities and...
Full BioMichael Rubino is a senior associate in the Cerritos office. Mr. Rubino has over twenty years of experience in business and real estate litigation. He has extensive experience with jury trials...
Full BioLaurian Rutterbush is an associate in the Fresno office. Ms. Rutterbush represents employers in all aspects of labor relations and employment law matters, including employment...
Full BioRonald Ruud, one of the firm's founding partners, retired from practice in 2009...
Full BioScott Sachs is a senior associate in the Cerritos office. His practice focuses on representing private and governmental entities in complex litigation in the area of construction law with a concentration in...
Full BioMarleen Sacks is senior counsel in the Pleasanton Office and has over 18 years of experience in education and labor law, and her specialty is in the area of employee discipline, student rights...
Full BioHoward Sagaser represents employers in employment litigation and labor law matters. Mr. Sagaser is defined by his extensive litigation experience at all levels of state and federal courts, NLRB, ALRB, EEOC and other administrative agencies...
Full BioMary A. Salamone is a partner in the firm's Irvine office. Ms. Salamone has dedicated her over 25-year career exclusively to the area of construction law and has acquired an in-depth knowledge regarding all aspects...
Full BioGabriel Sandoval is a partner in the Cerritos office and represents universities, community colleges, school districts, and charter schools on a range of issues involving all aspects of education, employment and labor law, and compliance with federal civil rights laws.
Full BioPeter Schaffert represents public and private sector employers in all aspects of labor and employment law including discrimination/harassment claims, employee terminations and discipline, grievances, workplace privacy, wage and hour requirements, and litigation...
Full BioConstance Schwindt is a partner in the Cerritos office. Ms. Schwindt represents private entities in real estate matters, including real property acquisitions and sales, leases, ground leases...
Full BioCasandra Secord is an associate in the Cerritos office representing employers in all aspects of employment litigation, including wage and hour class actions, single plaintiff wage and hour disputes, discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination and retaliation.
Full BioJon Setoguchi is a senior associate in the Cerritos office, focusing on business and employment matters. He also has extensive litigation experience in construction and tort litigation...
Full BioJustin Shinnefield is a partner in the San Diego and Cerritos offices. He represents California school districts and community college districts in education, special education and student discipline...
Full BioKristen Silverman is an associate in the Cerritos office. Ms. Silverman represents employers in labor law and various employment litigation matters, including wrongful termination...
Full BioAnn Smith is senior counsel in the Cerritos office. Ms. Smith practices primarily in the area of labor and employment law. She represents management in personnel and labor relations matters such as...
Full BioAmber Solano represents employers in both the private and public sector in all areas of labor and employment law, including the areas of wrongful discharge, wage and hour (including class actions), discrimination/harassment...
Full BioDavid Soldani is a partner in the Fresno office. Mr. Soldani advises public agencies, including school districts, in the areas of employment, public works and construction, environmental...
Full BioSusan Steward is a partner in the firm's Cerritos office. She represents employers in all aspects of employment litigation, including claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful...
Full BioNeil M. Sunkin is a former litigation partner of Arter & Hadden, LLP, and former counsel of First Interstate Bank of California. In 2003 he became a solo practitioner, and in 2010 he became Of Counsel to AALRR...
Full BioPaul Szumiak is a senior counsel in the Cerritos office. He focuses on employment law and defense of management in personnel and labor relations matters such as sexual harassment...
Full BioTerry Tao is a partner in the Cerritos office and practices primarily in the areas of school and public works, construction law, architectural malpractice, construction contract administration...
Full BioConstance Taylor is a partner in the Cerritos and Riverside offices. Her practice focuses on special education, Section 504, and student issues. Ms. Taylor represents school districts at IEP team meetings...
Full BioDavis D. Thompson, head of the Corporate Department, is a senior partner in the Cerritos and Pasadena offices. He represents primarily private sector clients...
Full BioMark W. Thompson is a partner in the Riverside office, representing public school districts in the areas of education law, certificated and classified employee discipline, harassment and discrimination...
Full BioLindsay Thorson is a senior associate in the firm’s Business Services Practice Group, where she represents school districts, community colleges, county offices of education, and other public entities on transactional matters...
Full BioJay Trinnaman is a senior associate in the Cerritos office. Mr. Trinnaman represents employers in all aspects of labor relations and employment law matters including collective bargaining...
Full BioBarbara Van Ligten is a senior associate, of counsel, in the Cerritos office. Ms. Van Ligten practices in the areas of employment defense and business litigation. She specializes in employment law and...
Full BioJonathan S. Vick is a member of the Business Services Practice Group and has more than 23 years of experience in state and federal courts and administrative agencies. He has extensive experience with construction defect claims...
Full BioFermín Villegas is an associate in the Sacramento office. Mr. Villegas represents California public school districts and county offices of education in all aspects of school law...
Full BioMarlon Wadlington is a partner in the Cerritos office. Mr. Wadlington has an extensive and varied background in public sector labor and employment law...
Full BioCal Watkins represents employers in all aspects of labor relations and employment law, including collective bargaining, labor disputes, preventative counseling and training, employment contracts, employee discipline and discharge...
Full BioClifford Weiler is a senior counsel in the San Diego office. He has successfully represented school law clients for over 40 years, beginning in 1972 representing the Michigan Education Association and...
Full BioRobert Wenzel is the Chief Operating Officer in the Cerritos office. He represents a diverse clientele which includes health care...
Full BioIan Wieland represents employers in all aspects of labor relations and employment law matters, including employment discrimination, wrongful termination, harassment, and wage and hour.
Full BioJabari Willis is a senior associate in the Cerritos office. Mr. Willis represents public entities in all aspects labor and employment law, including employment litigation defense...
Full BioRichard M. Wilner is of counsel in the firm's Cerritos office. Mr. Wilner represents famous athletes, entertainers, businesspersons, and Fortune 500 companies in their global immigration needs...
Full BioBethelwel Wilson represents California school and community college districts in labor and employment matters...
Full BioWilliam Woolman has litigated a wide breadth of civil cases in State and Federal Court for ten years. His areas of expertise include: contract disputes, bankruptcy-creditor matters, OSHA disputes, and wage and hour matters...
Full BioScot Yarnell is a partner in the Sacramento office. Mr. Yarnell represents California public school districts and community college districts in general school law, labor relations, employee and...
Full BioElizabeth Zamora-Mejia is a partner in the firm's office and represents public and private sector employers in all aspects of labor and employment law. Ms. Zamora-Mejia focuses on education law...
Full BioLisa Zaradich is an associate in the firm's Cerritos office and practices primarily in the areas of business transactional law, estate planning, probate and trust administration, and tax...
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