Takata, et al. v. City of Banning, et al. (2015) – In a three plaintiff lawsuit pought against the City, obtained a complete dismissal of the case after the Court sustained the City’s demurrer without leave to amend. The Court found that the plaintiffs were misjoined because there was no commonality between their claims as none of their claims arose out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences.
White v. Antelope Valley College (2010) – An African-American applicant for an accountant position sued the college after he was not interviewed for a job on three separate occasions. He alleged Title VII discrimination (race and gender), age discrimination, retaliation, disparate treatment and disparate impact. We achieved a summary judgment and a complete dismissal in this case, which was affirmed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal in an unpublished decision.
Batts et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al. (2010) – Successfully defended the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Police Department, Chief William Patton, and other high-level Police Department command staff in a retaliation action pought by nine police department sergeants who alleged they had suffered adverse employment actions because of their participation in a wage and hour litigation against the City. The alleged adverse actions included disciplinary investigations, relief from duty, suspension, transfer, and denial of promotion. Plaintiffs attempted to ping the matter as a class action, but the Court dismissed the class allegations. Following depositions of each Plaintiff, of Chief Patton, and some individual defendants, LCW pought nine summary judgment motions, one for each Plaintiff. The Court granted all the motions, resulting in a defense victory on all claims.
Paulette Jackson v. Los Angeles Unified School District (2009) – Won summary judgment in favor of the District in a case involving racial harassment, discrimination, failure to prevent and retaliation.
De O’Campo v. Los Angeles Unified School District (2007) – In this 4 plaintiff case alleging gender and race discrimination, summary judgment was awarded in favor of the District.