We take great pleasure in announcing that Senior Counsel Christine T. Hoeffner was just selected as one of the Top 100 Women Litigators in California.  The important recognition came from the state's two legal newspapers after soliciting peer nominations from among all of the attorneys in California. Earlier this year, Christine was selected by Los Angeles Magazine and The Journal of Law & Politics as a 2009 "Southern California Super Lawyer" in the field of defense-side employment litigation. According to these publications, this recognition is reserved for only the top 5% of attorneys in their field, based on peer recognition.

In the past year, Christine was instrumental in helping one of the firm's clients avoid potentially millions of dollars in discovery and liability exposure in a complex wage/hour class action. She achieved this favorable result by obtaining an appellate order stopping the onerous class wide discovery that the plaintiff sought and then obtaining summary judgment against the plaintiff on all 10 class claims.

Ms. Hoeffner is part of the firm's appellate team.  In the past several years, Christine has successfully defended 12 different appeals where a plaintiff was trying to keep their case from getting dismissed. In each of those instances, the firm had earlier convinced the trial judge to dismiss these cases. Through Christine's efforts, the cases were terminated. Christine also has obtained awards of attorneys' fees against parties who unsuccessfully sued firm clients.

Christine is a Certified Specialist in Appellate Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, and has consistently held a personal "A-V" rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating an individual can receive from this nationally-recognized legal directory.  Christine has been with the firm since 2000 and has been handling litigated matters for over 25 years.