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Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick LLP is a leader both within California and nationally in the areas of employment, civil rights, and antitrust law. Several of our attorneys have been recognized by legal organizations as being the best in the field. Our partners at Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick LLP have argued employment cases before the Supreme Court of the United States, as well as the Court of Appeals and California Supreme Court. For nearly 30 years, the attorneys at Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick LLP have represented employees in cases involving employment, racial discrimination, sexual harassment, disability discrimination, hostile work environment, wrongful termination, wage and hour violations, and many other employment law violations. Our firm has also been on the cutting edge of wage and hour class action litigation for nearly a decade, fighting to ensure that employees and consumers are compensated for violations of the law. We have settled many multi-million dollar cases on behalf of employees denied minimum wage pay, meal and rest breaks, and overtime pay, as well as received multi-million dollar verdicts in trials on behalf of clients represented by our experienced attorneys. If you believe you have suffered a violation of the law by your employer, Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick LLP is here to fight tirelessly for you.

Committed To Equal Justice For All

Whether an employer is large or small, when employers violate federal or California employment laws, Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick LLP is there to fight for you. We have both the experience and the track record for obtaining justice for wronged employees. Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick LLP is also on the cutting edge of civil rights issues, litigating complex cases, sometimes creating new law. For example, we continue to prosecute cases against corporations for their violations of the law abroad, as well as to seek relief for detainees in Guantanamo Bay Prison. In all cases, Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick LLP demands that all clients are treated with fairness under the law.

Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick LLP's Understanding

Because of our experience litigating cases involving sensitive issues of race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, among other subjects, our attorneys have the understanding and empathy to treat your individual situation with the seriousness and genuine caring it deserves. At the end of the day we work for our clients, and Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick LLP never sets that fact aside. If we accept your case, we will make every effort to ensure you are aware of the law as it applies to your case, the options available to you, and keep you informed every step of the way. At Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick LLP, we understand that legal matters can be daunting, frightening, confusing, and even frustrating at times. We constantly strive to be current with the ever changing parameters of the law and to sharpen the legal tools necessary to mitigate the sometimes overwhelming events which can occur during the course of litigating your case.

No Charge For A Consultation

Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick LLP does not charge a fee for an initial consultation between you and one of our attorneys. We accept many cases on a contingency fee basis, meaning you pay no attorneys' fees until your case is resolved. If you would like to consult with one of our attorneys, please call our office at (626) 585-9600 or send us an email.

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September 2011: HSKRR’s Dan Stormer and Reem Salahi, along with co-cousel are currently in trial in "Irvine 11" matter. 10 Muslim students are accused of criminal behavior during Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren's recent visit to the UCI campus. Read more, News coverage, News coverage.

July 2011: HSKRR’s Dan Stormer, Virginia Keeny, and Cornelia Dai were named to the Top 75 Labor and Employment Attorneys in California by the Daily Journal™, the preeminent legal publication on the West Coast.

March 2011: HSKRR attorneys Randy Renick and Josh Piovia-Scott secure a published appellate court victory for the exercise of the First Amendment right to political speech. The lawsuit on behalf of Lieutenant Jeff Bardzik of the Orange County Sheriff's Department alleges that Bardzik was retaliated against by former Sheriff Michael Carona for supporting Carona's opponent in the election for County Sheriff. HSKRR successfully opposed defendants' motion for summary judgment and on March 28, 2011, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a published decision finding that Carona is not entitled to qualified immunity for retaliating against Bardzik. The case against Carona and the County is expected to go to trial later this year. Read more.

March 2011: HSKRR attorneys Dan Stormer, Josh Piovia-Scott and Reem Salahi, along with the ACLU and the Southern California Council on American Islamic Relations have filed a class action lawsuit against the FBI alleging illegal and unconstitutional surveillance of the Muslim communities in Southern California. Read more.

March 2011: HSKRR attorneys Dan Stormer and Reem Salahi have joined the legal defense team of the eleven UC Irvine and UC Riverside students who were allegedly discriminatorily charged with two misdemeanor counts for peacefully protesting Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren. Read more. More coverage here, and here.

February 2011: A U.S. District Court partially granted L.A. County employees’ motion for summary judgment, finding that the County violated the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and California's right to privacy under the State Constitution when it installed a hidden video camera in the room where the Department of Public Works (DPW) dispatch employees worked and took their breaks. Press Release. View the Court Order.

February 2011: HSKRR has filed a class action case on behalf of Disney employees claiming that, among other things, employee identification cards expose them to identity-theft risk. View the complaint.

December 2010: HSKRR and co-counsel prevail before the California Court of Appeals. The court ordered a new trial in a landmark discrimination lawsuit filed nearly twenty years ago on behalf of the LAPD's first openly gay officer. Read more. More coverage.

October, 2010: Wrongful Termination and Defamation case against the City of Colton, California brought on behalf of former Police Chief Kenneth Rulon, proceeding to trial. HSKRR's Virginia Keeny, lead counsel on the case, was recently quoted in a San Bernardino Sun article after defeating Colton’s Motion for Summary Judgment. Read more.

October, 2010: Dan Stormer named Appellate Lawyer of the Week by the National Law Journal. Read more.

OCTOBER, 2010 U.S. SUPREME COURT UPDATE: HSKRR argues case before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging background checks at NASA's JPL laboratory. News reports: LA Times. CNN. USA Today. Christian Science Monitor. AP. Washington Post. Law.com. Super Lawyers.

September, 2010: Hermosa, Manhattan Beach settle with grocery workers over strike treatment. Read more.

September, 2010: The California Court of Appeals ruled that the employees of the Renaissance Montura Hotel, the Marriott LAX, the Four Points Sheraton, Hilton Los Angeles Airport, and the Radisson Hotel LAX hotels are allowed to recover service fees collected by the hotels since 2008. Read more. Additional coverage.

August, 2010: HSKRR, along with the ACLU, has filed a class action complaint against Terra Universal, a Fullerton, California based medical equipment manufacturer, alleging that the company deprived its employees, many of who were undocumented, of overtime, rest and meal breaks, and threatened the employees with deportation to keep them quiet. HSKRR's Randy Renick quoted. Read more and view news video.

Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick in Human Rights Case before the Ninth Circuit. Read more.

HSKRR's Cornelia Dai was quoted in a recent article concerning Federal and State governmental efforts to crackdown on employers' misclassification of employees as independent contractors. Read more.

MARCH, 2010 U.S. SUPREME COURT UPDATE: The Supreme Court has elected to review a federal appeals court's decision to grant a request by NASA scientists for a preliminary injunction to halt allegedly deep-reaching background checks on low-risk employees at the space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. HSKRR's Dan Stormer and Virginia Keeny are representing the scientists. Read more.

March 2010: HSKRR announces a victory against ZIBA, beauty center to the stars, for violating basic labor laws! Court certifies class action lawsuit against Ziba - which has serviced many high-profile Hollywood clients. Click here to get access to the entire text of the press release.

Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick 's Radhika Sainath recently returned from serving as a legal observer during the Philippine elections. Read more.

Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick 's Virginia Keeny Named Chairperson of The California Employment Lawyers Association.

HSKRR's representation of a group of community farmers highlighted in an Academy Award nominated documentary. "The Garden," a film by Scott Hamilton Kennedy also won three prestigious Best Documentary awards. Read more.

HSKRR settles sexual harassment case against Orange County's Newport-Mesa Unified School District and Corona del Mar High School. Read more

January 2010: HSKRR’s Anne Richardson and Randy Renick prevail in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in UNITED STEEL v. CONOCOPHILLIPS . In a published decision, a unanimous panel reversed a lower court’s ruling, holding that the lower court improperly held that plaintiffs' “on duty” meal period in a wage and hour case could not meet class certification requirements. The case has been remanded back to the District Court.

Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick LLP's Dan Stormer was named to Law and Politics Magazine's Top 10 Southern California Super Lawyers.

HSKRR's Anne Richardson and Dan Stormer recently returned from Cuba as they work as part of a legal team seeking habeas corpus relief for a Guantanamo detainee.