The 2026 listing of leading Employer-focused Orange County Employment Lawyers details attorneys practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters across the greater Orange County legal market whose practice has a strong employer representation focus and who have been identified by LA and the County’s employment lawyers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Preeminent
Timothy M. Freudenberger, CDF Labor Law LLP
Lonnie D. Giamela, Fisher Phillips LLP
Jehan N. Jayakumar, Carlson & Jayakumar LLP
Fermin H. Llaguno, Littler Mendelson P.C.
R. Craig Scott, Scott & Whitehead
Maria Z. Stearns, Rutan & Tucker, LLP
Leading
Avi M. Attal, CDF Labor Law LLP
Lindsay A. Ayers, CDF Labor Law LLP
Jacqueline Beaumont, Call & Jensen
Steven M. Chanley, Employer Advocates Group LC
Daniel F. Fears, Payne & Fears LLP
Christian J. Keeney, Jackson Lewis P.C.
Amy R. Patton, Payne & Fears LLP
Brian C. Sinclair, Rutan & Tucker, LLP
Recommended
Ahllam H. Berri, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP
Ron Brand, Fisher Phillips LLP
Drew R. Hansen, Nossaman LLP
Samantha N. Hoffman, Jackson Lewis P.C.
Becky S. James, Employer Advocates Group LC
Scott C. Lacunza, Jackson Lewis P.C.
Alison L. Lynch, Jackson Lewis P.C.
Zachary Lynch, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP
Sherri Fanger McInnes, Scott & Whitehead
Julie R. Trotter, Call & Jensen