Practices

• Labor & Employment

Languages

• English
• Spanish

Biography

Claudia regularly represents clients against employment-related claims brought under federal and state employment laws, including claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and whistleblower claims. Claudia also has experience representing clients against claims of wage and hour violations of California’s Labor Code, class and representative Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) actions.

Experienced in pretrial matters, Claudia is skilled at drafting motions for both state and federal courts as well as preparing and responding to discovery, and conducting depositions of the parties and fact witnesses. Claudia is involved in fact investigation, developing and implementing litigation strategy, consulting expert witnesses, and participating in mediations and arbitrations.

Claudia also has experience representing debtors, creditors, trustees and committees in Chapter 7 bankruptcy and Chapter 11 reorganization cases and related adversary proceedings.

Prior to joining FBT, Claudia served as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Erithe A. Smith of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California and is a former participant in the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges’ Honorable Cornelius Blackshear Fellowship Program.