Founding partner Elise Sanguinetti was featured in the Civil Action podcast at this year’s CAALA Convention in Las Vegas. Elise discusses her concerns regarding forced arbitration, the political landscape, and the influences that helped mold her into one of the best trial attorneys in California. Click here to listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bonus-content-interview-elise-sanguinetti-at-2019-caala/id1466726741?i=1000455700866
Mike Arias was honored by Top Verdicts for having obtained one of the Top 20 Civil Rights Verdicts in California in 2018. Mike obtained a $2.2 million sexual harassment/wrongful termination verdict in Albarracin v. Wilson, a case involving a paralegal with Fidelity National Financial Inc., who accused a senior attorney of sexual harassment. Soledad Albarracin… Read more
To read media coverage of this case, go to: Law360 September 26, 2019 – San Francisco, CA – A class action was filed on behalf of consumers who paid tips through the DoorDash app or website alleging the “tips” were actually used by DoorDash to fund its operations by subsidizing the guaranteed payment the company… Read more
To read media coverage of this case, go to: Albany Business Review Albany Times Union September 19, 2019 – Los Angeles, CA – A class action lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Federal Court alleging that Cachet Financial Services failed to abide by industry and federal regulatory standards which allowed for MyPayrollHR to exact a… Read more
Mike Arias was named one of the Top 100 Attorneys in California by the Los Angeles Daily Journal. Mike, who was named to the list for the first time, was honored for his cutting-edge legal work over the past year and his leadership within the legal community. Mike is Immediate Past-President of Consumer Attorneys Association… Read more
Los Angeles, Ca. (September 4, 2019)– Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos, LLP is pleased to announce that senior associate Jamie Goldstein has been named a partner of the firm. “The firm is excited to welcome Jamie as partner. She is an excellent attorney and has an outstanding set of legal skills that have contributed to… Read more
Los Angeles, Ca. (August 16, 2019)– Best Lawyers, the only peer-review guide to the legal profession, announced their 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, and among them are several ASWT attorneys, founding partner Mike Arias, Katherine Harvey-Lee and Arnold Wang. All three attorneys were recognized for their work in the following legal areas:… Read more
Founding and managing partner Mike Arias was installed as Chair of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Council of Presidents and was elected to serve on both the AAJ Executive Committee and the AAJ Organizational Review Committee during the AAJ Convention this past week. Mr. Arias assumes these roles in addition to chairing the AAJ… Read more
Los Angeles, Ca. (July 26, 2019)– ASWT founding partner Elise Sanguinetti has been named one of this year’s Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers. The 500 lawyers selected bring their cases as individual matters as well as in class actions that are increasingly going global. As AAJ president, Ms. Sanguinetti has advocated for passage of… Read more
Los Angeles, Ca. (June 26, 2019)– ASWT founding partners Mike Arias and Elise Sanguinetti have been named one of this year’s California Trailblazers by The Recorder. Mr. Arias was also recognized as one of the Daily Journal’s 2019 Top Plaintiff Lawyers. As a California Trailblazer, Mr. Arias has represented those who have suffered catastrophic injuries,… Read more