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Laurie Susan Gorsline
Ganz & Gorsline
Suite 340
11620 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025-1769
 
 
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Phone: (310) 235-1700
E-mail: info@ganzgorslaw.com
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Laurie Susan Gorsline

Ms. Gorsline was born in San Bernardino, California. She attended the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) (B.A), 1981) and Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., 1984). She was admitted to the California Bar, the U.S. District Court, Central District of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit in 1986. After graduating from law school, Ms. Gorsline joined the Los Angeles Superior Court staff as a law clerk/research attorney to: The Honorable Charles Jones, Superior Court Judge, 1985, Law and Motion Dept.; The Honorable Robert H. O'Brien, Superior Court Judge, 1986, Law and Motion Dept.; The Honorable Ricardo Torres, Superior Court Judge, 1987-88, Writs and Receivers Dept. Ms. Gorsline was also Supervising Staff Attorney for the Law Departments for the Los Angeles Superior Court, Central District, in 1988. Deciding to go into private practice, Ms. Gorsline joined the Century City firm, Valensi, Rose & Magaram, PLC in 1988. In 1993, Ms. Gorsline left Valensi, Rose & Magaram so that she could develop her employment related litigation practice. Ms. Gorsline is now a partner in the firm of Ganz & Gorsline.

Ms. Gorsline has a wide range of experience in providing counsel to both employers and employees in employment matters (both litigation and pre-litigation), including wrongful termination suits, discrimination suits, sexual harassment suits (on behalf of the victim, employer, and accused harasser), drafting employment handbooks, severance agreements, documentation of personnel files, and the negotiation and settlement of employment disputes. Ms. Gorsline has been invited to speak on the subject of sexual harassment and discrimination before such groups as the Century City Bar Association, the Beverly Hills/Century City Legal Secretaries Association, the Internal Revenue Service, the Association of Real Estate Attorneys, and the Santa Monica School District. She has also been invited to speak by such institutions as Rio Hondo College and Loyola Law School.

The following is a sampling of employment related matters in which Ms. Gorsline was counsel: Age Discrimination (represented the plaintiff in an age discrimination case and obtained $7.1 million verdict); Wrongful Termination: Brinton v. TRW (represented the plaintiff in a breach of contract/wrongful termination case resulting in $2.5 million verdict); Songco v. Century Quality Management, Inc. (represented the plaintiff in a wrongful termination case resulting in $4.5 million verdict); Jaffe v. Intergroup Corp ($2.6 million settlement); Reported Cases: Hyatt v. Northrop Corporation, 80 F.2d 1425 (9th Cir. 1996). Discrimination harassment: has represented victims of illegal discrimination and harassment, resulting in seven figure settlements berfore trial.

Ms. Gorsline was a member of the Panel of Municipal Court Settlement Officers at the Beverly Hills Municipal Court. She is also a member of the California Women Lawyers Association, American Bar Association and Los Angeles County Bar Association. She is a member of the State Bar of California, including its employment and litigation sections.

Areas Of Practice:
Employment Law - Employees and Employers
Bar Admissions:
California, 1986
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1986
U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1986
Education:
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, 1984
Doctor of Jurisprudence

University of California, Los Angeles, California, 1981
B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Representative Cases:
Hunio v. Tishman Construction Corporation of California
 
Brinton v. TRW
 
Songco v. Century Quality Management
 
Hyatt v. Northrop Corporation, 80 F. 2d 1425 (9th Cir. 1996)
 
Jaffe v. Intergroup Corporation
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Speaker, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Century City Bar Association
 
Speaker, Sexual Harassment and Discrimination, Beverly Hills/Century City Legal Secretaries Association
 
Speaker, Sexual Harassment and Discrimination, Internal Revenue Service
 
Speaker, Sexual Harassment and Discrimination, Association of Real Estate Attorneys
 
Speaker, Civil Procedure, Rio Hondo College
 
Speaker, Sexual Harassment in our Schools, Santa Monica School District
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Municipal Court Settlement Officers Panel, Beverly Hills Municipal Court
Member
 
California Women Lawyers Association
Member
 
American Bar Association
Member
 
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Member
 
State Bar of California
Member
 
State Bar of California, Employment Section
Member
 
State Bar of California, Litigation Section
Member
Past Employment Positions:
Superior Court Judge, Hon. Charles Jones, Law and Motion, Law Clerk, 1985 - 1988
 
Superior Court Judge, Hon. Robert H. O'Brien, Law and Motion, Law Clerk, 1986
 
Superior Court Judge, Hon. Ricardo Torres, Writs and Receivers, Law Clerk, 1987 - 1988
 
Los Angeles Superior Court, Central District Law Department, Supervising Staff Attorney, 1988
 
Valensi, Rose & Magaram, 1988 - 1993
Birth Information:
October 22, 1959, San Bernardino, California, United States of America

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