LISA C. HAMASAKI

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Ms. Hamasaki has extensive experience defending and advising clients with regard to all aspects of employment law including discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, whistleblower, defamation, leaves of absence and wage and hour claims. She has considerable courtroom experience in both state and federal court as well as contractual arbitration proceedings, has represented employers in numerous administrative proceedings, including before the California Labor Commissioner and the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, and has extensive experience representing clients in alternative dispute resolution proceedings. Ms. Hamasaki also has an enviable success record when it comes to motions for summary judgment. In recent years, she has succeeded in obtaining summary judgment in numerous matters and, in others, has successfully narrowed the scope of the cases she handled – all to the benefit of her clients.

EDUCATION J.D., 1998 - University of Virginia School of Law; Charlottesville, VA B.A. magna cum laude, 1995 - Bates College; Lewiston, ME 1993-1994 - St. Peter’s College, Oxford University; Oxford, England PRIOR LAW FIRM AFFILIATIONS Crosby Heafey Roach & May (now Reed Smith) SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS October 2009, NAMWOLF Annual Meeting: “Litigation Ethics in the Electronic Age - Facebook to Forensics” BAR ADMISSIONS California BACK TO ATTORNEY LISTING

AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) California Minority Counsel Program (CMCP), Membership committee Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area (AABA) National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) Defense Research Institute (DRI) American Bar Association (ABA)