Ellen Connelly Cohen earned her undergraduate degree from Harvard University, where she graduated cum laude. She received her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2006. Ms. Cohen’s practice focuses on employment litigation and counseling. Ms. Cohen has litigated a broad array of employment matters in state and federal courts, as well as before administrative agencies such as the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and the Department of Fair Employment…
Ms. Wegner has extensive experience handling all aspects of business disputes, including class actions, fraud, unfair business practices, employment, real estate, foreclosure actions, probate, insolvency, and bankruptcy proceedings. She has served as lead counsel in trying numerous actions to defense verdicts under the Americans with Disabilities Act and California companion statutes. In addition, Ms. Wegner also has significant appellate experience, including several published decisions to her credit. She has argued matters before…
Julie R. Trotter is a shareholder at Call & Jensen, a full-service litigation boutique headquartered in Newport Center for 40 years. Ms. Trotter specializes in the area of employment litigation and advice and counsel, and has represented clients in a variety of commercial disputes with a particular focus on class action and PAGA wage and hour disputes, employment discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful termination, and claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act. She…
Joshua G. Simon obtained his Juris Doctorate degree from Harvard Law School. His practice involves a broad range of complex business litigation, with an emphasis on employment matters, shareholder disputes, environmental law, and consumer class actions. He is an experienced litigator and trial lawyer, having prevailed in state and federal courts throughout California. Super Lawyers has awarded Mr. Simon Southern California Rising Star for the maximum number of years possible. Mr. Simon…
Lisa Sandoval focuses her practice on high-stakes complex civil litigation. Ms. Sandoval has secured favorable judgments and settlements in all stages of litigation in both state and federal courts. Her clients entrust her with a wide variety of cases, including all matters of intellectual property—copyright, trademark, and trade secret litigation—complex commercial disputes, employment and labor law litigation, and class actions. She also counsels clients to achieve their goals before any litigation commences…
For the fourth consecutive year, Aaron Renfro has been selected to the Super Lawyers List—a distinction recognizing the top five percent of attorneys nationwide. RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS $6.7 million jury verdict in a fraud and breach of contract matter involving commercial real estate $9 million dollar jury verdict in a business dispute involving breach of contract and defamation claims Appellate victory at 9th Circuit Court of Appeal—reversed 9th Circuit precedent to limit the…
Ryan M. McNamara is a shareholder at Call & Jensen and a trial lawyer. Mr. McNamara specializes in the defense of claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and California’s Unruh Act and has successfully defended hundreds of corporations and business owners of all sizes from ADA lawsuits. Mr. McNamara is one of California’s most experienced ADA defense lawyers and, since joining Call & Jensen in 2007, Mr. McNamara has tried…
At Call & Jensen, Melinda Evans has had a diverse litigation practice defending various intellectual property, employment, real estate, and civil rights cases, including several class actions. Much of her recent cases and consulting work have been in the areas of fashion copyright, wage and hour disputes, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. In the course of her litigation work, Ms. Evans has taken the lead on numerous appeals and post-trial motions,…
Mark L. Eisenhut is one of the top business trial lawyers in California. In recent years he has been named to the elite “Top 100 Southern California Super Lawyers”, and the “Top 50 Orange County Super Lawyers” by Law & Politics and the publishers of Los Angeles magazine. Mr. Eisenhut is a shareholder with Call & Jensen. He specializes in complex business and other civil litigation matters. As lead trial counsel in a medical device business…
John T. Egley received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and his law degree from Loyola Law School. Mr. Egley focuses his law practice on employment litigation and business litigation. His most recent successes include representing the prevailing employer in two published appellate opinions in employment class actions: Esparza v. KS Industries, L.P., 13 Cal.App.5th 1228, 221 Cal.Rptr.3d 594 (2017) and Cortez v. Doty Bros. Equipment Company, 15 Cal.App.5th 1, 222 Cal.Rptr.3d…
