The Alameda County Bar Association presents this event moderated by FBANC Past President Mari Bandoma Callado.
In this program, the second of the two part series on Race Discrimination Cases, the seasoned and esteemed trial attorneys will discuss race discrimination trials. This program will focus on pre-trial motions through trial. Some key topics the panelists will discuss include: successful strategies for prosecuting and defending the foregoing cases in trial; jury selection; case presentation/structure; opening and closing statements; and the impacts of recent violence against minorities, if any, on trying race discrimination cases.
Moderator
Mari Bandoma Callado is a Senior Associate Attorney and Director of Diversity Equity and Inclusion at the Dolan Law Firm, PC. She exclusively represents workers/plaintiffs from many industries against employers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment and retaliation cases as well as in human trafficking cases. She also represents plaintiffs in hate crimes, child abuse, sexual assault, elder abuse and neglect lawsuits. Since 2017, Mari has been selected as a "Rising Star" every year in the Northern California edition of SuperLawyers magazine.
Speakers:
Theodora Lee's recent litigation successes include class actions involving disparate impact; unpaid commissions and expense reimbursement; employee status, overtime, meal and rest periods; and overtime and exempt status under the California Labor Code and Fair Labor Standards Act. She also has served as lead trial counsel or co-counsel in multiple jury trials and obtained defense verdicts in cases alleging race discrimination, racial harassment, sexual harassment and retaliation, as well as a case alleging violation of the Unruh Civil Rights Act and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Additionally, she defends various corporations in cases in state or federal courts alleging Fair Employment and Housing Act violations, wage and hour class actions, and whistleblower and wrongful termination claims, and has obtained dismissals via summary judgment in countless cases. A settlement commissioner, AAA certified arbitrator and mediator; Theodora has concluded more than 1,000 matters through use of private arbitration or mediation, including large, complex, multi-party litigation actions, and individuals suing their employers. Theodora has been a contributing writer to numerous employment law publications and presents seminars on a wide variety of employment issues and regularly conducts in-house employment law training programs. She is an elected member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).
Jim DeSimone is the founder of V. James DeSimone Law, a Los Angeles-based litigation practice located in Marina del Rey. V. James DeSimone Law takes on civil rights cases including, employment cases, police brutality cases, and cases where people are harmed or injured through abuses of power or negligence. Jim is a trial lawyer going to bat for the people against corporations and the government and has achieved ground-breaking trial verdicts and appellate victories in civil rights and employment cases. He has been named a Top Employment Lawyer in California by the Daily Journal for the past ten years. Jim has been named a top 100 Southern California Super Lawyer for the past four years and has been honored as a Best Lawyer in the United States of America. In 2014, Jim was honored with a California Lawyer Attorney of the Year award for Civil Rights Lawyer of the Year. In 2018, Jim was named Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Westside Bar Association. Learn more about V. James DeSimone Law at:http://www.vjamesdesimonelaw.com
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