
The History
The firm was founded by civil rights trial lawyers Barbara Hadsell and Dan Stormer in September 1991. Barbara had joined Dan’s firm Litt and Stormer in 1989, and when that firm dissolved, Hadsell & Stormer was born. Within a month, Barbara and Dan each had won multi-million dollar verdicts. Barbara had obtained what was then the largest sexual harassment verdict in the country of $3.1 million in Allison v. Long Beach. In turn, Dan brought back the largest gender discrimination verdict in the country of nearly $20 million in Martin v. Texaco. These beginnings set the foundation for what would become one of the most well-known powerhouse civil rights firms in California.
In 2008, Randy Renick, Virginia Keeny, and Anne Richardson became named partners. The firm grew in size and reach, taking on increasing numbers of civil rights and employment cases both in the U.S. and internationally. Virginia and Anne left the firm in 2012 and 2014, respectively, and now serve as judges of the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Then, in 2015, the firm opened a second office in Los Angeles, providing direct legal services to eligible members of the hospitality union in several areas, including immigration, bankruptcy, landlord/tenant, and family law, through a legal fund established by contracts negotiated by the union with employers. In 2019, Cornelia Dai became a named partner.
Over the past three decades, the firm has persevered in advancing the line towards justice in civil rights and employment litigation, garnering a long list of groundbreaking and historic cases and victories. Whether it was holding the Los Angeles Police Department responsible for allowing homophobia to infiltrate the workplace in Grobeson v. Los Angeles, representing Burmese villagers against the military and an oil company for destruction of their village in Doe v Unocal, advocating for the South Central Farmers in their quest to preserve their 14-acre community farm in South Los Angeles, fighting for victims of police abuse in the class action Rodriguez v Los Angeles, advancing the interests of workers and consumers who have suffered wage theft and fraud in the billions of dollars in class action litigation, or obtaining justice for victims of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation, Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai has been at the forefront of the fight.
Our Attorneys
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Denise Ballesteros
Attorney (Legal Fund)
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Isela Barrios
Partner (Legal Fund)
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Rebecca Brown
Attorney
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Sarah Cayer
Attorney
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Hanna Chandoo
Attorney
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Cornelia Ho-Chin Dai
Partner
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Valeria De Gonzalez
Partner (Legal Fund)
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Barbara E. Hadsell
Partner
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Nancy Hanna
Partner (Legal Fund)
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Brian Olney
Partner
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Randy Renick
Partner
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Morgan Ricketts
Partner
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Dan Stormer
Partner
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Tanya Sukhija-Cohen
Attorney
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David Clay Washington
Attorney
The Newsroom
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Congratulations to Cornelia Dai of Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai for being named to the Top 50: 2023 Women Southern California Super Lawyers List.View Article
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Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai Welcomes New Associate Attorney Sarah CayerView Article
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Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai Receives 2022 City of Justice Award at LAANE’s Annual DinnerView Article
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Testimonials
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“I am eternally grateful to the law office of Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP. It was a gift from GOD that the universe brought me to them and they helped me. They were so kind, intelligent, and ...”
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“For many years I worked for an employer who tolerated and subjected me to a hostile work environment which eventually led to an incident that forever changed my life and who I am today. In order to ...”
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“The stars aligned when Barbara Hadsell became my Attorney regarding a discriminatory wrongful termination suit. I knew I was in great hands, based on the reactions of other Attorneys, when I mentioned ...”
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