Wendy E. Lane focuses on business and employment counseling, litigation, and dispute resolution. Wendy has considerable experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in employment litigation involving claims of harassment, discrimination, retaliatory discharge and wrongful discharge, as well as drafting employment handbooks and advising employers on employment issues. She also has represented clients in actions for breach of contract, fraud, unfair competition and unfair business practices, trademark infringement, civil conspiracy, breach of fiduciary duties, wrongful death/toxic torts and claims arising from the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act.

Wendy has significant experience in child advocacy and family law. She authored the first edition of a manual on adoption law used by pro bono attorneys and law students in finalizing adoptions of dependent children throughout Los Angeles. An advocate of children's rights, Wendy has dedicated substantial time as a volunteer and intern with various social service agencies and non-profit, charitable organizations.

• Defended national food and drug store chains in wage and hour class action, efficiently coordinating depositions of hundreds of putative class members and review of thousands of pages of time sheets before settling matter favorably on behalf of clients
• Favorably settled discrimination and harassment claims against head of prominent manufacturing company, less than two months after employee filed suit and one day after taking the employee's deposition
• Persuaded plaintiff to voluntarily dismiss wrongful termination claims against national landscape company at initial stages of litigation after filing demurrer attacking plaintiff's complaint
• Successfully obtained restraining order to prevent former employee from stealing and using company's trade secrets and proprietary information, including client lists and pricing and marketing information
• Represented national refiner and marketer of gasoline and other petroleum products in numerous franchise termination actions under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act. Successfully obtained summary judgment, judgment on the pleadings, and a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding judgment on the pleadings, which eliminated the actions against client
• Represented accountant in dispute over the stock ownership of a closely-held corporation, defeating demurrer and successfully bringing motion to compel production of documents and obtaining sanctions against the other side before proceeding to bench trial. Settled case favorably for client after cross-examination of opposing side's key witness on first day of trial
• Defended one of world's leading glass and ceramics manufacturers in product liability dispute. Filed motion for summary judgment demonstrating lack of evidence that client's product allegedly caused illness and death of individual who used product, persuading plaintiffs to dismiss case

• Quoted, "Anti-texting policies a tough call for employers," Daily Journal, May 9, 2012 
• Quoted, "The Thin, Digital Line," Human Resource Executive Online, March 2012
• Quoted, "Employer's don't have to ensure workers take breaks, court rules," Los Angeles Times, April 12, 2012
• Author, "New Employment Laws for 2012," Los Angeles Daily Journal, December 12, 2011
• Author, "New Cases Limit Ability to Police Employee Use of Social Media," Aol Jobs, March 30, 2011
• Co-Author, "Social Media and Employment Law: A New Paradigm for Employers," Primerus, August 18, 2010
• Author, "Crossing the Line: Labor Dispute Protestors Deemed Trespassers," Los Angeles Daily Journal, July 29, 2010
• Quoted, "More Employers Use Tech to Track Workers," USA Today, March 17, 2010
• Author, "Reduce the Risk of Litigation When Dealing With Layoffs," Smart Supervision, March 30, 2009
• Co-Author, "In Focus: Layoffs - Legal Protection for Employers," Area Development Magazine, November 2008

• Listed, "Southern California Super Lawyers," 2011-2012
• Best Brief, UCLA Moot Court Competition
• Foundation of the State Bar Merit Scholarship for public service

• Member, State Bar of California
• Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
• Member, Bruin Professionals
• Former Director, Angeles Girl Scout Council
• Former Volunteer, Children's Rights Project of Public Counsel, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
• Former Intern, Orange County District Attorney's Office, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit
• Former Intern, Orange County Social Services
• 18-year Former Member, American Legion Auxiliary
• Former Volunteer, Sheepfold (Shelter for Women and Children)
• Member, ProVisors; Executive Committee Century City 6 Group