Susana P. Solano

Overview

Susana Solano handles the full spectrum of employment defense—from wage and hour class actions and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims that threaten significant exposure to individual disputes involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination. With more than fifteen years navigating California's complex employment landscape, she represents employers across public and private sectors who need both aggressive courtroom advocacy and practical guidance for managing their workforce without inviting controversy.

Susana’s administrative agency practice spans multiple forums—the Civil Rights Department, Labor Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB), and Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)—giving her insight into how regulatory investigations unfold and where employers become vulnerable. This experience informs her defense strategies and allows her to anticipate pressure points before they materialize into formal claims.

Susana works directly with executives, human resource departments, in-house teams, boards, and city councils to build compliance frameworks that can withstand scrutiny. Her approach to problem solving centers on translating legal requirements into operational reality, helping organizations make defensible decisions when addressing performance issues, accommodations, and terminations while maintaining client objectives.

Clients particularly value Susana’s ability to assess when settlement makes financial sense versus when pushing back will set better precedent for the client. She excels at reading the temperature of a case early on—identifying which claims have legs and which are postured for nuisance value—allowing employers to allocate resources strategically rather than react defensively to every threat.

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