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Laura C. Hess Irvine, California
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| phone | 949-467-9164 949-467-9147 |
| fax | 949-261-8800 |
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Laura C. Hess is a partner with Kring & Chung, LLP. Hess specializes in representing businesses in litigation matters. Hess is an expert at defending companies from complaints about their products and services. The types of cases she handles involve quality control issues, warranty claims, unfair competition, products liability, consumer claims, and claims that salespeople committed fraud. Hess is also an expert at resolving contract disputes with suppliers, vendors, customers, and distributors.
In the area of employment law, Hess defends management from employees' claims that they were wrongfully terminated, retaliated against, discriminated against, denied meal and rest breaks, misclassified as exempt, and owed wages.
Hess handles intellectual property claims involving claims of misappropriation of trade secrets, non-solicitation agreements, and advertising injuries.
Hess provides practical legal information for companies that do business in California on her blog, "Hess on Business Law," at www.hessbizlaw.com.
Avvo, an online service which rates and profiles attorneys, ranked Hess as "superb." Her profile can be viewed at http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/92606-ca-laura-hess-269324.html.
- Areas of Practice:
- Business
- Warranties
- Employment
- Real Estate
- Unfair Competition
- Trade Secrets
- Products Liability
- False Advertising
- Education:
- Lewis and Clark College Northwestern School of Law, Portland, Oregon
J.D.
Honors: Nationals in Mock Trial Competition - Pepperdine University
B.A.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
- Published Works:
- "When Can a Plaintiff Recover Future Replacement Cost Damages in a Breach of Warranty Case?", Orange County Lawyer Magazine, June, 2009
- "The Biggest Mistakes Made By Trial Lawyers - Are You Making Them?", Orange County Lawyer Magazine, April, 2003
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- "Pre and Post Sale Duty to Warn: A Primer on a Manufacturer's Duty to Design Effective Warnings", presented to the Orange County Bar Association Products Liability Section, November 20, 2009
- "Legal Issues for Small Businesses", presented to SCORE Counselors to Small Businesses, Orange County Chapter, November 10, 2009
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Orange County Women Lawyers Association
- Board of Directors
- Orange County Bar Association, Business Litigation Section
- Member
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Orange County Chapter
- Member
- National Association of Women Business Owners, Orange County Chapter
- Member
- Orange County Bar Association
- Labor and Employment Law Section
- Pro Bono Activities:
- Orangewood Children's Home















