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M. Lorena González

M. Lorena González



Civil Rights | Class Actions | Crime Victims | Employment Law | Nursing Home Abuse | Serious Accidents | Sexual Abuse & Assault

M. Lorena González is the daughter of immigrant parents from Mexico.  She is a native Washingtonian who grew up in Washington’s Lower Yakima Valley where she and her family worked as migrant farm workers. During her first year in law school, Lorena was named as a finalist in the competitive Puget Sound Area Minority Clerkship Program.

Lorena worked in the plaintiff’s group at Gordon Thomas Honeywell (GTH) in Tacoma, WA, after her second year in law school. And, during her last year of law school, she was the Coordinator of CASA Latina Wage Claims Project where she worked to recover unpaid wages for immigrant day laborers. After graduating from Seattle University School of Law, Lorena worked at GTH  for two years where she focused her practice in civil rights, governmental misconduct, employment discrimination, medical malpractice and negligence.
 
Lorena joined SGB in 2007 and will continue to devote her practice to advocating for survivors of sexual abuse/misconduct as well as defending the rights of workers and private citizens who have been subjected to unlawful conduct. She has litigated numerous cases in both federal and state court. Lorena is fluent in Spanish.

Results About
  • $360,000 race and national origin discrimination settlement for a group of Latina/Latino students who brought suit against a school district, including extensive injunctive relief.
  • $2.5 million judgment after trial in class action seeking back wages for armored truck crew members employed by Brink's Incorporated.
     
  • $35,000 arbitration award for a woman who was seriously injured by a negligent driver.
  • $550,000 settlement with the Archdiocese of Seattle and other church organizations on behalf of a man sexually abused by Catholic priests and Christian Brothers as a child and adolescent.
     
  • Confidential settlement on behalf of a female patient sexually molested by a hospital employee.
     
  • Confidential settlement on behalf of two minors sexually abused by a church employee.
     
  • Confidential settlement on behalf of a female public employee who was sexually harassed in the workplace.
Education
  • Washington State University, B.A., 1995
  • Seattle University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2005

Admissions
  • Washington State
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Professional and Civic Involvement
  • Washington State Bar Association, Civil Rights Section
        2010 Civil Rights Award 

  • Washington Law & Politics
2010 Rising Star
  • Hispanic National Association
 “Top Lawyer Under 40,”Recipient,  2009
  • National Association of Fraternal Organizations
“National Rising Professional of the Year Award,” Recipent, 2008
  • Latina/o Bar Association of Washington
Founder, SGB-LBAW Free Legal Clinic, 2008
Past President,  2008
President, 2007
Outstanding Member of the Year, 2005
Board of Directors, 2004-2008
Member, 2004-Present
  • OneAmerica (formerly Hate Free Zone)
Vice President, 2008 - present
Board of Directors, 2008 - present
Lifetime Member
  • Seattle University School of Law
Chair of Program Committee, 2008 - present
Law Alumnio Board, 2007 - present
  • Latino Political Action Committee of Washington
Co-Chair of Steering Committee, 2006 - present
  • CASA Latina
Co-Chair of Capital Campaign Steering Committee, 2007-2009
Advisory Board, 2007 - present
  • City of Seattle's Police Acccountability Review Panel
Chair of Drafting Committee, 2007
Appointed Member, 2007
  • Washington State Association for Justice
Diversity Committee, 2007 - present
CLE Committee, 2008 - present
Member, 2005 - present
  • King County Bar Association
Member, 2007 - present
  • Hispanic National Bar Association
Civil Rights Committee, 2008 - present
Member, 2004 - present
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