Litigation
Aug. 21, 2014
Plaintiffs' counsel defend meal and rest break settlement
Commenting for the first time, L. Tracee Lorens and co-counsel Debra L. Hurst say the Brinker agreement was a hard-won victory for the plaintiffs, who shared in their lawyers' financial uncertainty for a decade.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
There were times L. Tracee Lorens worried about losing her house if she didn't win.
The San Diego-based sole practitioner had invested more than five years representing workers in a meal and rest break class action against Brinker Restaurant Corp. The case was worth nothing after an unfavorable court decision, but she had gone too far to retreat.
"I ended up having to take out a ...
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