We Are Litigators Who Get Results
We are proud of the work we do. Our attorneys are zealous advocates committed to fighting for the justice our clients deserve. Skill and professionalism are just as important as the ability to connect on a personal level. Our dedicated staff have unparalleled commitment to our clients as well, and together with our attorneys, they work tirelessly to advance employee, consumer and privacy rights.
Zachary Crosner
Growing up in a family of trial lawyers, Zach has been crafting his litigation skills for many years. While attending law school at University of San Diego School of Law he was a member of the international moot court/mock trial team and an article writer for the USD...
Michael Crosner
Michael has been a trial lawyer for over 50 years. He began his legal career as a prosecutor for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office where he honed his trial advocacy skills. Within three years, Michael opened his own private litigation practice representing...
Jamie Serb
Jamie has spent nearly her entire legal career focused on wage and hour class action & PAGA representative action litigation, and as a result is experienced well beyond her years. As a senior level attorney with a plaintiff-side wage and hour law firm, Jamie has...
Brandon Brouillette
Brandon Brouillette is a partner with Crosner Legal, where his practice focuses on representing employees and consumers in complex litigation, primarily wage-and-hour class actions and PAGA representative actions. Brandon’s entire legal career has been devoted to...
Chad Saunders
Chad has more than 10 years' experience handling plaintiff-side employment class actions and individual cases, including wage and hour disputes and discrimination claims. His practice focuses on class and collective actions on behalf of workers who have been denied...
Kiara Bramasco
Kiara has spent her entire legal career focused on employment law, particularly wage and hour class action and PAGA litigation. Kiara clerked for a reputable wage and hour class action law firm all three years in law school. She then went on to become a full time...
Craig Straub
Craig is a senior associate with the firm. His practice focuses on all types of consumer protection and privacy class actions and has significant experience in false advertising/labeling. Craig was recently a primary participant in a New York false labeling class...
Branden Hamilton
Branden has spent her entire legal career focused in plaintiff-side employment law and workers compensation. Prior to working with Crosner Legal, she gained significant experience handling wrongful termination litigation for preeminent plaintiff firms in California....
Sepideh Ardestani
Sepideh is one of our senior attorneys at Crosner Legal. She has spent nearly her entire legal career prosecuting class action cases on behalf of individuals and employees. Prior to joining Crosner Legal, she spent approximately 9 years as an attorney for a prominent...
J. Kirk Donnelly
In 1995, Kirk graduated cum laude from the University of San Diego School of Law where he was selected to the Order of the Coif and the Order of Barristers. Kirk received his B.A. in 1989 from the College of William and Mary. Kirk spent several years in the...
Gwendolyn “Nikki” Trenner
Nikki has spent nearly her entire legal career representing California workers in class and representative actions for unpaid wages and all forms of wage theft in all state and federal courts in the state of California. As a result, she has experience far beyond her...
Jonathan Stilz
For years, Jon worked as an employment defense and business lawyer representing companies of all sizes and specializing in the defense of a myriad of employment and labor disputes. Jon has handled complex wage and hour representative actions, single plaintiff...
Michael W. Jones
Michael is an associate attorney who zealously represents employees in wage and hour and consumer protection class and representative action cases. Prior to joining Crosner Legal, Michael spent many years litigating on behalf of California workers subjected to...
Andrew Goodman
Andrew directs and oversees the administrative functions and legal service operations for Crosner Legal, and guides the implementation of strategic plans and development of client service efficiencies. Andrew has broad-based expertise in operations, finance,...
Shishir Kumar Kathurwar
Sky's the limit when it comes to technology. Ex-startup entrepreneur and alumni of Harvard Business School and Ohio State, Shishir's role with Crosner Legal is to solve the numerous challenges related to the case acquisition, prosecution and resolution of class action...
James Reid
Prior to joining Crosner Legal in 2015 as the Director of Intake, James was a top performer for many years at various corporations. At the time, his primary focus was centered on performing sales and consulting services in both the real estate and financial services...
Ashley Gutierrez
Jessica Ball
Jessica joined Crosner Legal in 2021 as a legal assistant in our class action department. Prior to joining Crosner, Jessica achieved experience as a legal assistance in a variety of areas of law where she assisted in matters related to employment, class action,...
Maria Monterrey
Maria has been with the firm since 2018. She is bilingual and assists our attorney with our Spanish-speaking clients. She has an AA in communication and a paralegal certificate from Pasadena city college.
Betty Franco
Beatriz, has spent most of her entire legal career focused on employment law, particularly wage and hour class action and PAGA litigation. She previously spent three and half years at another prominent wage and hour &...
Manny Martinez
Manny has spent the majority of his legal career focused on wage and hour class actions handling everything from pre-litigation, case management and approval motions. In addition to fighting for employment rights, he has previously worked for a prominent trial...
Zachary Crosner
Partner/President of Firm
zach@crosnerlegal.com
Growing up in a family of trial lawyers, Zach has been crafting his litigation skills for many years. While attending law school at University of San Diego School of Law he was a member of the international moot court/mock trial team and an article writer for the USD Law Newspaper. He also found time to work at two top-rated plaintiff litigation firms in San Diego. At those litigation firms he actively participated in several multimillion dollar lawsuits
Michael Crosner
Of Counsel
mike@crosnerlegal.com
Michael has been a trial lawyer for over 45 years. He began his legal career as a prosecutor for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office where he honed his trial advocacy skills. Within three years, Michael opened his own private litigation practice representing victims in criminal defense, personal injury and other areas of litigation. He is uniquely successful handling personal injury matters because of his experience gained as an award-winning insurance adjustor for a major auto insurance company.
Jamie Serb
Jamie has spent nearly her entire legal career focused on wage and hour class action & PAGA representative action litigation, and as a result is experienced well beyond her years. As a senior level attorney with a plaintiff-side wage and hour law firm, Jamie has...
Brandon Brouillette
Brandon Brouillette is a partner with Crosner Legal, where his practice focuses on representing employees and consumers in complex litigation, primarily wage-and-hour class actions and PAGA representative actions. Brandon’s entire legal career has been devoted to...
Chad Saunders
Chad has more than 10 years' experience handling plaintiff-side employment class actions and individual cases, including wage and hour disputes and discrimination claims. His practice focuses on class and collective actions on behalf of workers who have been denied...
Kiara Bramasco
Kiara has spent her entire legal career focused on employment law, particularly wage and hour class action and PAGA litigation. Kiara clerked for a reputable wage and hour class action law firm all three years in law school. She then went on to become a full time...
Craig Straub
Craig is a senior associate with the firm. His practice focuses on all types of consumer protection and privacy class actions and has significant experience in false advertising/labeling. Craig was recently a primary participant in a New York false labeling class...
Branden Hamilton
Branden has spent her entire legal career focused in plaintiff-side employment law and workers compensation. Prior to working with Crosner Legal, she gained significant experience handling wrongful termination litigation for preeminent plaintiff firms in California....
Sepideh Ardestani
Sepideh is one of our senior attorneys at Crosner Legal. She has spent nearly her entire legal career prosecuting class action cases on behalf of individuals and employees. Prior to joining Crosner Legal, she spent approximately 9 years as an attorney for a prominent...
J. Kirk Donnelly
In 1995, Kirk graduated cum laude from the University of San Diego School of Law where he was selected to the Order of the Coif and the Order of Barristers. Kirk received his B.A. in 1989 from the College of William and Mary. Kirk spent several years in the...
Gwendolyn “Nikki” Trenner
Nikki has spent nearly her entire legal career representing California workers in class and representative actions for unpaid wages and all forms of wage theft in all state and federal courts in the state of California. As a result, she has experience far beyond her...
Jonathan Stilz
For years, Jon worked as an employment defense and business lawyer representing companies of all sizes and specializing in the defense of a myriad of employment and labor disputes. Jon has handled complex wage and hour representative actions, single plaintiff...
Michael W. Jones
Michael is an associate attorney who zealously represents employees in wage and hour and consumer protection class and representative action cases. Prior to joining Crosner Legal, Michael spent many years litigating on behalf of California workers subjected to...
Andrew Goodman
Andrew directs and oversees the administrative functions and legal service operations for Crosner Legal, and guides the implementation of strategic plans and development of client service efficiencies. Andrew has broad-based expertise in operations, finance,...
Shishir Kumar Kathurwar
Sky's the limit when it comes to technology. Ex-startup entrepreneur and alumni of Harvard Business School and Ohio State, Shishir's role with Crosner Legal is to solve the numerous challenges related to the case acquisition, prosecution and resolution of class action...
James Reid
Prior to joining Crosner Legal in 2015 as the Director of Intake, James was a top performer for many years at various corporations. At the time, his primary focus was centered on performing sales and consulting services in both the real estate and financial services...
Ashley Gutierrez
Jessica Ball
Jessica joined Crosner Legal in 2021 as a legal assistant in our class action department. Prior to joining Crosner, Jessica achieved experience as a legal assistance in a variety of areas of law where she assisted in matters related to employment, class action,...
Maria Monterrey
Maria has been with the firm since 2018. She is bilingual and assists our attorney with our Spanish-speaking clients. She has an AA in communication and a paralegal certificate from Pasadena city college.
Betty Franco
Beatriz, has spent most of her entire legal career focused on employment law, particularly wage and hour class action and PAGA litigation. She previously spent three and half years at another prominent wage and hour &...
Manny Martinez
Manny has spent the majority of his legal career focused on wage and hour class actions handling everything from pre-litigation, case management and approval motions. In addition to fighting for employment rights, he has previously worked for a prominent trial...