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

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

Founding Attorney

In Memoriam

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 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...

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Craig Straub

Craig Straub

Craig is a partner 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 action trial...

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Chad Saunders

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...

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Raymond Wendell

Raymond Wendell

Raymond joined Crosner Legal as a partner in 2024.  He has spent the last ten years representing plaintiffs in wage and hour, consumer rights, disability access, and employment discrimination class actions.  He has secured multimillion-dollar settlements on behalf of...

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Kiara Bramasco

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...

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Sepideh Ardestani

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...

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Gwendolyn “Nikki” Trenner

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...

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Mike Houchin

Mike Houchin

Mike is a senior associate with the firm. His practice focuses on consumer protection and false advertising litigation. Mike’s entire legal career has been focused on representing plaintiffs against large corporations. Mike has argued appeals before the Ninth Circuit...

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Lilach Klein

Lilach Klein

Lilach is a Senior Associate at Crosner Legal, where she specializes in consumer fraud litigation, with a focus on cases involving false and misleading labeling of consumer products. She graduated cum laude from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2018....

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J. Kirk Donnelly

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...

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Branden Hamilton

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....

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Kurt Kessler

Kurt is an associate with the firm, with a practice focusing primarily on consumer protection and false advertising litigation. The bulk of Kurt’s legal career has focused on representing classes of individual consumers against large corporations in cases involving...

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James Reid

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...

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