Top Civil Rights Lawyers From California

California maintains some of the strongest civil rights protections in the nation—extending well beyond federal law. Discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, immigration status, religion, disability, and more is prohibited in employment, housing, education, and public life. With robust enforcement through state agencies and the courts, California leads on issues like LGBTQ+ rights, police accountability, and workplace equity. An experienced civil rights attorney ensures that individuals can challenge injustice and uphold the state’s enduring commitment to diversity, dignity, and legal equality.

Dale K. Galipo

Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo

21800 Burbank Blvd Suite 310, Woodland Hills, CA 91367

(818) 347-3333

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights

Practice Areas: Discrimination, Domestic violence, Sexual harassment, Wrongful termination

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V. James DeSimone

V. James DeSimone Law

13160 Mindanao Way #280, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292

(310) 693-5561

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Employment, Personal Injury

Practice Areas: Brain injury, Car accident, Class action, Discrimination, Employee benefits, Sexual harassment, Wrongful death, ...

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Mark J. Skapik

Skapik Law Group

5861 Pine Ave A-1, Chino Hills, CA 91709

(909) 398-4404

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Employment, Lawsuits and Disputes, Personal Injury

Practice Areas: Class action, Discrimination, Litigation, Medical malpractice, Sexual harassment, Wrongful termination

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Tre Lovell

The Lovell Firm

1875 Century Park E Suite 1490, Los Angeles, CA 90067

Legal Specialization: Business, Civil Rights, Employment, Intellectual Property

Practice Areas: Appeals, Computer fraud, Copyright infringement, Credit card fraud, Discrimination, Employee benefits, Entertainment, ...

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Erin N. Empting

Jamison Empting Cronin, LLP

852 East 4th St #204, Los Angeles, CA 90013

Legal Specialization: Business, Civil Rights, Employment, Personal Injury, Real Estate

Practice Areas: Commercial real estate, Construction and development, Contracts and agreements, Defective and dangerous products, Employee benefits, Landlord or tenant, Licensing, ...

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Bobby Taghavi

Sweet James LLP

4220 Von Karman Ave Suite 200, Newport Beach, CA 92660

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury

Practice Areas: Animal and dog bites, Brain injury, Car accident, Class action, Defective and dangerous products, Insurance, Litigation, ...

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Kenneth Chike Odiwe

Law Offices of Kenneth Chike Odiwe PC

2880 Zanker Road, Suite 203, San Jose, CA 95134

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights

Practice Areas: Birth injury, Brain injury, Litigation, Spinal cord injury, Violent crime

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Howard Ruddell

Moore Ruddell LLP

21250 Hawthorne Blvd STE 500, Torrance, CA 90503

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Employment, Intellectual Property, Lawsuits and Disputes

Practice Areas: Contracts and agreements, Copyright application, Copyright infringement, Corporate and incorporation, Discrimination, Employee benefits, Litigation, ...

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Aaron M. Lavine

Klein DeNatale Goldner

10000 Stockdale Highway, Suite 200 Bakersfield, CA 93311

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Personal Injury

Practice Areas: Birth injury, Brain injury, Limited liability company (LLC), Litigation, Spinal cord injury, Wrongful death

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Juanita Guillen-Mellman

Mellman & Mellman LLP

600 W Broadway Suite 700, San Diego, CA 92101

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Estate Planning, Lawsuits and Disputes, Real Estate

Practice Areas: Commercial real estate, Contracts and agreements, Landlord or tenant, Litigation, Power of attorney, Probate, Residential real estate, ...

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Patrick McNicholas

McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP

10866 Wilshire Blvd #1400, Los Angeles, CA 90024

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Employment, Personal Injury

Practice Areas: Aviation, Brain injury, Class action, Defective and dangerous products, Litigation, Motorcycle accident, Spinal cord injury

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Joshua A. Altman

Altman Immigration Law, PC

7220 Trade St #132, San Diego, CA 92121

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Employment, Immigration

Practice Areas: Appeals, Juvenile law, Litigation, Visa and Permits

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Thomas S. Campbell

Rastegar Law Group, APC

22760 Hawthorne Boulevard, Suite 200, Torrance, CA 90505

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Employment

Practice Areas: Employee benefits, Litigation, Sexual harassment, Wrongful death

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Jennifer Clingo

Clingo Law Group

633 West 5th Street, Suite 2600, Los Angeles, CA 90071

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Employment

Practice Areas: Class action, Discrimination, Employee benefits, Litigation

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Stephen P. Hoffman

Vakili & Leus, LLP

3701 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1135 Los Angeles, CA 90010-2822

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Employment

Practice Areas: Discrimination, Employee benefits, Litigation

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Harmeet K. Dhillon

Dhillon Law Group Inc.

177 Post St #700, San Francisco, CA 94108

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Employment

Practice Areas: Constitutional, Discrimination

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Eric C. Morris

Southern California Lawyers Group, PC

5861 Pine Ave. Suite A1, Chino Hills, CA 91709

Legal Specialization: Bankruptcy, Civil Rights, Criminal Defense, Family Law, Lawsuits and Disputes

Practice Areas: Asylum, Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Chapter 13 bankruptcy, Chapter 7 bankruptcy, Child abuse, Child custody, Child support, ...

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John J. Bartko

Bartko Pavia LLP

1100 Sansome St, San Francisco, CA 94111

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Criminal Defense, Intellectual Property, Lawsuits and Disputes

Practice Areas: Copyright infringement, Litigation, Patent infringement, Trademark infringement, White collar crime

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Sandra C. Muñoz

Law Offices of Sandra C. Muñoz

5429 E Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90022

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Employment

Practice Areas: Discrimination, Sexual harassment

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George M. Lee

Seiler Epstein LLP

4 Embarcadero Center, 14th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111

Legal Specialization: Business, Civil Rights

Practice Areas: Appeals, Commercial real estate, Corporate and incorporation, Litigation, Partnership, Residential real estate

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Jivaka Candappa

Candappa Law Firm

3268 Governor Drive #213 San Diego, CA 92122

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Criminal Defense, Employment, Personal Injury

Practice Areas: Employee benefits, Health care, Litigation

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David Finn

Finn Trial Attorneys APC

501 W Broadway, #800, San Diego, CA 92101

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Personal Injury

Practice Areas: Brain injury, Car accident, Contracts and agreements, Litigation, Medical malpractice, Motorcycle accident, Spinal cord injury, ...

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Kevin D. Jamison

Jamison Empting Cronin, LLP

825 East 4th St, Los Angeles, CA 90013

Legal Specialization: Business, Civil Rights, Estate Planning, Family Law, Personal Injury

Practice Areas: Car accident, Child custody, Child support, Computer fraud, Construction and development, Contracts and agreements, Credit card fraud, ...

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Helen I. Zeldes

Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes, LLP

501 W. Broadway Suite 800, San Diego, CA 92101

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Employment, Personal Injury

Practice Areas: Class action, Employee benefits, Litigation, Wrongful termination

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Cioffi Remmer

Sweet James LLP

16133 Ventura Blvd # 700, Encino, CA 91436

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Personal Injury

Practice Areas: Animal and dog bites, Brain injury, Car accident, Defective and dangerous products, Litigation, Motorcycle accident, Nursing home abuse and neglect, ...

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Eran Lagstein

Lagstein Law Firm PC

1801 Century Park E, Los Angeles, CA 90067

Legal Specialization: Business, Civil Rights, Lawsuits and Disputes, Personal Injury

Practice Areas: Birth injury, Brain injury, Car accident, Class action, Employee benefits, Insurance, Litigation, ...

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Stuart L. Mellman

Mellman & Mellman LLP

600 W Broadway Suite 700, San Diego, CA 92101

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Estate Planning, Family Law, Real Estate

Practice Areas: Child abuse, Child custody, Child support, Commercial real estate, Construction and development, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, ...

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Jeremy D. Pasternak

Law Offices of Jeremy Pasternak

100 Bush St #1580, San Francisco, CA 94104

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Employment

Practice Areas: Discrimination, Employee benefits, Sexual harassment, Workers compensation, Wrongful termination

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Gerald S. Ohn

Law Offices of Gerald S. Ohn, APC

800 S Figueroa St #750 Los Angeles, CA 90017

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Employment, Personal Injury

Practice Areas: Class action, Discrimination, Employee benefits, Litigation

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Navid Yadegar

Yadegar, Minoofar & Soleymani, LLP

1875 Century Park E #1240, Los Angeles, CA 90067

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Employment, Lawsuits and Disputes

Practice Areas: Contracts and agreements, Discrimination, Litigation, Partnership, Sexual harassment, Wrongful termination

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Joseph M. McMullen

Law Offices of Joseph M. McMullen

501 W. Broadway, Suite 1510, San Diego, CA 92101

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Criminal Defense

Practice Areas: Health care, Insurance fraud, Litigation, Securities and investment fraud, Tax fraud and tax evasion

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Na’Shaun Lamar Neal

PLC Law Group, APC

3756 Santa Rosalia Dr. Ste #326, Los Angeles, CA 90008

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights

Practice Areas: Discrimination, Employee benefits, Litigation

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Daniel R. Shaw

Snyder & Shaw LLP

3220 S. Higuera St. Suite 220, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Personal Injury

Practice Areas: Administrative law, Child abuse, Discrimination, Domestic violence, Litigation, Sex crime, Violent crime

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Bradley C. Gage

Brad Gage Law APC

23002 Victory Boulevard Woodland Hills, CA 91367

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Employment, Personal Injury

Practice Areas: Animal and dog bites, Birth injury, Brain injury, Discrimination, Employee benefits, Litigation, Medical malpractice, ...

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Rodney S. Diggs

Ivie McNeill Wyatt Purcell & Diggs

444 South Flower Street, Suite 3200, Los Angeles, CA 90071

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Employment, Personal Injury

Practice Areas: Asylum, Birth injury, Brain injury, Discrimination, Employee benefits, Insurance fraud, Litigation, ...

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Victor J. Otten

Otten Law, PC

5857 Pine Avenue Suite B, Chino Hills, CA 91709

Legal Specialization: Business, Civil Rights, Criminal Defense, Real Estate

Practice Areas: Commercial real estate, Contracts and agreements, Corporate and incorporation, Gun Law, Land use and zoning, Landlord or tenant, Litigation, ...

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Eugene Iredale

Iredale and Yoo APC

105 F St 4th floor, San Diego, CA 92101

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Criminal Defense

Practice Areas: Child abuse, Computer fraud, Insurance fraud, Litigation, Securities and investment fraud, Sex crime, Sexual harassment, ...

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Brandi L. Harper

Harper & McCoy, A.P.C.

6848 Magnolia Ave STE 200, Riverside, CA 92506

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Employment, Family Law

Practice Areas: Appeals, Child custody, Child support, Divorce and separation, Litigation, Marriage and prenuptials

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Ali Parvaneh

Madison Law, APC

17702 Mitchell N, Irvine, CA 92614

Legal Specialization: Business, Civil Rights, Real Estate

Practice Areas: Commercial real estate, Litigation, Partnership, Residential real estate

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Dennis E. Wagner

Wagner Zemming Christensen, LLP

895 Marlborough Ave. Ste 200, Riverside, CA 92507

Legal Specialization: Business, Civil Rights, Employment, Personal Injury, Real Estate

Practice Areas: Appeals, Asylum, Brain injury, Car accident, Commercial real estate, Discrimination, Insurance, ...

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Jihad M. Smaili

Smaili & Associates P.C.

2114 North Broadway Suite 200, Santa Ana, CA 92706

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Criminal Defense, Employment, Personal Injury

Practice Areas: Discrimination, Employee benefits, Litigation, Sexual harassment

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Cameron Sehat

The Sehat Law Firm PLC

5100 Campus Dr #200, Newport Beach, CA 92660

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights

Practice Areas: Asylum, Litigation, Wrongful death

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Charles S. Roseman

Law Offices of Charles S. Roseman

1761 Hotel Circle South, Suite 250, San Diego, CA 92108

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Personal Injury

Practice Areas: Arbitration, Discrimination, Litigation, Mediation, Sexual harassment, Wrongful death, Wrongful termination

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Sam Ryan Heidari

Heidari Law Group, LLC

17875 Von Karman Ave. Suite 150 & 250 Irvine, CA 92614

Legal Specialization: Business, Civil Rights

Practice Areas: Class action, Litigation, Medical malpractice

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Veronica M. Aguilar

Law Offices of Veronica M. Aguilar, A.P.C.

16870 W Bernardo Dr #400, San Diego, CA 92127

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Employment, Family Law

Practice Areas: Child custody, Child support, Discrimination, Divorce and separation, Marriage and prenuptials, Wrongful termination

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Marcus S. Bourassa

McKenzie Scott Civil Rights & Criminal Defense Lawyers

1350 Columbia Street, Suite 600, San Diego, CA 92101

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Criminal Defense

Practice Areas: Discrimination, Litigation, White collar crime

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Lisa J. Damiani

Damiani Law Group A.P.C

1059 Tenth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Criminal Defense, Employment

Practice Areas: Child abuse, DUI and DWI, Domestic violence, Drug Crime, Employee benefits, Litigation, White collar crime

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Mark Gomez

Gomez Law, APC

3250 Wilshire Blvd #1901, Los Angeles, CA 90010

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Estate Planning, Real Estate

Practice Areas: Administrative law, Appeals, Arbitration, Commercial real estate, Financial markets and services, Foreclosure, Litigation, ...

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Carlos Gomez

Sweet James LLP

16133 Ventura Blvd # 700, Encino, CA 91436

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Lawsuits and Disputes, Personal Injury

Practice Areas: Animal and dog bites, Brain injury, Car accident, Defective and dangerous products, Litigation, Motorcycle accident, Nursing home abuse and neglect, ...

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Justin F. Cronin

Jamison Empting Cronin, LLP

852 East 4th St #204, Los Angeles, CA 90013

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Employment, Estate Planning, Family Law

Practice Areas: Contracts and agreements, Defective and dangerous products, Employee benefits, Licensing, Litigation, Mergers and acquisitions, Trusts, ...

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Tina Glandian

Geragos & Geragos

644 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90017

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Criminal Defense

Practice Areas: Appeals, Cannabis Law, DUI and DWI, Expungement, Federal crime, Litigation, White collar crime

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Hyacinth Leus

Vakili & Leus, LLP

3701 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1135, Los Angeles, CA 90010

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Immigration

Practice Areas: Citizenship, Contracts and agreements, Corporate and incorporation, Defective and dangerous products, Litigation, Marriage and prenuptials, Visa and Permits

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Peter Laurence Carr, IV

PLC Law Group, APC

3756 Santa Rosalia Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90008

Legal Specialization: Civil Rights, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury

Practice Areas: Birth injury, Brain injury, Discrimination, Drug Crime, Federal crime, Sex crime, Social Security & Disability, ...

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