Maria R. Harrington specializes in employment law and class action litigation and represents employers in matters involving:

• Discrimination
• Harassment
• Wrongful termination
• Fair employment practices
• Wage and hour issues
• The Family and Medical Leave Act
• The Fair Employment and Housing Act
• The California Family Rights Act
• California Pregnancy Disability Leave

She appears in state and federal courts in California and Hawaii, as well as before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She also routinely counsels clients on human resources issues, legal compliance and litigation avoidance.

Maria often works with:

• Accounting firms
• Restaurants
• Food service industry clients
• Retail stores
• High-tech companies

Prior to joining Littler Mendelson, Maria practiced business litigation at an international law firm, where she handled contractual disputes, pharmaceutical class actions, intellectual property litigation, real estate litigation, banking, and probate litigation. She also served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Audrey B. Collins, United States District Court, Central District of California. In law school, she was a Hale Moot Court Honors Program participant.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

• Member, Orange County Bar Association
• Member, Board of Directors - Children's Hospital of Orange County Glass Slipper Guild
• Member, Orange County Asian American Bar Association

RECOGNITION

• Named, Rising Star in Employment and Labor - Southern California, Super Lawyers, 2012
• Recipient, Edward and Eleanor Shattuck Award
• Humanities Scholastic Merit
• Dean's Honor List
• Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society
• Golden Key International Honour Society