HR Expert Witness | Employment Practices Consultant | Compliance & Workplace Investigations With over 30 years of HR leadership experience, Laurie Chua serves as an HR expert witness specializing in employment law cases, workplace investigations, HR compliance, and professional development. Her expertise spans wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour disputes, FMLA, ADA accommodations, and HR standard and acceptable practices. Laurie has provided expert reports, deposition testimony, and trial support in employment-related litigation. She leverages her deep knowledge of HR policies, compliance audits, and workplace standards to provide fact-based, unbiased analysis in complex employment disputes. Areas of Expertise: ✔ HR Policies & Compliance (FLSA, ADA, FMLA, EEOC, DOL, DFEH, CRD, PAGA) ✔ Workplace Investigations & Employee Relations ✔ Wrongful Termination & Retaliation Claims ✔ Discrimination & Harassment (Sexual Harassment, Age, Race, Disability, etc.) ✔ Wage & Hour Compliance (Misclassification, Overtime Disputes) ✔ Performance Management, PIPs, and Progressive Discipline ✔ HR Best Practices in Hiring, Firing, & Employee Engagement Laurie provides clear, well-documented expert opinions and has worked with attorneys, corporations, and government agencies on complex employment litigation. She is available for consultation, case analysis, expert reports, deposition testimony, and trial testimony.
Employment - Sexual Harassment Employment - Amer w-Disab Act-Emp Employment - Discrimination Employment - ERISA -Employee Benes Employment - Employability - Wage
Economic losses, lost profits, contract damages, employment economics, wrongful termination, class action and mass tort analysis, valuation of earnings & benefits; wrongful injury and wrongful death, medical malpractice; financial valuation, investment analysis, “what if” analysis, statistical analysis & modeling, intellectual property, compensation issues, including executive compensation; entertainment industry; construction defects; sampling & surveys; database construction & analysis; family business; forensic accounting including lost profits and business valuation; and custom research
Evaluation of workplace policies & practices pertaining to discrimination/harassment prevention efforts (interactive process, reasonable accommodation, training), investigations, corrective actions (discipline, termination); hiring; compensation, wage & hours, pensions; supervision; safety, violence, OSHA; CFRA/FMLA; appraisal, promotion, retaliation, RIF’s.
Personal Injury, Psychological Evaluations, Malingering & Exaggeration, Credibility, Posttraumatic Stress, Depression & Anxiety, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Abuse & Assault, Accident Trauma, Fitness for Duty, Psychotherapy Malpractice, Workplace Harassment and Discrimination, Defamation, Abuse of Power.
Over 40 years of experience in all phases of Vocational Evaluation to include: initial interview, vocational testing, vocational/career counseling, employability assessment & current/future earning capacity, local & natl labor market evaluations, report preparation & expert testimony. Specializing in Spousal Support Evaluations.
DAMAGES: lost profits, reasonable royalty, economic harm, loss of value, unjust enrichment, SEP/FRAND, business impact, loss of value. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights. UNFAIR COMPETITION: economic harm, unjust enrichment, false advertising. ANTITRUST: market definition, restraints on competition, competitive impact, antitrust liability. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: irreparable harm, balance of hardships, class certification. OTHER AREAS: valuation, financial analysis, labor, employment, and more.
Provides Expert Witness Testimony as a Vocational Rehab Consultant in Personal Injury, Employment Discrimination, Marriage Dissolution, Sexual Abuse, Worker’s Comp & ERISA matters. Testifies as Vocational Expert for Social Security Office of Disability Adjudication. Part-time lecturer, Cal State LA. Owner of vocational, rehab, consulting firm with over 30 years experience.
20+ years employment law and HR experience. Providing expert witness and consulting assistance on the adequacy of workplace investigations, employer’s handling of harassment/ discrimination/ retaliation complaints, review of workplace policies and procedures, adequacy of employer’s training on harassment and other management issues, appropriateness of employer’s response to harassment/discrimination/retaliation and other employment claims, performance management, discipline/termination issues, and adequacy of employer’s response regarding disability accommodation, interactive process, and other related issues.
Evaluations of pre-vs-post-injury career path & earnings capacity in: PI; medical malpractice; wrongful term; wrongful death; marital; maritime; pediatric head injuries; cost of future medical (LCP); ADA consultations re: employment & accessibility analysis. Other office in Santa Barbara. Serving Southern, Central & Northern CA
Sexual harassment or assault; wrongful termination/discrimination; sex / dual relationships with tx / medical patients / clergy / students, other fiduc; psych ethics; psych reactions to crime / abuse / accident / med mal; PTSD. Psych evaluations / damages assessment, record/literature review, case planning re: psych issues. Plaintiff or Defense. Relevant Publications. UCLA - trained, Clinical, forensic & health psychology training & experience. Trial Experience.
