Released on: March 6, 2008, 6:51 am

Press Release Author: Manuel Salvacion

Industry: Law

Press Release Summary: Los Angeles, (CA) - The Mesriani Law Group has further
enhanced its policy on giving full and undivided attention to clients with the
addition of two distinguished lawyers to its roll. The hiring of the two lawyers has
also strengthened the firm's high standards of professionalism which it has
maintained for more than a decade of providing full quality legal service to the
people.

Press Release Body: Los Angeles, (CA) - The Mesriani Law Group has further enhanced
its policy on giving full and undivided attention to clients with the addition of
two distinguished lawyers to its roll. The hiring of the two lawyers has also
strengthened the firm's high standards of professionalism which it has maintained
for more than a decade of providing full quality legal service to the people.

Part of this sustained client-oriented policy includes assigning a lawyer to focus
on an area of expertise to better address the needs of its growing clients. Thus,
Yolanda A. Slaughter, an experienced labor litigator, became a senior associate
assigned with the Labor and Employment practice division of the Mesriani Law Group.


Ms. Slaughter received her Bachelors of Science degree in Criminal Justice, major in
Corrections, from California State University Long Beach. She attended Western
State University College of Law where she received her Juris Doctor degree,
graduating cum laude.

An excellent student, Ms. Slaughter reaped several awards. She received the BLSA
Distinguished Student and Public Service Scholarship in 1998 and the Dean's/Board of
Trustees' Scholarship in 1998 and 1999. While studying law, she received the
Bancroft-Whitney American Jurisprudence awards in Property, Trust and Remedies.

Ms. Slaughter also served as full time Judicial Extern for the Honorable Warren J.
Ferguson, Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
She is also an adjunct professor at Santa Ana City College with the Business
Administration's American Bar Association's accredited paralegal program.

As a labor and employment lawyer, Ms. Slaughter has represented employees in a
variety of employment-related matters, including sexual harassment, discrimination
based on age, race, sex, national origin, religion and disability, along with wage
and hour violations, breach of contract and wrongful termination. She has appeared
in both state and federal courts, and before administrative agencies including the
U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor and Standards
Enforcement, and the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing.

As an experienced litigator, she has successfully tried employment related matters,
including sexual harassment and religious discrimination cases. In addition, she
had successfully obtained favorable resolutions to many employment disputes through
mediation, alternative dispute resolutions and direct settlement negotiations.

Ms. Slaughter is admitted to practice in all state courts of the State of California
and the United States District Court for the Central and Eastern Districts of
California. She is also an active member with the American Bar Association and the
California Employment Lawyers Association.

On the other hand, Tamara Droubi is the firm's associate handling business and
personal injury litigation. She received her undergraduate education at the
University of California at San Diego, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Sociology and a minor in Biology in 1996.

Before attending law school, Ms. Droubi lived in Japan for two years where she
worked as an English teacher for the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program. She
traveled extensively throughout Southeast Asia and Europe.

Ms. Droubi also worked as a litigation legal assistant for MCI, Inc. and the
Washington D.C. office of Bryan Cave LLP.

Ms. Droubi attended the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law in
Washington, D.C. As a law student, Ms. Droubi interned at the U.S. Court of Federal
Claims for the Honorable Mary Ellen Coster Williams. She worked for the American
Civil Liberties Union on the reauthorization of the Patriot Act. Ms. Droubi also
interned at a plaintiffs\' employment and labor law firm.

In addition, Ms. Droubi was the President of the Arab-American Law Students
Association and a member of the Moot Court Association. She participated in a
number of moot court competitions, including representing her school at the National
Telecommunications Moot Court Competition. In 2006, she received the Outstanding
Appellant\'s Advocate Award in 2005 and the Dean\'s Award.

Ms. Droubi grew up in San Diego, California. She speaks Arabic and Japanese.



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receive restitution for financial resources expended by them in an effort to make
their lives normal again, in the aftermath of tragic accidents and events. We help
in restoring our clientś peace of mind by attaining large settlements and
verdicts for them in a court of law. For more information please log on to
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