The AQUINO LAW FIRM specializes in employment law and litigation. The law firm primarily represents individuals and small businesses in employment disputes.
Individuals are represented by the law firm in the following areas of the law: discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, unpaid wages, overtime violations, severance packages and breach of employment contract.
Employers are represented by the law firm in the following areas of the law: compliance, contracts, small business consulting, employee handbooks and equal employment opportunity investigations.
The law firm is owned by Attorney Rhonel T. Aquino, formerly of AQUINO & AQUINO. AQUINO & AQUINO is a family-owned law firm, wherein Attorney Aquino practiced with his father and sister.
Attorney Aquino is a graduate of Loyola Law School, a nationally recognized ABA-approved law school which consistently ranks in the top quarter of all law schools in the country for academic and scholastic reputation. He is an active member of the State Bar of California, the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA), the Labor & Employment Law Section of LACBA and is the 2001 President of the Philippine American Bar Association.
Attorney Aquino has extensive experience handling a variety of lawsuits. He has successfully represented both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts.
Aside from his own practice, Attorney Aquino volunteers as an arbitrator to the Los Angeles Superior Court. He also serves as a volunteer attorney to the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Asian Pacific American Legal Center and Harriet Buhai Legal Center.
One of the greatest strenths of the law firm is Attorney Aquino's over 17 years of legal and non-legal work experience. He has worked for the U.S. District Court, the Legal Department of Bank of America and in private practice.