Cindy Jane Hickox

Cindy Hickox prides herself on having a diverse area of practice, ranging from employment matters and breach of contract disputes, to legal malpractice and other types of business and commercial litigation. Over the course of her career, Cindy has secured hundreds of significant recoveries and victories for her clients, including most recently, following a six-day bench trial, a $1,000,000 award (including an award of punitive damages) involving two hotel housekeepers who were sexually harassed by their supervisor. A few other representative results include a $6,500,000 settlement in a breach of contract and trademark infringement action; a $465,000 settlement in an unequal pay case involving a female regional vice president who earned less than her male counterparts for performing the same work; a $1,000,000 settlement in a legal malpractice matter against a well-known big law firm; a $225,000 settlement in a matter involving an employee who was verbally sexually harassed in the workplace and who quit because of the harassment; a $250,000 pre-litigation settlement involving a short-term employee who quit after she was sexually assaulted by the company’s owner; a $150,000 settlement in a disability discrimination and wrongful termination matter; and a $350,000 pre-litigation settlement in a whistleblower wrongful termination lawsuit.

As an attorney, Cindy has been recognized by her peers as a “Rising Star” for several consecutive years, an elite award reserved for less than 2.5% of practicing attorneys in California. In addition, Cindy’s former clients have publicly recognized her professionalism, thoroughness, responsiveness, and ability to explain what is going on with their cases. Cindy is especially proud to represent employees, many of whom have never been involved in the legal process, and help them seek and ultimately secure justice when they have been wronged in the workplace.