Laura Karen Sitar

A shareholder at Wroten & Associates, Laura Sitar defends medical malpractice, employment, and elder abuse cases.

She litigates cases on behalf of doctors, dentists and long-term care facilities involving all types of employment actions including sexual harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation and wage and hour claims. She also provides employment related risk management services to help clients avoid litigation.

Ms. Sitar became an attorney after a 15-year career in corporate management where she directed the human resource function of a 2000 employee, $100 million region. Since commencing a second career in law 10 years ago, she was a senior associate with a prestigious healthcare defense firm before joining Wroten & Associates, where she is a shareholder.

Ms. Sitar graduated cum laude from Tufts University, in Boston Massachusetts in 1979. She attended Western State University, College of Law, were she graduated summa cum laude and valedictorian of her class in 1998. While at Western State she clerked for Justice William Rylaarsdam on the California Court of Appeals and successfully argued a sexual harassment and retaliation claim before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She was a recipient of the 1998 Fellowship of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Ms. Sitar has been a member of the California State Bar since 1998 and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.