Disability Accommodation Expert Witnesses

San Diego, California

Human Resources, Employment - HR, Employment Practices, California Employment Law, Workplace Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Retaliation, Disability Accommodation, Wage and Hour Compliance, Employee Relations, HR Compliance, Harassment Case

Laurie Chua is an employment practices expert with over 30 years of experience in human resources, specializing in California and Federal employment law. She has held key HR roles at Fortune 25 companies like Dell and Pfizer and has worked extensively with human resources associations like the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and California Employers Association (CEA). As an HR consultant, trainer, and expert witness, Laurie specializes in employment law compliance, employee relations, disability accommodations, and workplace investigations. Laurie’s career includes serving as HR Director at Websense, where she managed operations across multiple regions and led initiatives on discrimination prevention, accommodation management, and compliance. At SGIS, she guided senior leaders on discrimination claims, accommodations, and performance management. Laurie also served as Regional Director for Southern California at CEA, providing HR consulting to over 100 businesses, focus...

Wellesley, Massachusetts

Investigation, Legal - workplace investigation, independent investigation, internal investigation, sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, EEO, human resources, HR, employment practices, termination, performance management, layoff, disability accommodation, hiring, firing

Julie founded EPG, a legal and Human Resources consulting firm, in 1998. As an attorney, she is admitted to practice law in MA and NH, and she has HR certifications as SPHR and SHRM-SCP. She is a frequent author, lecturer, counselor, and trainer on workplace issues. Recent Professional Highlights: • Elected Fellow to College of Labor and Employment Attorneys • Elected to be a Board Member and Annual Conference Chair for the Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI), 2013-2015 • Member of AWI’s 2020 Guiding Principles Task Force • New England and MA Super Lawyer each year from 2010 to 2020. • Named Top Women Attorneys in MA, as published in Boston Magazine, from 2016 to 2020 • Certified trainer by the MCAD on harassment prevention and conducting investigations • Received certificates from T9 and ATIXA training seminars • Vice Chair of the HR Board for the Town of Wellesley, 2014 to present. • Elected to be 2010-2011 Chair of the NHBA Labor & Employment Section • Faculty memb...