YOUR RIGHTS PROTECTED: EXPERT EMPLOYMENT AND SEXUAL ASSAULT REPRESENTATION
YOUR RIGHTS PROTECTED: EXPERT EMPLOYMENT AND SEXUAL ASSAULT REPRESENTATION

No Success, No Fee.
No fees are charged unless and until we achieve a successful resolution in your case.

Premier Law Firm for Employees and Sexual Assault Survivors in California
With Over 10 Years of Experience, Rene Potter Provides Focused and Aggressive Representation.
Premier Law Firm for Employees and Sexual Assault Survivors in California
With Over 10 Years of Experience, Rene Potter Provides Focused and Aggressive Representation.

Employment and Sexual Assault Attorney
Litigation Areas:

Wrongful Termination, Sexual Assault, Discrimination and Harassment based on Race, Gender, Sex, Disability, Pregnancy and Age.

The Law Office of Rene Potter operates within CA. Are you employed in California?
Leading Employment Rights and Sexual Assault Attorney in California. 

Areas of Litigation:

Sexual Harassment
Employers can be held liable for engaging in or failing to address sexual harassment in the workplace. Sexual harassment can be verbal, written, physical, visual, or even directed at someone else. No one should have to deal with sexual harassment when they go to work. 
Sexual Assault
Sexual assault survivors can bring civil and criminal cases for sexual assault. We take on the civil case and work in tandem with any ongoing criminal case. California law defines sexual assault as non-consensual sexual contact or conduct. It includes offenses ranging from unwanted sexual touch to forced sexual acts and rape. We take sexual assault cases against employers and non-employers.
The Law Office of Rene Potter Offers Expertise in the Following Types of Discrimination and Harassment Cases:
  • Gender/sex.
  • Race/color/or national origin.
  • ​Disability
  • ​Pregnancy/lactation
  • ​Age
  • Gender/sex.
  • Race/color/or national origin.
  • ​Disability
  • ​Pregnancy/Lactation
  • ​Age
Discrimination
Discrimination occurs in the workplace when an employee experiences an adverse employment action (AEA) based on their membership in a protected class of persons under the U.S. and California Constitutions. An AEA is defined as an adverse employment action is defined as an act reasonably likely to impair an employee’s job performance or prospects for advances. It does not include minor or trivial actions that do no more than anger or upset an employee. Examples include unjustified write-ups, more oversight than people outside of the protected class, unequal pay, failure to promote, a hostile work environment, termination, and more.
Harassment
It is illegal for an employer to harass an employee because they are a member of a protected class of persons, or to fail to protect an employee from such harassment. Harassment is defined as unwelcomed behavior and policies that are based on an employee's gender/sex, race, disability, age, etc.
Wrongful Termination
California is an “at will” state, which means an employer can fire an employee for any reason or for no reason at all - even if they simply do not like them. However, they cannot fire an employee because they are a member of a protected class. In other words, it is illegal for an employer to fire an employee for any reason connected to their gender/sex, race/color, disability, age, national origin, pregnancy/breastfeeding, or sexual orientation. It is also illegal to terminate an employee in retaliation for exercising their rights, such as reporting or refusing to participate in illegal activity, reporting safety violations, filing a complaint, etc.

Medical Leave Laws
Medical leave laws include federal FMLA and state CRFA, which provides certain employees with protected time off for medical reasons or to care for sick family members. Violations of FMLA and CFRA occur when employers refuse to provide eligible employees with protected time off, or retaliate against them for using protected leave. Often an employer will grant an employee leave, but then contact them during their leave, treat them differently upon their return, or terminate them. 
Employer Retaliation
In California, there are different types of retaliation in the workplace. Generally, retaliation occurs when an employer subjects an employee to an adverse employment action because the employee asserted their rights, e.g. reported illegal activity to an outside agency (whistleblowing), requested an accommodation, resisted discrimination, etc. The protected activity must be causally linked to the adverse employment action (e.g. you requested an accommodation for your disability and were terminated soon thereafter).
Remedies
Remedies can include lost wages, lost benefits, emotional distress/suffering, attorneys fees/costs, punitive damages, and more. 
Client-Centered Approach for Employment and Sexual Assault Matters

Achieving Vindication using a No Success, No Fee Structure. 

Expert Legal Counsel 
At The Law Office of Rene Potter, we specialize in litigating employment and sexual assault matters. 
No Success, No Fee.
No fees are charged until and unless we achieve a successful resolution in your case.
Your Victory is Our Victory
We select our cases carefully, keeping our caseload at a level which never dilutes the personal experience we provide to our clients. We take our clients’ cases personally, and fight aggressively to not only obtain you monetary compensation, but vindication.
Dedicated Legal Team
At The Law Office of Rene Potter, our experienced team fights tirelessly for your rights. Our own experiences as employees and with loved ones who have experienced sexual assault equip us with a deep understanding and empathy for your situation, fueling our passion to litigate your case aggressively and to secure you a victory.
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Attorney Rene Potter is Ready to Fight for You.
Rene Potter, head attorney at The Law Office of Rene Potter, has devoted her career to defending employees and sexual assault survivors. Having graduated Magna Cum Laude from California Western School of Law, she enriched her professional acumen through an externship with the Honorable Thomas J. Whelan at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Rene's expertise includes tackling wrongful termination, sexual assault, discrimination and harassment based on race, gender, sex, disability, pregnancy and age cases. She deeply engages on every case, and her highest priority is getting her clients justice.
Voices of Victory
Chronicles of Client Gratification and Victorious Case Results

I worked with a man named Michael. He sexually harassed me and assaulted me. He had an emotional effect on me [and] I was having suicidal thoughts because I just couldn’t keep up with it. Rene is amazing. She just kept standing for me, like, “I believe in you and I believe in your case,” and just kept fighting. She has experience with these types of cases and assured me, like, “No. I didn't deserve this or I didn't do anything wrong.” It actually gave me the confidence to keep moving forward and knowing that I was doing the right thing. 


Client, Anonymous

When I lost my job, I was really desperate because I knew that I was a victim of wrongful termination. I asked for help. It was a relief for me because I have a family that I need to feed, and I have bills to pay. It's totally life-changing to me because of their [Attorney Rene Potter’s] help, you know, I was able to start a new life. Me and my wife were able to move on. I've got a better job right now. The way they [The Law Office of Rene Potter] handle their clients, they treat you as a family. Not just like a client, but as a family. 


Client, Anonymous

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