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title: Laura J. Barns
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# Laura J. Barns

*Laura J. Barns is a junior partner at the Irvine office of*Wesierski & Zurek, LLP*. And has extensive litigation experience in employment matters (including sexual harassment, employment discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, class actions, and wage and hour claims) and other specialties. She may be reached at [lbarns@wzllp.com.](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/mailto:lbarns@wzllp.com.)*

### Articles written by this author:

## [The fallacy behind recent employment class-action decisions](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2012-august/the-fallacy-behind-recent-employment-class-action-decisions "The fallacy behind recent employment class-action decisions")

A second look at recent cases reveals more employee-friendly case law

[Ashley A. Reagan](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ashley-a-reagan "Ashley A. Reagan")
[Christopher P. Wesierski](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/christopher-p-wesierski "Christopher P. Wesierski")
[Laura J. Barns](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/laura-j-barns "Laura J. Barns")

[2012 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2012-august)