Genie Harrison - Calabasas, CA
Attorney at Genie Harrison Law Firm
Sexual Harassment Lawyers in Calabasas, CA
23975 Park Sorrento Suite 202 Calabasas, CA 91302
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34
Years
Experience
Calabasas Sexual Harassment Lawyer
Updated: 07/28/2026
Areas of Practice
- Sexual Harassment
- Discrimination
- Retaliation
- Wrongful Termination
- Failure to Prevent Harassment, Discrimination or Retaliation
- Wage and Hour
Attorney Information
Overview
Trial attorney Genie Harrison is one of California’s most recognized plaintiff-side employment lawyers. For more than 30 years, she has represented employees in employment and civil rights litigation involving workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, equal pay, wrongful termination, wage and hour violations, whistleblower retaliation, and sexual abuse.
Ms. Harrison represents employees and survivors exclusively. By limiting her practice to plaintiff-side employment law and survivor rights, she has built a career handling high-stakes cases against some of California’s largest employers and abusers while remaining deeply committed to the individuals whose livelihoods, careers, and futures are at stake.
Her work has earned recognition from organizations including the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA), The Daily Journal, Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, Lawdragon, and the Beverly Hills Bar Association.
Throughout her career, Ms. Harrison has remained committed not only to obtaining meaningful recoveries for her clients, but also to achieving institutional change. Many of her cases have resulted in workplace and systemic reforms that extend well beyond the individuals she represents, improving conditions for employees and survivors. She has built a reputation for taking on challenging, high-profile cases that present significant legal issues while creating opportunities for broader workplace and societal change.
Ms. Harrison has helped secure hundreds of millions in verdicts and settlements on behalf of employees, including numerous seven- and eight-figure recoveries and other landmark employment law results. Among the most notable are the $100 million equal pay settlement on behalf of women at Riot Games—one of the largest gender discrimination settlements in the video game industry—and her representation of survivors in high-profile litigation involving former film producer Harvey Weinstein. While she is widely known for obtaining significant verdicts and settlements, many of the cases she considers most rewarding are those that help clients preserve their careers, restore their professional reputations, and move forward with their lives.
In 2022, the Consumer Attorneys of California honored Ms. Harrison as Consumer Attorney of the Year for her work representing survivors in the Harvey Weinstein litigation. The following year, she and her team were finalists for the same award in recognition of the landmark Riot Games settlement. She has also received the Excellence in Advocacy Award from the Beverly Hills Bar Association, CELA’s Joe Posner Award, and was named Los Angeles Employment Law – Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers. In addition, she has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America and Lawdragon for Plaintiff Employment Litigation.
Ms. Harrison has been selected to the Southern California Super Lawyers list every year since 2009. Since 2016, she has also been named to the publication’s prestigious Top Southern California lists, including the Top 10 and Top 50 Women. Her selection to the Top 10 in 2026 marked her eleventh consecutive year receiving that distinction.
The Daily Journal has repeatedly recognized Ms. Harrison as one of California’s Top Labor & Employment Lawyers and named her among the Top 100 Lawyers in California from 2022 through 2026.
Beyond the courtroom, Ms. Harrison is widely respected as a leader within California's plaintiffs’ bar. She served as President of CAALA in 2021, becoming only the fifth woman in the organization’s history to hold that office. In 2026, CAALA inducted her into its Hall of Fame in recognition of her contributions to the legal profession.
In 2021, Ms. Harrison also co-founded Resolve Law LA, a Virtual Mandatory Settlement Conference (MSC) Program for the Los Angeles County Superior Court, helping expand access to efficient dispute resolution for employment and civil litigation.
She frequently teaches trial advocacy, lectures at continuing legal education programs, writes on legal and social issues, and has served as a columnist for Ms. Magazine. Although many of her cases have produced record-setting results, she continues to measure success by whether she leaves the workplace better than she found it, and helps her clients take back their power, one case at a time.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Inducted as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, 2014
- Elected as a Fellow of the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers, 2014
- Southern California Super Lawyers, Plaintiff's Employment Litigation, 2009 - 2012
- Daily Journal's List of Top Labor & Employment Lawyers, 2009 - 2013
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers in California by The American Trial Lawyers Association
- Top 10 Plaintiff's Employment Lawyers in California, Daily Journal, 2009 - 2010
- Top 20 Plaintiff’s Employment Lawyers in California, Daily Journal, 2011 - 2013
- Best Lawyers in America in Employment Litigation – Individuals, 2011
- Top 100 Women Litigators in California, Daily Journal, 2010
- Top 50 Women Litigators Southern California Super Lawyers, 2010 - 2011
- Top 75 Women Litigators in California, Daily Journal, 2008
- The American Trial Lawyers Association's Top 100 Trial Lawyers in California, 2007 - 2010
- Finalist for the CAOC Consumer Attorney of the Year Award, 2008
- Nominated for Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Consumer Attorneys of California Women’s Caucus, 2011
- Nominated for the CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, 2008
- Nominated for California Consumer Trial Attorney of the Year Award, 2002
- Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocate's Forums
- 10.0 AVVO Rating
Other Sources of Feedback About Genie Harrison
Included on the 2027 Southern California Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2026 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2025 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2024 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Southern California Super Lawyers list
Education
Legal Education
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Santa Clara University School of Law,
Santa Clara,
California, 1992
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Non Legal Education
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Elmhurst College,
Elmhurst,
Illinois, 1989
B.S., Bachelor of Science
Major: International Business
Current Employment Position(s)
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Trial Attorney
Classes and Seminars
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10/05 – CELA’s Annual Conference, Presenter – “Employment Law 101 – Discovery”
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12/05 – Los Angeles Employment Lawyer – Barrett S. Litt and Genie Harrison, “Statutory Damages in Class Actions”
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8/07 (est.) — Tom Girardi’s “Champions of Justice” Radio Program
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9/07 — CELA’s Annual Conference, Presenter – “Making the Pain Real: Emotional Distress Damages”
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11/07 – CAOC Annual Convention – “I’d Rather Be a Hammer Than a Nail ‘Get Up, Stand Up, Stand Up for Your Rights!’” – “Who Let the Dogs Out” and What Happened After They Fed Alpo to the Fire Fighter
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5/08 – LACBA’s Labor & Employment Section Annual Retreat, Presenter – “Elimination of Bias – Wishful Thinking or Real Progress”
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5/08 – CAALA’s Voir Dire Methods for the Plaintiff Lawyer Seminar, Presenter – “Voir Dire in Employment Cases”
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11/08 – CAOC’s Annual Convention, Presenter – “Identifying Actionable Sexual Harassment Claims”
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5/09 – The 2009 Labor & Employment Law Section Annual Retreat, Moderator of “Judicial Perspectives” Panel
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8/09– The 23rd Annual Jack Daniels/Los Angeles ABOTA Trial School, Presenter – “Insider’s Perspective”
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9/09 — CAALA’s Annual Las Vegas Convention, Presenter – “Developments in Employment Class Actions and Wage & Hour Claims”
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10/09 — CELA’s Annual Conference – Special Skills Seminar – Mock Trial Opening Statement Demonstration
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4/10– CAALA’s Voir Dire by the Masters
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9/10 – Co-Chair of CAALA’s Annual Convention
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1/11 – AAJ article — “Will Consumer and Employment Class Actions Survive SCOTUS?”
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3/11 – NELA’s Trial Advocay for the Plaintiff’s Employment Lawyer program. “Using Your iPad to Try the Case.”
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9/11 – Co-Chair of CAALA’s Annual Convention – Moderator of three panels (Demonstrative Evidence & Technology; Law & Motion; Commercial Torts)
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2/12 – The Advocate – “On Being the Best Trial Lawyer One Can Be”
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3/12 – 15th Annual Trial Lawyer Skills for the New Attorney 2012, Presenter – “What the New Lawyer Needs to Know About Employment Cases”
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3/12 – 32nd Annual LACBA Labor & Employment Symposium, Presenter – “Vexatious Litigation: Tackling the Tough Topics in Discovery Disputes”
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4/12 – CAALA Webinar, Moderator – “Taking Depositions of Psychological Experts”
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9/12 – CAALA’s Annual Convention – Presenter — “Investigating Employment Cases Before Discovery”
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10/12 –CELA’s Annual Conference, Presenter – Special Skills Seminar on Focus Groups
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11/12 – Presenter – CAOC’s Annual Conference – “Law & Motion Basics”
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2/13 – Co-Chair & Moderator – CAALA & ASCDC – New Court Procedures Seminar
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5/13 – LACBA Labor & Employment Section Annual Retreat, Moderator – “Ethics in Employment Law Cases”
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6/13 – Presenter – BHBA “Proving and Defending Emotional Distress Damages in Employment Litigation”
- 9/13 – Co-Chair of CAALA’s Annual Convention & Moderator “Science of Persuasion” Panel
Pro Bono Activities
- Employment CRASH programs, 2011 - 2012
Bar Admissions
- California, 1992
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1995
Other Affiliations
- National Employment Lawyers Association ((NELA))
- California Employment Lawyers Association ((CELA))
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (Board of Governor (CAALA))
- Consumer Attorneys of California (Board of Governor (CAOC))
- The American Trial Lawyers Association
- The National Trial Lawyers Association
- Los Angeles Trial Lawyers’ Charities
- Litigation Counsel of America (Fellow)
- Los Angeles County Bar Association (Labor & Employment Section)
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Contact
23975 Park Sorrento
Suite 202
Calabasas, CA 91302
Phone Number: 213-589-2650
Fax Number: 213-805-5306
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