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Corianne Lau’s practice is concentrated in the areas of employment law, government contracts, personal injury and products liability defense, and general litigation. She has represented government contractors in procurement matters, including protests, claims and disputes, debarment actions, administrative hearings and appeals.
Cori’s employment law and litigation practice includes advising and defending employers on equal employment opportunity matters such as harassment, discrimination and retaliation, human resources issues such as proprietary rights and wage and hour, and claims of wrongful termination.
She is Co-Chair of the Hawaii State Bar Association’s Continuing Legal Education Committee and a past director of the Bar. Cori is a past President of Hawaii Women Lawyers and of the Hawaii Women’s Legal Foundation. She is a member of the National Contract Management Association, the Employment Law Committee of DRI (formerly Defense Research Institute) and the Society for Human Resource Management. Cori serves on the boards of the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii and Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Honolulu. She is a former Executive Director of the Hawaii Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Cori is the author of the Hawai`i chapter in DRI’s 2006 publication, Employment Law: A State-by-State Compendium.
Areas of Practice
- Employment Law
- Equal employment opportunity (discrimination, harassment, and retaliation issues), including EEOC and HCRC investigations, mediation, arbitration, and litigation
- Wrongful termination
- Wage and hour
- Personnel management and training (handbooks, employment contracts, independent contract agreements, severance agreements, job descriptions., development and maintenance of HR systems, and management training)
- Safety and health (OSHA, workplace violence, substance abuse)
- Proprietary rights (proprietary rights, confidentiality, and non-compete agreements)
- Workplace privacy
- Litigation, arbitration, mediation, administrative hearings
- Personal Injury Defense
- Litigation
- Alternative dispute resolution: CAAP arbitration, mediation
- Products liability
- Public Contract Law (federal, state, and local government contracts)
- Solicitation evaluation and bid or proposal preparation issues
- Protests against solicitation and award
- Contract performance issues
- Claims and disputes
Admitted to practice
- Hawai`i
- U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai`i
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Affiliations
- Hawai`i State Bar Association
- Director (1999-2000, 2002-2006)
- Co-chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee
- Legal Aid Society of Hawaii
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
of Honolulu
- Director (2005-present); Secretary (2009-present)
- Hawai`i Women Lawyers
- Past President (1993); Member (1985-present)
- Hawai`i Women's Legal Foundation
- Past President (2000); Director (1989-2001)
- Society of Human Resources Management
- Member, Employment Law Group
- Defense Research Institute
- Member, Employment Law and Product Liability Committees
Awards & Recognition
- Martindale-Hubbell BV rating (2000-present)
Education
- Lewis and Clark College, Northwestern School of Law (J.D.1984)
- Lewis and Clark College (B.A. 1975)
Publications
- "Are Your Former Employees Competing Against You?" SHRM Hawaii Human Resource Guide (2010)
- Contributing Author, The Pacific Employer
- "Avoid Pre-employment Interview Pitfalls" Pacific Business News (1998)
- "Labor Rights: Apprenticeships" Women and Employment, Our Rights, Our Lives (1996) Publisher: Hawai`i Women Lawyers
- Contributing Author, The Price of Paradise, Volume II (1993) Publisher: Mutual Publishing Co.
Languages Spoken Other Than English
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