Walsworth Expands Trial Team in Southern California
Orange, California—November 1, 2017—Walsworth today announced that Helen M. Luetto has re-joined the firm as a partner. Helen comes to Walsworth after having served as a partner at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, and before that, as senior trial counsel with Walsworth for six years.
Helen has over 30 years of experience practicing in state and federal trial and appellate courts in California. She has extensive experience in products liability, life sciences, environmental litigation and toxic torts, including asbestos, mold and other toxic exposure claims. She also has significant experience in defending insurance bad faith cases, involving both first party and third party claims.
Helen also practices employment law, where she represents her clients in all aspects of employment and business litigation, including defending claims for wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination and unfair business practices.
Helen has successfully appeared for clients in nearly 50 jury and court trials. She has obtained defense verdicts and dismissals and favorably resolved numerous matters prior to trial by way of motions for summary judgment, binding arbitration and mediation.
Helen earned her J.D. from the Western State University College School of Law, and her B.A. from California State University, Fullerton.
About Walsworth
Walsworth was founded in 1989 with a commitment to establish a law firm focused on working collaboratively with clients to meet their unique objectives. The firm has grown to over 75 attorneys with offices in Orange, Los Angeles and San Francisco and is known for excellence in litigation and transactional matters. We are equally distinct in our longstanding commitment to diversity, which is recognized through our certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and by the California Public Utilities Commission, and we are proud to be the largest certified WBE law firm in the United States. Walsworth is also a National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) member, the largest in California and third largest nationwide. For more information, visit www.wfbm.com.