About Us

Tony R. Skogen Jr., Esq

Tony R. Skogen, Jr. is dedicated to fighting against minimum wage and overtime pay violations, with significant experience handling a wide array of employment and labor issues, including minimum wage violations, overtime violations, missed meal and rest period violations, wage and hour class actions, age discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual discrimination, disability discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, retaliation, and other unfair business practices.

Mr. Skogen's current litigation practice has been complimented and enhanced by his experience in high profile complex consumer and securities cases, where he focused on issues surrounding employee pension fund mismanagement, corporate mismanagement, and anti-competition. Significantly, Mr. Skogen co-managed a confirmatory discovery process in In re Titan, Inc. Sec. Litig., Master File No. 04-CV-0676-LAB (S.D. Cal.) which led to the approval of a $61.5 million dollar settlement on behalf of the class.

Mr. Skogen also served as Counsel to the United States as a legal adviser providing analysis and evaluation of the legal sufficiency of actions and instruments dealing with obligating and disbursing home and business disaster loans throughout the United States. In this capacity, Mr. Skogen advised on issues involving borrower eligibility, permissible liens, encumbrances, security instruments, property ownership including proper vesting and conveyance, title opinions, trustor/trustee issues, and corporate governance. Mr. Skogen served as a field agent/liaison along the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of the Katrina, Wilma, and Rita hurricanes.

While attending the University of San Diego School of Law, Mr. Skogen served as a Justice on the University's Honor Court and as Delegate to the American Bar Association National Conference in Washington D.C.

Memberships:

Mr. Skogen is admitted to practice before the State Bar of California and before the Southern United States District Court in California. Mr. Skogen is also a member of the Labor and Employment Section of the County Bar.

Education:

J.D., University of San Diego School of Law B.A., Business Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara

Brett La Cues, Esq

Brett C. La Cues graduated from the University of San Diego in 2000. He majored in Economics with minors in Business and International Relations. While attending USD, he studied abroad in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Mr. La Cues graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2004. He was the recipient of The Honorable Gerald Brown award for scholastic achievement. While attending USD School of Law, he studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain.

Mr. La Cues was admitted in 2004 to practice in the State of California. He is also admitted in the United States District Court, Central District and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the American Bar Association. Mr. LaCues’ practice emphasizes business litigation, commercial collections, personal injury and real estate law in state and federal courts.