Christina Humphrey Law, P.C. represents employees against employers, and consumers against corporations, and insurance companies on a variety of matters. Wage theft, whistleblower, sexual harassment, and all forms of discrimination, are just some of the employment matters that they handle. Defective products, product mislabeling, and consumer fraud are some of the consumer matters they handle. 

From their office in Santa Barbara, they help clients throughout California and nationwide. From individual cases to complex class actions, their office holds corporations and insurance companies accountable for their actions when they mistreat employees or violate consumers’ rights. The firm has a history of fighting relentlessly for the clients and they believe their results speak for themselves.

California Employment Law Attorney

Workplace issues are one of the most difficult legal problems to deal with.  Sexual harassment, discrimination, failure to pay overtime, failure to provide meal breaks, failure to provide rest breaks, unequal pay and other employment problems can leave you feeling like there is nowhere to turn.  To make matters worse, fear of being fired or retaliated against keeps many employees who feel like they are being treated unfairly from reporting problems or contacting an employment law attorney.

This is where Christina Humphrey Law, P.C. can help.  California employment law is one of the most technical and constantly changing areas of the law. They handle all California Employment cases on a contingency fee basis, which means there is no fee unless their office wins at trial or your case is settled. Their office has worked on some of the most complicated cases involving employers in the state of California.  From individual cases to class actions involving hundreds of employees, their office has the experience and resources to help with your case.

401k Excessive Fee Litigation California

Breach of Fiduciary Duty with 401k mismanagement is when the managers of your 401k are not managing the funds ethically and or properly.  It is a serious issue that has come to light in recent years. The law for managing these 401k plans and specifically what qualifies as mismanagement is a complex issue but not for their Attorneys at Christina Humphrey Law, P.C.  Because each 401k mismanagement case is very different, they recommend that you reach out to them for a Free Consultation so they can give you specifics of your individual case.

The IRS describes a 401K plan as a tax-qualified retirement account that eligible employees can contribute to for their retirement.  For the most part, 401k’s are regulated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act which is known as ERISA.  The ERISA regulations state that 401k administrators owe fiduciary duties to plan participants and their beneficiaries.  If the administrators of the 401k plan mismanage the plan, they may be Liable for resulting losses.

Meet the Fierce Leader

Christina Humphrey is the founder of Christina Humphrey Law, P.C., (formerly Humphrey Rist, LLP). She founded the firm in June of 2016.  Ms. Humphrey formed Christina Humphrey Law, P.C. after practicing as an associate and partner with Marlin & Saltzman, LLP, for 13 years, where she specialized in highly complex litigation including employment and consumer class actions.  During the tenure at her former firm, Ms. Humphrey was instrumental in recovering over $800 million on behalf of workers and consumers. Ms. Humphrey primarily focuses her practice on litigation, complex individual claims including wage theft, discrimination, harassment, whistleblower retaliation, employment and consumer class actions.  She was selected by Los Angeles Magazine as a “Rising Star” in the field of complex litigation from 2009 to 2016 and as a SuperLawyer in 2021.  She has been appointed lead counsel in at least thirty-five (35) class actions and since 2016, has recovered over $26 million stolen from workers and consumers.  Given her extensive expertise in class actions and complex litigation, she frequently speaks and hosts class action conferences.

Ms. Humphrey is a fierce advocate for the underdog, and devotes all of her time representing victims, workers, and consumers who have been wronged.  Throughout her career, she has achieved astounding results,[1] including a $28 million dollar settlement against a large trucking company who shorted their drivers on pay; successfully overturning on appeal a negative trial court ruling denying class certification to a class of retail workers for Lowe’s Home Improvement, Inc., which later resulted in a $29.5 million dollar settlement; and certifying a class of 60,000 salespersons against Vector Marketing Corporation for failure to pay training time.  Ms. Humphrey has also had much success in appellate practice, once overturning a reversal of a trial court’s orders on four successive occasions, and successfully defeating companies’ attempts to thwart litigation in the published opinions of Faulkinbury v. Boyd 185 Cal.App.4th 1363 (2013) and Hodge v. AON 145 Cal.App.4th 278 (2006).   Throughout her career, along with her respective firms, Ms. Humphrey has successfully prosecuted cases against corporate giants such as Countrywide Home Loans for $15 million, CNA for $33 million, WalMart for $86 million, and H & R Block for $35 million.

"Our lawyers have over thirty years of combined experience and have been instrumental in recovering over $800 million dollars for clients throughout their careers."