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Laura C. Hess is a partner with Kring & Chung, LLP. Hess specializes in representing businesses in litigation matters. Hess is an expert at defending companies from complaints about their products and services. The types of cases she handles involve quality control issues, warranty claims, unfair competition, products liability, consumer claims, and claims that salespeople committed fraud. Hess is also an expert at resolving contract disputes with suppliers, vendors, customers, and distributors.

In the area of employment law, Hess defends management from employees' claims that they were wrongfully terminated, retaliated against, discriminated against, denied meal and rest breaks, misclassified as exempt, and owed wages.

Hess handles intellectual property claims involving claims of misappropriation of trade secrets, non-solicitation agreements, and advertising injuries.

Hess provides practical legal information for companies that do business in California on her blog, "Hess on Business Law," at www.hessbizlaw.com.

Avvo, an online service which rates and profiles attorneys, ranked Hess as "superb." Her profile can be viewed at http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/92606-ca-laura-hess-269324.html.