Position: Partner

Christopher M. Laquer focuses his practice on multi-employer trust funds established under collective bargaining agreements. He advises the Boards of Trustees which are responsible for complying with ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other Federal laws. He also represents trustees in litigation. Mr. Laquer’s clients include some of the country’s largest Taft-Hartley funds, as well…

Mr. Clifford, a partner in the firm’s Pasadena office, has more than thirty-five years experience advising public entities, businesses and employee benefit plans on ERISA, employment law and related business matters. In addition, he represents such clients in litigation and administrative proceedings. He has tried more than 100 state and federal cases and represented his…

Brian Ray Hodge’s practice focused on employee benefits, labor and employment law, and real estate transactions and litigation. Mr. Hodge has successfully tried many cases, both jury and non-jury, before the state and federal trial courts, and has argued before the California Court of Appeals and the Ninth Circuit. He has represented clients in matters…

An AV rated attorney, Susan Graham Lovelace is a civil litigator whose practice primarily involves employee benefits, employment, business litigation and appellate work in both the state and federal courts. Her main clients include multi-employer trust funds and privately held businesses. Ms. Lovelace spends the majority of her time in the representation of multi-employer Taft-Hartley…

As a trusted advisor to leading industry figures and organizations, Attorney Marija Kristich Decker, a partner at the Pasadena law firm of Laquer Urban Clifford & Hodge, LLP, provides extensive experience in employment law and employee benefits. Ms. Decker focuses her practice on representing multi-employer trust funds in ERISA litigation concerning plan contributions, fiduciary issues,…