She has substantial experience defending clients in individual and class action claims involving harassment, discrimination, and other wage and hour claims. She also has an active preventive practice, counseling clients about best practices to avoid workplace liability. Before entering private practice, she served as a judicial extern to Justice Carlos Moreno of the California Supreme Court. Ms. Lal earned her B.A.,cum laude, from the University of California, Berkeley and her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Boalt Hall