Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Employment & Labor, Business Litigation; view more
Licensed in California since: 2010
Education: Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Languages Spoken: English, French, Persian (Farsi), Spanish
Selected to Rising Stars: 2019 - 2024 Call today:
858-674-6929
Rainey Law P.C.
16870 W Bernardo DrSuite 400
San Diego, CA 92127 Visit website
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Attorney Ingrid Rainey is the founder and managing partner of Rainey Law P.C. Ms. Rainey received an award for top ten verdicts in California for 2023 with her $20.7 million win. Our attorneys are licensed to practice in California, Washington, D.C., and Oregon. We have represented parties pro hac vice in New York, Texas, and Florida. We understand that most business owners must defend claims or enforce their rights. We provide clarity, guidance, and advocacy to obtain the best outcome. This allows the business owner to focus on the company's needs and growth rather than legal issues. Ms. Rainey and her firm represent the needs and interests of a diverse range of clients across both the East and West Coasts who have legal issues involving any of the following:
· General business counsel in the U.S. and internationally.
· Business Litigation (partner disputes, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary relationships, misappropriation of trade secrets, fraud, etc.).
· Employment Litigation (labor/wage claims, discrimination, sexual harassment, PAGA, wrongful termination, FMLA/CFRA, misclassification, breach of employment agreements, work-for-hire, etc.).
· Intellectual Property (IP protection, trademark, trademark disputes with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), copyrights, work-for-hire, copyrights, etc.)
· Contracts (draft, review, litigate, and system implication)
· Employment law (human resources, investigations, severance agreement, termination, review of process, etc.).
· Mergers and acquisitions
· International law (employment and business practices in the European Union, Middle East, Africa, England, and Eastern Europe)
Top-rated trial attorneys with nearly thirty years of legal experience combined, our attorneys strive to provide the personalized solutions clients deserve for their serious and complex legal challenges. Drawing upon a diverse background, our attorneys provide a wealth of knowledge and experience in various legal areas, which helps us provide comprehensive, effective counsel and support for our clients' needs.
Through our unwavering commitment to those we serve, Ms. Rainey and our attorneys have earned numerous awards and honors for professionalism and service. Our attorneys hold high ratings on AVVO and other client-review sources, and we are proud that so many of our clients return for their ongoing legal needs.
Practice areas
Civil Litigation: Plaintiff, Employment & Labor: Employer, Business Litigation, Business/Corporate, Civil Litigation: DefenseFocus areas
Business Formation and Planning, Business Organizations, Contracts, Employment Law - Employee, Labor Law, Limited Liability Companies, Non-Compete Agreements, Partnership, Sexual Harassment, Trade Secret, Wage & Hour Laws
First Admitted: 2010, California
Professional Webpage: http://www.raineylawpc.com/about-us.html
Educational Background:
- Distinguished Honor Roll (Fall 2007) and Honor Roll (Spring 2008). Academic Scholarship Recipient, qualified for Law Review, and President of Jeffersonians. Direct Study with Professor Claire Wright for two semesters producing Scholarly Writing Papers-Transferring Wealth to Developing Countries and Women’s Rights in Post-Revolutionary Iran.
Bar/Professional Activity:
- California Bar License, 2010
- D.C. Bar License, 2016
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- The publication considered including my settlement in the Daily Journal's Verdicts and Settlement sections. I had to edit summary as it was inaccurate. , Edit input on my settlements, The Daily Journal Corporation, The Daily Journal Los Angeles, California Lawyers, 2018
Honors/Awards:
- Rainey Law PC is an employment and business law firm near Escondido. The firm offers a comprehensive range of services in transaction and/or litigation work for various size businesses in different industries. The firm’s employment law practice encompasses the representation of employers in the full range of litigation matters that can arise out of the employer-employee relationship, including issues involving discrimination, retaliation, PAGA, FMLA, ADA, ADEA, labor code violations, as well as the full array of state and local laws which regulate the workplace. The firm also offers internal audits/investigations, contract formation, severance agreement negotiations with executives, drafting personnel policies, and advising on risk mitigation., Expertise Best Employment Lawyer, Expertise, 2023
- Awarded San Diego Super Lawyer 2021, San Diego Super Lawyer Rising Star, Super Lawyer, 2023
- Rainey Law PC is an employment and business law firm near Escondido. The firm offers a comprehensive range of services in transaction and/or litigation work for various size businesses in different industries. The firm’s employment law practice encompasses the representation of employers in the full range of litigation matters that can arise out of the employer-employee relationship, including issues involving discrimination, retaliation, PAGA, FMLA, ADA, ADEA, labor code violations, as well as the full array of state and local laws which regulate the workplace. The firm also offers internal audits/investigations, contract formation, severance agreement negotiations with executives, drafting personnel policies, and advising on risk mitigation., Expertise Best Employment Lawyer, Expertise, 2022
- Awarded San Diego Super Lawyer 2022, San Diego Super Lawyer Rising Star, Super Lawyer, 2022
- Awarded San Diego Super Lawyer Rising Star 2019, San Diego Super Lawyer Rising Star 2019, www.superlawyer.com, 2019
- Rainey Law PC is an employment and business law firm near Escondido. The firm offers a comprehensive range of services in transaction and/or litigation work for various size businesses in different industries. The firm’s employment law practice encompasses the representation of employers in the full range of litigation matters that can arise out of the employer-employee relationship, including issues involving discrimination, retaliation, PAGA, FMLA, ADA, ADEA, labor code violations, as well as the full array of state and local laws which regulate the workplace. The firm also offers internal audits/investigations, contract formation, severance agreement negotiations with executives, drafting personnel policies, and advising on risk mitigation., Expertise Best Employment Lawyer in Escondido, Expertise.com, 2021
- Awarded San Diego Super Lawyer 2020, San Diego Super Lawyer Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2020
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Received award for top ten verdicts in California for 2023, 2024
- Rainey Law P.C. is pleased to announce our Managing Partner, Ingrid Rainey, has successfully secured a $20.7 million verdict for our client in the United States District Court Central District of California. , 2023
- Appointed by Mayor and City Council to Planning Commission and voted by the commission to serve as Vice Chair. , 2022
- Voted by Planning Commission to serve as Vice Chair. , 2021
- Currently writing ordinance/law for the Escondido City Council regarding vacancy control to help indigent clients maintain affordable housing. , 2019
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Helped animal wellbeing case. , 2024
- Helped draft ordinance to protect indigent mobilehome owners in the City of Escondido , 2022
- FBI San Diego Citizens Academy Alumni Association voted to the Bylaws Committee. , 2023
- Volunteer at the United States Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria, through the State Department. , 2022
- Serve as Vice Chair of the Planning Commission board. Nominated by Mayor and City Council members. , 2022
- Serve as Vice Chair of the Planning Commission board. Nominated by Mayor and City Council members. , 2021
- Volunteer at the United States Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria, through the State Department. , 2021
- Helped draft ordinance to protect mobilehome owners in the City of Escondido , 2021
- Serve as Vice Chair of the Planning Commission board. Nominated by Mayor and City Council members. , 2020
- Volunteer to help seniors during Covid-19 with the City of Escondido, 2020
- GenNext Board, 2020
- Drafted ordinance to be listed in the November 2020 ballot, 2020
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers Leadership Committee, 2019
- Board Member of GenNext- Gen Next is an invitation-only organization of successful individuals dedicated to learningabout and becoming engaged with the most pressing challenges facing future generations.With the collective influence of its national network of Members, Gen Next aims to ensure anyone can achieve success by expanding the opportunities that await them., 2019
- Vice President of the Board of the FBI San Diego Citizens Academy Alumni Association, 2019
- Board Member of GenNext- Gen Next is an invitation-only organization of successful individuals dedicated to learningabout and becoming engaged with the most pressing challenges facing future generations.With the collective influence of its national network of Members, Gen Next aims to ensure anyone can achieve success by expanding the opportunities that await them., 2018
- Board Member of TJSL Alumni Association, 2018
- Vice President of the Board of the FBI San Diego Citizens Academy Alumni Association, 2018
- Vice President of the Board of the FBI San Diego Citizens Academy Alumni Association, 2017
- Board Member of TJSL Alumni Association, 2017
- Vice President of the Board of the FBI San Diego Citizens Academy Alumni Association, 2016
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- Defended TCPA claims in Florida. Settlement. , 2024
- Defended TCPA litigation in U.S. District Court Southern District of California. Settlement., 2024
- Secured a $20.7 million verdict in a complex litigation trial against a former partner and a company in the United States District Court Central District of California. After our client reported the plaintiffs’ conduct to the board and government entities, he received no protection from the company. The plaintiffs sued our client for defamation, intentional interference with prospective economic relations, negligent interference with protective economic relations, civil extortion, and injunctive relief. The firm successfully defended all claims against our client and won our counterclaims for breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and deceit, conversion, negligent misrepresentation, and securities fraud, including winning our attorney fees. , 2023
- Secured judgment of nearly $500,000 in a breach of contract case for clients winning compensatory damages, interest, memorandum of costs, and attorney fees. , 2023
- Secured nearly $500,000 judgment for client in a breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty trial, including punitive damages with interest and attorney fees. , 2023
- Secured settlement of over $200,000 in an employment and labor law case. , 2023
- Defend TCPA case in United States District Court Middle District of Florida Tampa. Successful settlement. , 2023
- Defend TCPA case. United States District Court Southern District of California, 2023
- Defend trademark at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to verdict. , 2023
- Defend TCPA case. United States District Court in Florida, 2023
- Defending claims against defamation, civil extortion, intentional interference with contractual relations, intentional interference with prospective economic relations, negligent interference with prospective economic relations, injunctive relief and prosecuting counterclaim for fraud/deceit, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duties, accounting, conversion, negligent misrepresentation, fraudulent transfer, and securities fraud. United States District Court Central District of California two week trial. , 2023
- Defend PAGA and wage and hour claims., 2022
- Defend labor claims regarding wage and hour and wrongful termination., 2023
- Defend breach of contract, defamation, and fraud, 2022
- Represent client victim of hacking against a company. , 2022
- Represent entity against labor and wage claims. , 2021
- Represent plaintiff in discrimination case against former employer. , 2021
- Represent multiple plaintiffs in breach of contract and fraud claims against large entity. , 2021
- Aparna Vashisht Rota v. Michael Hernandez. Represented the Plaintiff and Plaintiff won., 2019
- 37-2019-00023323-CU-BCOCTL TAG Management, Inc. v True Craft Residential, Inc., et al., 2019
- Michael J. Slater Family Trust v. Raymond Watt for receivership. Attorney for Raymond Watt and judge ordered verdict in our favor declining need for receivership. , 2018
- Neuroleadership Institute Inc., Neuroleadership Institute, Pty LTD, and Results Coaching Systems International, PTY LTD v. The Academy of Brain-Baised Leadership, Henry Phillip Dixon, Catherine Hambley, Daniel Radecki, Tony Pottle, Gemma Brown, and Leonie Hall for Breach of Implied Contract , Breach of Written Contract, Contractual Indemnity, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Breach of Duty of Confidence, Fraud & Deceit, Constructive Fraud, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, and B&P Section 17200 Represented all Plaintiffs in the Superior Court of the State of California County of Los Angeles, Central District. Successfully opposed SLAPP claim and awarded attorney fees. Defendants appealed. After over one year, settled case with a large substantial win for my clients. , 2017
- LaToya Lyn v. Neuroleadership Institute, Inc., David Rock, and Lisa Rock. Represented Neuroleadership Institute, Inc., David Rock and Lisa Rock in the United States District Court Southern District of New York (pro hac vice). After over one year of litigation the case settled at only 10% of what Plaintiff was seeking. , 2016
Representative Clients:
- Defend in New York Arbitration case for Breach of Contract against my client who is a financial institution. , 2024
- Defending Florida case for TCPA and other torts. , 2024
- Prosecute for: DERIVATIVE CAUSES OF ACTION FOR: 1. BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY; 2. AIDING AND ABETTING BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY 3. UNJUST ENRICHMENT 4. CORPORATE MISMANAGEMENT AND WASTE; 5. ABUSE OF CONTROL; 6. INTENTIONAL MISREPRESENTATION; 7. NEGLIGENT MISREPRESENTATION; 8. DECLARATORY RELIEF; 9. CONCEALMENT; 10. CONVERSION; 11. CONSTRUCTIVE FRAUD; 12. VIOLATION OF RIGHT TO INSPECT CORPORATE BOOKS AND RECORDS; 13. ACCOUNTING; 14. APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER AND/OR PROVISIONAL DIRECTOR; AND 15. CONVERSION INDIVIDUAL CAUSES OF ACTION FOR: 16. BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY; 17. CONVERSION; 18. BREACH OF CONTRACT; 19. BREACH OF IMPLIED COVENANT OF GOOD FAITH AND FAIR DEALING; AND 20. VIOLATION OF RIGHT TO INSPECT CORPORATE BOOKS AND RECORDS DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL Unlimited Civil Case, 2024
- COMPLAINT FOR: (1) BREACH OF CONTRACT; (2) BREACH OF THE IMPLIED COVENANT OF GOOD FAITH AND FAIR DEALING; (3) UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES (BUS. & PROF. CODE § 17200 ET SEQ.) UNJUST ENRICHMENT, 2024
- Defend client in breach of contract, intentional misrepresentation, trespass, unlawful business practices, slander of title, and implied covenant of good faith and fair dealings case and filed counterclaim in (1) Breach of Contract; (2) Breach of Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealings; and (3) Declaratory Relief, 2024
- Currently defending defamation case (Paul Feller and Cronus Equity v. Robert Petty CV 18-03460-JLS) and counterclaim for breach of contract. , 2021
- Defending claims against defamation, civil extortion, intentional interference with contractual relations, intentional interference with prospective economic relations, negligent interference with prospective economic relations, injunctive relief and prosecuting counterclaim for fraud/deceit, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duties, accounting, conversion, negligent misrepresentation, fraudulent transfer, and securities fraud. United States District Court Central District of California two week trial. , 2023
- Elizabeth Lee v. Jeffrey Pey. Represented plaintiff in breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Won trial for client, including compensatory damages, punitive damages, costs, and interest. , 2022
- Represent Real Estate firm in transactional work and potential case we will initiate. , 2021
- Jason Brooks and Bruce Hofert v. Quanta, Inc. in Burbank Superior Court--Represent Plaintiff in breach of contract and misrepresentation claims. Successfully dismissed their cross-complaint and have trial March 15, 2023, 2023
- General Counsel and litigation attorney for leading global training company--NeuroLeadership Institute with locations in New York, Australia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, and England. , 2017
- Creditors Adjustment Bureau, Inc. v. Me Downtown LP DBA Massage Envy ADBA Massage Envy Downtown LP and Forever Young Incorporated. Case No. NC062042. Settlement, 2020
- General Counsel and litigation attorney for leading global training company--NeuroLeadership Institute with locations in New York, Australia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, and England. , 2018
- General Counsel and litigation attorney for leading global training company--NeuroLeadership Institute with locations in New York, Australia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, and England. , 2016
- Reliant Services Group, LLC (headquartered in California) and AG-MCA OpCo, LLC (headquartered in New York) General Counsel for both companies , 2019
- Reliant Services Group, LLC (headquartered in California) and AG-MCA OpCo, LLC (headquartered in New York) General Counsel for both companies , 2018
Transactions:
- Business compliance in New York, Utah, California, New Jersey, Texas, Florida, Illinois, and Alabama., 2023
- Multiple license agreements, operating agreements, bylaws, non disclosure agreements, and settlement agreements. , 2023
- Represent global organization with protecting their intellectual property. , 2021
- Drafted a vested stock agreement, notice of stock, and stock plan for engineering company. Completed trademark application for two services. , 2021
- Business Sales Agreement for 858 Graphics, Inc. (a California Corporation) and The Noteworthy Group, Inc. (an Illinois corporation). , 2019
Industry Groups:
- Banking
- Engineering
- Financial
- Healthcare and more
- IT
- Manufacturing
- Medical
- Real Estate
- Services
Office location for Ingrid Rainey
16870 W Bernardo Dr
Suite 400
San Diego, CA 92127
Phone: 858-674-6929
Selections
6 Years Rising Stars
- Rising Stars: 2019 - 2024
