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Our Team
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Daniel J. Brown, Principal
Daniel Brown received his Juris Doctor from UCLA School of Law and received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Mr. Brown is admitted to practice in all California State Courts as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California.
EXPERIENCE
Before founding Stansbury Brown Law, PC, Mr. Brown worked for an employment litigation boutique, where he successfully represented employees in wage and hour class actions, as well as individual wrongful termination and discrimination lawsuits.
Mr. Brown has received recognition for the high quality of his legal work, including being named a Super Lawyers' Rising Star in 2019 and 2022. In addition, Mr. Brown was recognized by TopVerdict for being part of a team that secured one of the top 50 labor and employment law settlements in California in 2019.
Mr. Brown is also active in the California employment and consumer law community. He is a member of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles ("CAALA") and the California Employment Lawyers Association ("CELA") for which he serves on the CELA Wage and Hour Committee. Mr. Brown also participates in the CELA mentor program to provide mentorship and guidance to young attorneys interested in employment law.
From 2009 to 2012, Mr. Brown worked with the Democratic staff of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce. As a Policy Associate, Mr. Brown managed a portfolio of labor issues, including wage theft, employee misclassification, FLSA, and NLRB regulation and oversight.
INTERESTS
In his free time, Mr. Brown is an active runner and competes in marathons throughout North America.
Ethan C. Surls, Associate
Ethan Surls received his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Sociology from the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. Mr. Surls is admitted to practice in all California State Courts.
EXPERIENCE
Prior to starting at Stansbury Brown Law, PC, Mr. Surls worked for a variety of organizations whose purpose was to provide legal services to disadvantaged workers including the Wage Justice Center as well as an internship with the Labor Commissioner’s office. Additionally, Mr. Surls has worked pro-bono with the organization Kids In Need of Defense (K.I.N.D) by defending undocumented-minors in deportation proceedings and facilitating their petitions for asylum. After graduating Law School, Mr, Surls worked for a plaintiff’s employment firm focusing on wage and hour class actions and individual wrongful termination and discrimination suits, where he worked on a number of landmark cases in California wage and hour litigation.
From 2006 until 2019, Mr. Surls worked in the restaurant industry as a minimum wage employee and was personally subjected to the gross mistreatment of workers. These experiences have fueled his desire to fight with vigor for the rights and dignity of employees who have faced similar experiences.
INTERESTS
Mr. Surls is a native of the South Bay of Los Angeles and an avid surfer and snowboarder. Mr. Surls, a Spanish speaker, frequently travels to the various countries of Latin America to enjoy the beautiful beaches and explore the wildlife in the rainforests.