Lisa P. Mak

Lisa P. Mak

Bio as of May 2017:

Lisa P. Mak is a trial attorney at Minami Tamaki LLP in the Consumer and Employee Rights Group, where she handles plaintiff-side employment and consumer litigation cases. Ms. Mak has many years of experience representing employees across a broad range of industries for all types of employment disputes, including claims for discrimination, harassment, retaliation, defamation, and wage and hour violations. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area and is an active leader in the California Employment Lawyers Association. She has been selected as a SuperLawyers Rising Star since 2015. In 2016, she obtained a jury verdict in a case that was included in the LexisNexis “Top 10 Employment Verdicts” for 2016. She can be reached at LMak@MinamiTamaki.com. Her firm’s website is www.minamitamaki.com.

Articles written by this author:

California Fair Pay Act

New law places a greater burden on employers to justify pay disparity, offers new avenues of employment litigation

Lisa P. Mak
Aron K. Liang

2015 December


Browning-Ferris and joint-employer issues before the NLRB

An examination of the National Labor Relations Board’s new standard – which may apply to 40 percent of the U.S. workforce

Lisa P. Mak
Aron K. Liang

2016 June


PAGA procedural amendments

PAGA procedural amendments

Same statute, new requirements for Labor Code violations

Lisa P. Mak

2017 February


The fox and the henhouse

The fox and the henhouse

Litigating claims of an employer’s failure to investigate

Lisa P. Mak

2017-June


The power of “Me Too” evidence in employment litigation

A powerful tool for defeating MSJ and strengthening the plaintiff’s case at trial

Lisa P. Mak

2018 May


The right fit

A road map for plaintiffs’ attorneys to selecting the best mediator for a particular case

Lisa P. Mak
Claire Y. Choo

2020 August


Protecting whistleblowers

Litigating claims under Labor Code Section 1102.5

Lisa P. Mak

2021 May