BACKGROUND
Formed in September, 1991, Traber & Voorhees is a private, public interest law firm. Its predecessor firm, Litt & Stormer, was the largest, private public-interest law firm in Southern California from 1984 until its dissolution in 1991. In working with both firms, Bert Voorhees and Theresa Traber have handled significant, complex class action and impact civil rights litigation. In its first six years, Traber & Voorhees primarily litigated employment and housing discrimination cases, resulting, among other things, in three of the largest settlements against private defendants ever obtained in fair housing class actions, in Walker, et al. v. Lakewood Condo Owners Assoc., et al., Mould v. Palmdale 112, Ltd., and U.S.A. v. Plaza Mobile Estates. Since 1998, Traber & Voorhees has also litigated class actions and multi-plaintiff cases involving international human rights and wage and overtime law.