Dardarian Representative Cases

Ms. Dardarian has worked extensively with co-counsel Lainey Feingold over the past 15 years, representing the American Council of the Blind, various state affiliates, the American Foundation for the Blind, and many individuals with visual impairments nationwide, reaching more than 30 non-litigated settlements with some of the country's largest financial institutions to ensure that persons with visual impairments have access to automated teller machines, websites and printed materials including bank statements and credit file disclosures. She has also reached settlements with some of the nation's largest retailers to make their point of sale machines and websites accessible to persons with visual impairments, and with Major League Baseball to ensure access to MLB.com and all 30 club websites.

Litigation

• Bautista-Perez, et al. v. Holder, et al., No. C 07-4192 TEH (N.D. Cal.) (certified class action on behalf of 400,000 immigrants from El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras who have been overcharged by the US Government for registration or re-registration for Temporary Protected Status); see 2009 WL 2031759 (N.D. Cal. July 9, 2009), 2009 WL 1202261 (N.D. Cal. May 1, 2009).

• Center for Self-Improvement and Community Development v. Lennar Corporation, et al., No. CGC07-465738 (San Francisco County Superior Court) (Proposition 65 citizen suit and tort claims against Lennar Corporation and related entities for generating dust containing asbestos, hexavalent chromium, and other hazardous materials during construction of housing in Bayview Hunters Point).

• Olson, et al. v. Sutter Health, No. RG06-302354 (Alameda County Superior Court) (class action under the ADA and California disability access laws requiring Sutter Health to remediate architectural barriers, install accessible medical equipment, and enhance policies and procedures to ensure accessible services for persons with mobility, visual, hearing, or speech disabilities at all of its hospitals throughout Northern California).

• Lane v. Tennessee, No. 3:98-0731 (M.D. Tenn.) (Americans with Disabilities Act case against State of Tennessee and various Tennessee counties for denying constitutionally guaranteed access to court proceedings to citizens with mobility impairments); see 541 U.S. 509 (2004).

• Butler v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., No. BC 268250 (Los Angeles County Superior Court) ($30 million class action under California wage and hour laws on behalf of "account executives" seeking overtime, meal period compensation, and reimbursement of unlawfully deducted wages).

• Lin v. Siebel Software Systems, Inc., No. CIV 435601 (San Mateo County Superior Court) ($27.5 million class action under California wage and hour laws on behalf of software engineers, seeking unpaid overtime wages).

• Lieber, et al. v. Macy's West, Inc., No. C96-02955 MHP and Camalo, et al. v. Macy's West, Inc., No. C98-2350 MHP (California statewide class actions under the Americans with Disabilities Act and California law on behalf of persons with mobility disabilities, resulting in systemic injunctive relief requiring removal of architectural barriers at all Macy's stores in California and a monetary class fund; see 80 F. Supp. 2d 1065 (N.D. Cal. 1999).

• Communities for a Better Environment v. Union Oil Co., Case No. C-94-0712 TEH (N.D. Cal.). See 861 F. Supp. 889 (N.D. Cal. 1994), aff'd, 83 F.3d 1111 (9th Cir. 1996), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 1101 (1997); 996 F. Supp. 934 (N.D. Cal. 1997) (citizens suit under the Clean Water Act to limit refinery discharges of selenium into San Francisco Bay). Listed as one of the year's top 10 environmental cases, California Lawyer Magazine, December 1995.