BORNN & SURLS mediates, arbitrates, and litigates employment matters on behalf of workers, conducts workplace investigations, anti-harassment training, and counseling for employers, and provides expert testimony for both plaintiffs and defendants.

The firm has been recognized as one of the top four employee-side law firms in California by Chambers USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers 2003-2004. The firm was recently selected by its peers to be included in the 2006-2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Both named partners, Nancy Bornn and Curt Surls, are also named in Los Angeles Magazine's "2007 Southern California Super Lawyers." The firm is AV rated by Martindale & Hubbell.

Nancy Bornn is the author of "Representing California Sexual Harassment Plaintiffs," (James Publishing, Inc. 2004), now available for purchase on this website. She is a Fellow of the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers (2003-present), Past Chair (1997-1998) and current Advisory Board member of the California Employment Lawyers Association, Executive Board member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (2002-present), and Past Chair (2005-2006) of the Labor & Employment Law Section the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Curt Surls is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He serves on the Executive and Symposium Committees of the Labor & Employment Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He is also a Vice President on the Board of Directors of the Disability Rights Legal Center in Los Angeles. He is also a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association, the California Employment Lawyers Association (member of the CELA Legislative Committee) and the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.