Mona Z. Hanna
Mona Hanna is Managing Partner of M&R’s Orange County office and the firm’s National Complex & Class Action Trial Chair. A premiere trial lawyer who has been named one of the best in Southern California, Mona takes a unique approach to her caseload. Her focus, from the beginning of any given dispute to its conclusion, is always on the goals of her client, whether that be an early resolution at the pleading stage, a jury verdict, or an outcome somewhere in between. Indeed, Mona has been able to achieve a high percentage of successful case resolutions for those she represents by clearly defining their objectives and staying “on-goal.”
What sets Mona apart from so many of her peers is her capacity to deliver innovative solutions in cases of first impression and in matters in which her clients face the potential for catastrophic exposure. This is oftentimes the circumstance in the insurance and consumer class action, labor, employment, and commercial lawsuits she handles. That Mona has become an authority in the insurance, advertising and digital media, and financial services industries over her long professional career also differentiates her.
Whether defending against claims of unfair competition, unfair business practices, misappropriation of trade secrets, professional negligence, wrongful termination, harassment and discrimination, wage and hour violations, or any of the other matters that have crossed her desk, Mona’s results are noteworthy. She has secured countless favorable outcomes in state and federal courts and courts of appeal, many of which have been memorialized in landmark published decisions. Another of her strengths is the use of alternative dispute resolution – mediation and arbitration – to avoid costly litigation.
Beyond her role as Office Managing Partner and head of M&R’s Litigation Department, Mona is former Chair of the firm’s Class Action Group, founder of the Women Attorneys of M&R, and a member of the Executive, Recruiting, and Diversity, Multiculturalism, and Inclusion Committees.
Mona is active in Working Wardrobes, an organization helping thousands of individuals overcome obstacles to assimilate back into the workforce. In 2014, she was elected to the Orange County Bar Association’s Board of Directors.
- 2015-2017 Best Lawyers in America USA Guide - Commercial Litigation, Insurance
- Super Lawyers 2006-2016
- Super Lawyers Top Women Attorneys in Southern California
- Super Lawyers Top 50 Attorneys in Orange County
- Trial Lawyer Honorary Society, Member
- Litigation Counsel of America, Member
- Lead Counsel on Daily Journal's 2014 Top Defense Verdict
- Daily Journal's 2015 Top Women Lawyers in California
- 2017 Best Lawyers Insurance Litigation “Lawyer of the Year” for Orange County
- Top Verdicts, Daily Journal (2014)
- Five-Year Membership Award, National Association of Woman Business Owners
- Nominated thrice for the "Top Women in Business" award, Orange County Business Journal
- Inducted into the Trial Lawyer Honorary Society and the Litigation Counsel of America
- Southern California Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine (2006-2022)
- America USA Guide, Best Lawyers (2015-2022)
- Insurance Litigation "Lawyer of the Year" for Orange County, Best Lawyers (2017 and 2021)
- Woman to Watch, Business Insurance (2018)
- Identified by the Esteemed Directory, M&R’s Commercial Litigation practice was "Recommended" by The Legal 500 in 2019
- Orange County Lawyer of the Year (Litigation and Insurance), Best Lawyers (2021)
- Top 50 Women Lawyers In Southern California, Super Lawyers Magazine (2021)
- Top Woman Lawyer, Daily Journal (2021)
- Women in Law, Orange County Business Journal (2022)
Irvine, California 92614
