Alreen Haeggquist

Arleen Haeggquist is a partner at Haeggquist & Eck, LLP in 2008 and serves as the firm’s managing partner. She has more than 17 years of experience recovering millions of dollars for her clients in cases that involved wrongful termination, sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wage theft. She has represented plaintiffs in high-profile lawsuits that challenged defendants such as Donald Trump and Trump University, The Salk Institute, Trader Joe’s, Kaiser Permanente, the Grand Del Mar, and Sharp Healthcare. Arleen is committed to equality, respect, and giving a voice to everyone without regard for their race, religion, gender, gender identity, or disability status. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Alreen Haeggquist included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Best Lawyers in America, 2020 - 2026 “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers®, 2024 The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 San Diego Super Lawyer, 2016 - 2025 Top 25 Women Super Lawyers, 2020 - 2025 Top 50 San Diego Super Lawyers, 2020 - 2025 Number 1 Settlements in Orange County for Gender Discrimination, 2023 Number 1 Settlements in California’s Counties for Sexual Harassment & Gender Discrimination, 2023 Top 50 Labor & Employment Settlements in California, 2023 Top 100 Labor & Employment Settlements in California, 2023 Woman Of Influence In Law, San Diego Business Journal Best Of The Bar, San Diego Business Journal Consumer Attorneys of San Diego President’s Award winner, 2017 40 Under 40, SD Metro Magazine, 2016 National Association of Women Business Owners’ Women’s Advocate of the Year nominee, 2016 Top Labor/Employment Attorney, San Diego Daily Transcript California Innocence Project’s Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Women Who Change The Game’s “Mover & Shaker” Award recipient Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent Rated Other Sources of Feedback About Alreen Haeggquist Included on the 2026San Diego Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 San Diego Super Lawyers list 2024 San Diego Super Lawyers list 2023 San Diego Super Lawyers list 2022 San Diego Super Lawyers list 2021 San Diego Super Lawyers list 2020 San Diego Super Lawyers list 2019 San Diego Super Lawyers list 2018 San Diego Super Lawyers list 2017 San Diego Super Lawyers list 2016 San Diego Super Lawyers list

• Managing Partner

• Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, LLP, San Diego, CA (formerly Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach), Attorney, 2002 - 2007
• Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, LLP, San Diego, CA (formerly Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach), Legal Intern/Law Clerk, 2002
• Appellate Defenders, Inc., San Diego, CA, Law Clerk, 2001
• Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA, Legal Intern, 2001
• Office of the United States Attorney, San Diego, CA, Law Clerk, 2000

• Troyk v. Farmers Group, Inc.
• Citation: 171 Cal. App. 4th 1305
• Year: 2009
• McKell v. Washington Mutual
• Citation: 142 Cal. App. 4th 1457
• Year: 2006
• Dehoyos v. Allstate Corp.
• Citation: 345 F.3d 290
• Court: 5th Cir.
• Year: 2003
• Lorix v. Crompton Corp.
• Citation: 736 N.W.2d 619
• Court: Minn.
• Year: 2007

• Think Dignity, Founding Board Member and Advisory Board Member
• San Diego County Bar Foundation, President

• California
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California

• San Diego County Bar Association (Member)
• State Bar of California, Litigation Section (Member)
• Consumer Attorneys of San Diego (Member)
• Lawyers Club of San Diego (Member)
• California Employment Lawyers Association
• National Employment Lawyers Association
• Consumer Attorneys of California (Member)