Laura

Chiyono

Rosenthal

Laura Chiyono Rosenthal is a certified specialist in workers' compensation law and a shareholder in Meechan, Rosenthal & Karpilow, PC. She's practiced law for almost a decade. Prior to practicing law, she worked for almost 30 years in the legal field as a paralegal, a law librarian, and a paralegal instructor.

Ms. Rosenthal's greatest influence was her mother, a teacher and a brilliant woman who empowered her to champion working people. Her grandparents were Japanese plantation workers in Hawaii, from whom she inherited a strong work ethic and dedication to family. Part of her practice is dedicated to representing and empowering women who endured sexual assault and harassment at work. Another cornerstone of her practice is representing first responders: police officers, firefighters, and health care workers. Ms. Rosenthal is an adjunct professor of law at Empire School of Law. She also serves as an arbitrator for SCBA's Fee Arbitration Panel and is a hearing officer for the City of Cotati, City of Sonoma, and the Town of Windsor.

When she is not practicing law, teaching, or volunteering, Ms. Rosenthal enjoys reading, yoga, cooking, hiking, spending time with her family, friends, her beloved French bulldog Koa Blue, and an unreasonably large shoe collection.