Amanda Luna is a talented attorney with more than 20 years of experience in prosecution, labor and employment law, white-collar fraud, workers’ compensation, and tax compliance.
- Advised and navigated major contract dissolutions for international best-selling and multi-million-dollar authors from top national agencies, resulting in an immediate gain of $60,000 with a projected future gain of over $250,000 for a single client.
- Negotiated foreign rights, netting over $100,000 for a client.
- Advised authors regarding financial investments in understandable terms, resulting in target-based goals of approximately $300,000.
- Translated complex contract issues into simple language to advise clients strategically, resulting in negotiations of favorable terms to secure 15-50% more income.
- Found multiple missed tax deduction opportunities and future tax savings which will reduce taxable amounts by over $150,000.
- Investigated and prosecuted cleaning business owner who used shell companies to defraud insurance companies of over $100,000 in premiums, evaded over $300,000 of state taxes, and violated numerous labor laws.
- Identified and prosecuted drywall business for $2.4 million in tax evasion and insurance fraud.
- Drafted and filed motions, orders, and briefs detailing complicated workers’ compensation insurance theories, fraud schemes, and restitution issues.
- Managed trial preparation for medical fraud case involving 18 suspect businesses and healthcare insurance fraud of over $3 million.
- Reviewed and analyzed construction and labor agreement for $4 billion to prosecute subcontractors involved in fraud, workers’ compensation misrepresentation, safety violations, and labor kickbacks.
Admissions
- California
Education
- J.D., UCLA School of Law, 2003
- B.B.A., summa cum laude, Business Administration, Mississippi University for Women, 1998