Sion & Associates
Attorneys at Law
Advocators, Litigators, Educators
Concentrating on Workers' Compensation Defense
About Us
Los Angeles | San Mateo
We are a community of professionals who enjoy our work, our clients, and our associations with each other.
Founded in 1998, our office concentrates on defending California employers in workers' compensation and related labor law matters. Located in Century City, California, we provide legal services to major corporations and other clients headquartered throughout the United States.
We are proud of having distinguished our firm by working with our clients to assist in implementing safety prevention measures, investigating industrial injury and discrimination claims, reviewing medical protocol, and reviewing Return to Work policies. We emphasize an integrated approach to resolving industrial injury claims by requesting that employers and insurance carriers actively participate in the defense of claims, in an effort to reduce overall costs.
Our practice provides detailed and thorough representation regarding all aspects of industrial injury claims, from investigation to Trial. Our representation covers claims of orthopedic and psychiatric injuries, chemical and toxic exposure, discrimination actions under Labor Code Section 132a, as well as allegations of Serious and Willful violations. A staple of our practice is to apply civil litigation skills in the workers' compensation arena. Thus our Attorneys are trained to have a comprehensive understanding of California labor, litigation and other laws and regulations applicable to our business. We are solely dedicated to representing the employer side of workers' compensation matters. We actively track legislation pending before the California State Assembly and before the federal government. We issue periodic legislative updates to our clients, and our Attorneys are available to present seminars on workers' compensation and legislative issues.
Team
Mr. Sion is a native of Providence, R.I., and is a past member of the Rhode Island State and District of Columbia Bar Associations. Mr. Sion joined the California Bar in 1991, and has practiced law in California since that time.
Mr. Sion studied at Providence College, the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and New England School of Law. In Rhode Island, he worked in both civil litigation and workers’ compensation.
Prior to founding his own business in 1998, Mr. Sion was an Associate respectively at the law firms of Gilbert, Kelly, Crawley & Jennett, and Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson.
In addition to his practice, Mr. Sion actively pursues legislative advocacy on behalf of employers, and was thrice elected to annual terms as Chair of the Legislative Affairs Committee on the Board of Directors of the Professionals In Human Resources Association (PIHRA).
Justin Lovelace
Associate Attorney
Justin Lovelace joined Sion & Associates in January 2015. Mr. Lovelace received his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, California. He has a B.A. in Communications and a Minor in Political Science from the University of Dayton in Ohio, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors. Prior to working at Sion & Associates, Mr. Lovelace worked at a civil litigation law firm as an extern, at a large class-action law firm, and as a Judicial Law Clerk for Judge Romana G. See at the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Rhiannon Hunsberger
Associate Attorney
Rhiannon Hunsberger joined Sion & Associates in May 2018. Mrs. Hunsberger received her Juris Doctor from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, CA, where she was part of the accelerated SCALE program. She attended Washington State University and obtained a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Humanities. Prior to joining Sion & Associates, Mrs. Hunsberger served in the Washington State National Guard. She is currently a Sergeant Promotable in the California Army National Guard.
Stacy Bandhold
Associate Attorney
Stacy Bandhold graduated from Southwestern Law School’s two-year accelerated program in May 2017 and was admitted to the State Bar of California in December 2017. She has a strong litigation background and extensive experience in court appearances, depositions, settlement negotiations and trials.
Daniel Davis, J.D.
Hearing Representative
Daniel D. Davis joined Sion & Associates in October 2017. Daniel received his Juris Doctor Degree from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, CA where he also served as President of the Law Student Association. He graduated with Honors from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia where he received a B.A. in Political Science. Prior to joining Sion & Associates, Mr. Davis worked at an employment litigation firm where he assisted in all aspects of employment litigation cases from discovery to trial. Mr. Davis now enjoys devoting his time and efforts to the representation of employers in defending their claims in the field of workers’ compensation.
Phil Billow
J.D.
Phil Billow received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison, Wisconsin with a distinction in Appellate Advocacy. He received his B.A. in Political Science from The Ohio State University. Prior to practicing employment defense at Sion & Associates, Mr. Billow worked for the City Attorney’s Office of San Francisco in their general litigation practice. Throughout law school, he gained practical litigation experience as a student attorney in consumer protection cases, winning cases for victims of harassment at the state and appellate level.
Natasha L. Carroll - Ferrary
Of Counsel
Natasha L. Carroll-Ferrary began working as an attorney with Sion & Associates in 2010. She is involved in all aspects of the firm's cases, including those involving post-termination, MPN enforcement, and serious and willful petitions. She has an impressive record of having won each of her cases that went to trial. Prior to her work with the firm, she clerked in Federal court in the Southern District of West Virginia. Natasha earned a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley and graduated cum laude from New York Law School.
Administrative Team
Greg Sion
Manager of Operations
Brad Follmer
Office Administrator
Deanna Sue White
Accounting Department
Kristen Ponce
Legal Assistant
If you are interested in joining our team, please send a cover letter and resume to info@sionlaw.com
Firm Employer Guides & Presentations
An Employer's Guide to Return to Work Issues in California
Reform of the Reform Legislation: A Discussion of Senate Bill 863
Effective Workers' Compensation Claims Management: Minimizing Costs
The Spinal Surgery Guide
A New Day in California Workers' Compensation Laws
*Copies of Firm Employer Guides & Presentations can be sent on demand.
Contact
Our Addresses
1880 Century Park East, Suite 617
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 858-7500
1900 S. Norfolk Street, Suite 350
San Mateo, CA 94403
(650) 249-9069
