About

Laboni Hoq is an experienced civil rights lawyer who founded Hoq Law in 2020. Her practice draws from her over twenty-year career successfully litigating high-profile cases on behalf of workers, immigrants and those seeking government accountability. Her work has tackled some of the most pressing social justice issues of the day, and has garnered both significant media attention as well as awards and distinctions.

Ms. Hoq has litigated cases against both private entities and public institutions, asserting claims of employment discrimination, wage and hour, and civil rights violations. She is experienced in class actions, and has been appointed class counsel in numerous cases.

Prior to starting her own firm, Ms. Hoq was the Litigation Director at Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles for eight years, where she directed the organization’s impact litigation unit. Prior to that, Ms. Hoq was a litigator at two prominent Los Angeles civil rights law firms – Traber & Voorhees and Schonbrun, DeSimone, Seplow, Harris, Hoffman & Harrison. Prior to practicing civil rights law, Ms. Hoq practiced business litigation in the Los Angeles office of Sidley Austin LLP.

Ms. Hoq received her law degree from Columbia Law School. Ms. Hoq is also a graduate of the U.C. Berkeley where she graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Economy and Cambridge University where she received a Master of Philosophy degree in Development Studies.