Sylvia Torres-Guillén

Sylvia is a fearless and tenacious trial lawyer, deeply rooted in civil rights and social, racial, environmental, and economic justice. For decades, Sylvia has fought for the most oppressed and underserved, litigating against the toughest odds and winning.

Harvard University and UC Berkeley Law educated and a reputation as a force for justice, Sylvia has achieved exceptional results in federal, state, criminal, and civil cases and over forty federal trials. The scope of Sylvia’s current work at Parris Law Firm includes class actions, mass government torts, qui tam (whistleblowers), environment, employment, and personal injury.

In 2018, Sylvia received the California Lawyer Attorney of the year (“CLAY”) award by the California Daily Journal. She also received the Latina Lawyers Bar Association Luminarias Award in 2017. In 2015, Sylvia was named the State Bar of California’s Ronald M. George Public Lawyer of the Year.

She earned the first college degree in her family, graduating from Harvard University with an A.B. in Government. After Harvard, she worked at the Center for Law in the Public Interest in Los Angeles. In 1992, she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. While in law school, she worked at the Berkeley Community Law Center, the Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office, and Morrison & Foerster, LLP.