Renée Valentine Masongsong
Litigation Attorney
Education
J.D., Pepperdine University, 2011 (magna cum laude)
B.A., English Writing and Psychology, University of Tennessee, 2007 (magna cum laude)
Admissions
United States District Court, Central District of California
United States District Court, Northern District of California
United States District Court, Eastern District of California
State of California
Clerkships
Hon. Karon O. Bowdre, U.S. District Court, Northern Dist. Alabama (Summer 2008)
Hon. Alex Kozinski, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (Aug. 2009-Dec. 2009)
Overview
Ms. Masongsong joined The Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo in 2013. She received her law degree, magna cum laude, from Pepperdine University in 2011, where she was a member of the Pepperdine Law Review, the Pepperdine Honor Board, and the Order of the Coif. Ms. Masongsong also served as an officer of Phi Delta Phi International legal honor society and as a criminal law teaching fellow. While in law school, she was a judicial extern to the Honorable Alex Kozinski in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Masongsong also participated in Pepperdine’s moot court competition at the Royal Courts of Justice while studying law in London, England.
As an associate at The Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo, Ms. Masongsong has contributed to multiple seven-figure settlements and a multi-million dollar jury verdict in civil rights police excessive force cases. Some notable cases Ms. Masongsong has contributed to include:
$4.5 million jury verdict in L.D., et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al. (police use of force) (January 2020)
$4.65 million settlement in Franco v. City of West Covina (police shooting) (February 2020)
$8.5 million settlement in Vivas v. County of Riverside (police shooting) (August 2019);
$4.6 million settlement in C.M. v. County of Los Angeles (police shooting), (August 2018)
$2.75 million settlement in Briones v. City of Ontario (excessive force/asphyxiation), (June 2018);
$1.45 million settlement following jury verdict on liability in Hernandez v. City of Los Angeles (excessive force/restraint asphyxiation, no offer) (February 2018);
$2 million settlement in Powell v. City of Barstow (police shooting), (May 2017);
$1.9 million settlement in L.R. v. County of Riverside (police shooting), (May 2017);
$2.8 million settlement in Martinez v. County of Los Angeles (police shooting), (April 2016).