Meet The Team
Orange County Office
Managing Attorney
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Law School: Western State University College of Law
California Bar: 2013
Jesse Salazar is an attorney who specializes in the defense of workers' compensation claims. Gilson Daub allows Mr. Salazar to use unparalleled technology and transparency to aggressively represent third party administrators, insurance companies, self-insured entities, and employers in all aspects of workers' compensation defense. Mr. Salazar also enjoys traveling, cooking, spending time with his family, playing sports, and taking his dog for walks.
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Law School: Chapman University School of Law
California Bar: 2013
Ms. Sahli has devoted her legal career to workers’ compensation defense. She looks forward to being part of the future of legal and improving the workers’ compensation system in California. In her free time Ms. Sahli enjoys spending time with her family, listening to country music, and dancing like no one is watching.
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Law School: Boston University School of Law
California Bar: 2014
Edward Tsui is an aggressive litigator who has won multiple “take nothings” at trial. He values strong communication with clients and the expeditious resolution of cases. During law school, he competed in moot court and negotiation competitions. Before he was a lawyer, Ed was also a professional musician and a published fashion photographer. Now, he enjoys watching baseball, going to concerts, and romantic dinners with his beautiful wife.
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Law School: Western State University College of Law
California Bar: 2008
Ruel has experience defending private insurance carriers, self-insured employers as well as legally uninsured government agencies within the Workers’ Compensation arena. He is committed to the effective and efficient defense of claims from inception, through discovery, to a cost-conscious settlement or a productive Trial in defense of his client’s interests. In his fee time, he enjoys spending time with family, traveling and most recently, trying to master Go.
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Law School: Western State University College of Law
California Bar: 2021
Thea Jaucian is an Associate at the Gilson Daub Orange County office. Ms. Jaucian earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism & Mass Media Studies from San Diego State University in 2017. She received her Juris Doctor from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 2020. While in law school, Thea was a team oralist for the school's Moot Court Honor Society and also served as President of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association.
Thea works hard to give her poodle son Teddy a better life.
