Suren N. Weerasuriya

Mr. Suren N. Weerasuriya was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and raised in Orange County, California. He graduated from University High School in Irvine, California, and attended Virginia Tech where he was on the Dean’s List for several semesters and graduated with his B.A. in 2007.

Mr. Weerasuriya received his Juris Doctorate from Southwestern Law School in May of 2011, earning the CALI Excellence for Future Award in Employment Law.

After law school, Mr. Weerasuriya worked at a Consumer Rights firm in Los Angeles where he represented employees and consumers in hundreds of individual and class action cases in state and federal court. At that firm, Mr. Weerasuriya successfully tried and arbitrated consumer rights cases and settled hundreds of individual and class action claims involving employment discrimination, wage and hour violations, and consumer fraud. He represented consumers who have been victims of debt collection harassment, inaccurate credit reporting identity theft, illegal call records, false advertising, and invasive telemarketing practices.  

From there, Mr. Weerasuriya rounded out his experience by representing business entities in employment, commercial real property, contracts, and trade secret disputes at multiple business law firms.

In December 2020, Mr. Weerasuriya joined Ms. Gonzalez at D. Gonzalez Law, APC, as a partner. Mr. Weerasuriya now heads the Department of Employment Law, focusing on Wage and Hour Violations.

Mr. Weerasuriya brings an aggressive but practical approach to litigation focused on protecting clients while always pushing for the end goal. Mr. Weerasuriya prides himself on strong written and oral advocacy, and on ensuring his clients’ voices are heard.