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employees experiencing discrimination, harassment, retaliation and
wrongful termination.

Ms. Grossman's mission as a criminal defenseattorney is to ensure that the court and the prosecution perceive eachclient as the individual that they are — a person with a full life andbackground that separates them from the criminal charges that bringthem before the court.  Ms. Grossman works closely with her clients, aspartners in their own defense, and strives to keep them fully informedas the case proceeds.  Ms. Grossman represents her clients throughoutCalifornia in felony, midemeanor, juvenile, traffic and professionaldiscipline cases.. Ms.Grossman was admitted to the California State Bar in 1982 and is amember of the Bar of the Federal Court, Ninth Circuit. She has earnedan AV rating from Martindale-Hubbel. According to Martindale-Hubbel,the AV rating "indicates very high to preeminent legal ability and veryhigh ethical standards as established by confidential opinions frommembers of the Bar."

Linda S. Durston, Ph.D., J.D.,  practices estate, special needs and incapacity planning, probate and trust administration, conservatorship and guardianship law, and other aspects of  Elder Law.  She has a strong background in public benefits administration.. Ms. Durston is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, the Berkeley-Albany Bar Association, and East Bay Trusts & Estates Lawyers. She chaired the Elder Law, Conservatorship and Guardianship Committee Alameda County Bar Association and of East Bay Trusts & Estates Lawyers (2008-2010). She is a member of the California State Bar Trusts and Estates Executive Committee where she is active on the Incapacity, the Estate Planning, the Educating Consumers, and the Trust and Estate Quarterly subcommittees.. Ms. Durston is a contributing author to two of the University of California’s Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) practice treatises for lawyers: She coauthors Chapter 14 (“Duties of Conservators of the Estate”) and Chapter 22 (“Limited Conservatorships”) of CEB’sCalifornia Conservatorship Practiceand authors Chapter 5 (“Estate Planning”) of CEB’sSpecial Needs Trusts Planning: Drafting and Administration. She authored Chapter 12 (“Seeking or Opposing Removal of Trustee”) of Matthew Bender’s attorney practice guideCalifornia Trust coauthored a chapter on special needs trusts for the AIDS Legal Referral Panel’sAIDS Law Manual(2004 Fourth Edition). She is principal author with Linda G. Mills of “The Rhetoric, Politics, and Therapeutics of Opening Statements in Social Security Disability Hearings,”Yale Journal on Law and Feminism8, 1:119-144, 1996.. Ms. Durston is a frequent speaker to professional and community organizations on estate and special needs planning and administration. She recently appeared as a guest to discuss Social Security issues on Chuck Finney’s National Public Radio broadcast “Your Legal Rights” (station KALW).. Ms. Durston is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where she received undergraduate and graduate (A.B., M.A., ., and Ph.D.) degrees in Rhetoric. She received her J.D. from New College of California School of Law of San Francisco in 1999. She was admitted to practice law in the State of California and in United States Federal Court in the Northern District of California also in 1999. Before Ms. Durston entered the legal profession, she lectured in Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, and in English at the University of California, Davis, and San Jose State University.. She is the proud mother of one, loves to read, cook, knit and hike, and has a soft spot for Beethoven, Bach and Boxer dogs.

Kevin Urbatsch is a principal of the special needs and settlement planning law firm, The Urbatsch Law Firm P.C. located in Berkeley, California. Kevin also serves as National Director of the Academy of Special Needs Planners (ASNP), a national organization of special needs and settlement planning professionals. Kevin also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the NAELA Journal. Kevin is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization. Kevin is also a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).. Kevin hosts the Special Needs Planning Symposium an annual conference for planning professionals in wine country in Northern California. See .. In 2013, Parenting Magazine named Kevin as one of the nation’s Top Child Advocates for his work in fighting for the rights of children with special needs. In May 2011, Kevin was presented the NAELA’s Presidential Recognition Award for his work in special needs planning. In each year from 2010 to 2021, Kevin was named a Northern California Superlawyer. In 2009, Kevin was named KRON-TV’s Best of the Bay estate-planning attorney for Northern California.. Kevin is a frequent lecturer to professionals and consumers on special needs and estate planning. He also is the author (or co-author) of the following books and treatises and you can review his author’s page on

Julia Mezhinsky Jayne is a founding partner of Jayne Law Group, P.C. (formerly, Campbell & Jayne LLP).Ms. Jayne is an experienced and accomplished trial lawyer who concentrates her practice on both white collar and general criminal defense in felony and misdemeanor cases. She represents a broad array of individuals and small companies in state and federal court, at the investigative, pre-trial, and trial stages. Her successes range from outright case dismissals to extremely favorable plea agreements. Ms. Jayne also has extensive jury trial experience in both state and federal court. Ms. Jayne is committed to making sure each client is satisfied with the result of his/her case. She has handled several newsworthy and high-profile cases.Her white collar criminal defense matters include prosecutions involving mail and wire fraud violations, securities fraud (insider trading), bank fraud, environmental crimes, money laundering, alien harboring, money smuggling, antitrust, immigration crimes, false statements, identity theft, criminal contempt, tax evasion, and prosecutions with significant asset forfeiture implications.Ms. Jayne’s experience in general criminal defense runs the gamut — from violent felonies and vehicular manslaughter to drug possession and sales, sexual assault, firearms offenses, juvenile offenses, theft and fraud cases, robbery, burglary, and driving under the influence.Before founding her own firms, Ms. Jayne served as a Deputy District Attorney in Contra Costa County. There, she tried a variety of misdemeanor, felony, and juvenile cases. In her role as a prosecutor, she filed criminal charges, negotiated thousands of cases, and independently tried over 30 jury trials. After leaving the District Attorney’s Office, Ms. Jayne worked as a civil litigator at Larson • King in San Francisco. Thereafter, Ms. Jayne worked as a white collar criminal defense attorney and civil litigator at Sideman & Bancroft LLP, where she was involved in the representation of several high-profile white collar criminal defense clients.Ms. Jayne also served as a legal intern to the Organized Crime Strike Force for the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorneys’ Office in San Francisco.  She is also an adjunct professor at U.C. Hastings College of the Law since 2003.

Jeffrey Wolfert grew up outside New York City before receiving his undergraduate degree from The University of Vermont. He was exposed to law at a very early age since both of his parents were lawyers. His father worked in Real Estate Law and mother worked for Legal Aide representing underprivileged individuals in the New York City area. It was the stories of those being taken advantage of by insurance companies, employers, landlords, and medical providers that interested him in representing individuals. His first experience was in trademark and patent litigation. It was clear early on that he was not interested in representing large companies. He then assisted with representation of individuals with all aspects of Immigration Law. After passing the California State Bar, he began to work in Workers’ Compensation Law. His first opportunity to work in this area of law came from a large law firm representing the insurance companies. Here he gained vast incite on how the insurance companies process Workers’ Compensation claims and how many of them strategize against injured workers to limit their benefits. He left to use this experience with representing injured workers’ in their claims against insurance companies.. Jeffrey has handled hundreds if not thousands of cases on both sides of the Workers’ Compensation issues. He has gone to trial on many of the cases but also knows when cases should be settled. He prides himself on building good relationships with his clients to ensure that they are heard throughout their litigation process, which can often be stressful to his clients.. He received his law degree from Golden Gate University in 2001, and has a B.S. in Political Science from The University of Vermont in Burlington Vermont. He has been with Law Offices of Barry P Gorelick since 2009. Before joining the firm, Jeffrey was employed by Laughlin Falbo, Levy and Moresi, Van Der Hout & Bragagliano and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

I have 25 years experience in workers compensation. I am a published author and have written in various bar publications and presented at numerous seminars. I also do Social Security Disability appeals. I try to relate to my clients and their needs in a positive way and work out disputes with insurance carriers that are reasonable and fair. My goal is to achieve good results for my clients and minimalize the stress of litigiation as much as possible.

Bay Area Sexual Harassment Lawyer: I practice civil rights law in California with a focus on sexual harassment, sexual orientation harassment and personal injury cases involving sexual battery.