Top best Employment Lawyers in Oakland near me

TONG LAW is a full service law firm providing litigation and transactional legal services to individuals and businesses.. No matter too large, no issue too small; at TONG LAW, our approach to problem solving is to harmonize exceptional client representation with practical legal solutions. We handle a multitude of civil matters, and represent both English and Mandarin Chinese speaking clients.. Our primary areas of focus are employment law, entrepreneurial and startup business law, immigration law, and trademark and copyright law.. Consistent with our commitment to running a green business, we are proud to operate as a technology-driven, paperless office. Our web hosting is 100% wind powered, we utilize webcam video conferencing, and we recycle and use environmentally friendly products.Conveniently located in the historic Tribune Tower in beautiful Downtown Oakland, California, TONG LAW is easily accessible by various modes of eco-friendly transportation such as BART, bus, or bike.

Tarik R. Habbas is an associate with Habbas and Associates. His practice focuses on all aspects of Employment Law. Tarik earned a B.A. in Political Science from Santa Clara University. In 2016, he received his Juris Doctor from Santa Clara University School of Law. During Law School, Tarik work for Gwilliam Ivary as a Law Clerk. He also worked for the Workers' Rights Clinic at the Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center.. After graduating law school, Tarik worked for Gwilliam Ivary as a Law Clerk and became an associate attorney at the firm in May 2017. He is currently working at Habbas & Associates, but continues to serve as co-counsel with Gwilliam Ivary in employment matters.

Stephen Sommers has been practicing in the area of labor and employment law for over ten years.  He focuses on representing employees who have been wronged in some way by their employers.  He has represented hundreds of clients, from top executives to employees who clean the floors.  Mr. Sommers also has successfully litigated several employment focused class action lawsuits.  Most recently, Mr. Sommers and his associates settled a class action law suit for employees of a single  IHOP franchise for $650,000.. Stephen Sommers currently represents employees in cases involving sexual harassment, disability discrimination, failure to properly pay employees, wrongful termination, family medical leave rights, pregnancy rights, retaliation, employment contracts and severance, and age discrimination.. Stephen Sommers also works with SEIU Local 1021 by being lead negotiator on the union's behalf for collective bargaining agreements with area municipalities.. Stephen Sommers has been twice selected by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star.  Not coincidentally, each of Stephen Sommers' associates eligible has also been selected by Super Lawyers as Rising Stars.  Every year of eligibility, Mr. Sommers has been selected as a Super Lawyer, which is a process that reviews a mix of case success and other factors.. Stephen Sommers has been actively engaged with the AIDS Legal Referal Panel for ten years.  He has been selected for the Hero Award each of the ten years and was Attorney of the Year in 2008.. Before attending law school, Stephen Sommers worked as a union organizer for seven years, mainly in the rural southeastern United States.  Stephen Sommers also was the Southwest Pennsylvania Director of Citizen Action, where he led campaigns to strengthen Pennsyvania's environmental laws.. Stephen Sommers was a Peace Corps volunteer in Chad, Africa.  He was a water santiation volunteer in the village of Mao, which sits atop a sand dune in the Sahara desert.

Spencer C. Young is an employment, civil rights and personal injury litigation attorney. The majority of his practice is dedicated to representing employees in employment disputes and individuals in select personal injury cases. He also counsels employers and businesses in employment, contract breach and commercial litigation matters.. Personal Background & Undergraduate Education. Spencer was born in Berkeley, California and raised in nearby Piedmont. He graduated with honors from Piedmont High School in June, 1994. He attended Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1994 to 1998. He worked for a small law firm in New Orleans in 1996. He also attended Cambridge University in Cambridge, England, and London School of Economics (LSE) in London, England in the spring of 1997. He worked for Edward, Fail, Bradshaw & Waterson in London while studying at LSE. Spencer graduated from Tulane with honors and a Bachelor of Arts from Newton College, including a double major in political science and philosophy, in May, 1998.. Early Work Experience and Professional Education. From July, 1998 to December, 1999, Spencer was a paralegal in the labor and employment department of Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, LLP in New York City. In 2000, he was a paralegal in the compliance department of ING Bank and a bartender at the Thirsty Scholar on 2nd Avenue in Manhattan.. Spencer moved back to the East Bay in December, 2000. He was a paralegal in the environmental section at Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, LLP (currently Sedgwick, LLP) in San Francisco from January, 2001 to August, 2001.. Spencer attended Golden Gate University School of Law from fall 2001 to spring 2004. He studied business at GGU’s Ageno School of Business from fall 2002 to spring 2004. While studying at GGU, Spencer worked for Aids Legal Referral Panel, GGU’s Environmental Law and Justice Clinic, Federal Magistrate Judge Maria Elena-James, and her husband, Commissioner Newton J. Lam.. Spencer graduated with a Juris Doctor and a Masters of Business Administration in May, 2004. He was the first person at GGU to graduate with a joint J.D./M.B.A. in only three years. He graduated with honors in both programs, and was awarded “Outstanding Student” by Judge James and GGU Honors Lawyering Program faculty and staff in 2004.. Associations and Licensed Attorney Work Experience. Spencer passed the California State Bar Exam in 2005. He immediately joined the San Francisco Trial Lawyers’ Association, the National Lawyers’ Guild, California Employment Lawyers’ Association, National Employment Lawyers’ Association, and was admitted to practice in Northern District Federal Court.. During Spencer’s employment with the Law Office of Mary Dryovage in 2005, Spencer represented federal employees in front of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Merit Systems Protection Board, and co-chaired a discrimination trial in front of Chief Justice Patel in Northern District Federal Court. In January, 2006, Spencer opened his private practice in Oakland, California, where he remains to this day.. Over the past decade, Spencer has represented hundreds of clients in California State Courts, Northern District Federal Court, the California Department of Labor Standards Enforcement, the California Fair Employment and Housing Commission, the California Public Employees Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. He is currently an active member of the California State Bar Association, California State Bar Labor & Employment Section, Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers’ Association, and California Employment Lawyers’ Association. He also attends local Trial Lawyers’ College events and is on the leadership of Success Link, an Oakland chapter of Business Networking International.. Spencer has ten years of experience litigating wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower claims, wage and hour disputes, premises liability, vehicle accidents, contract breach, and other labor, employment and commercial cases. His legal experience and law practice management skills date back to 1996. In 2011, Spencer was a speaker at the California Employment Lawyers’ Association panel for work and life balance.. In his spare time, Spencer enjoys traveling, cooking, fishing, camping, hunting and practicing martial arts. He completed a six year yoga, mediation and martial arts program with his teacher in Berkeley, California and Phu Reua, Thailand in November, 2010. Spencer applies the fundamental principles of warriorship – loyalty and selfless service – to his clients and their causes throughout California. He is widely considered a “polite bulldog” that achieves “spectacular” results. He has a long list of thrilled clients who have posted their reviews on Yelp and Avvo.

Something doesn’t seem just right, but you’re not a lawyer and the legalese and technicalities of bringing a lawsuit give you a headache. You’re not alone. My job is to make understandable in straightforward terms our complex legal system. This means keeping you informed of important developments and promptly responding to your inquiries. Although I've decades of experience in taking on large and well-financed opponents, I appreciate that this may be your first lawsuit. Your case is important to you and will be treated this way, with my full commitment and personalized attention.. My belief is that my effectiveness is increased through balancing specialized and general skills. On the one hand, my clients benefit from my experience in a variety of complex lawsuits, which allows me to import lessons from one type of case into another. On the other hand, I do not claim to represent all clients on all types of cases, even on all types of employee claims or business disputes. My experience and ongoing focus insofar as employee claims generally involve wage and hour claims representing an employer’s practice applied to several employees. I will only accept the representation of employees on wage and hour claims.. I believe that observing the mandatory laws that protect employees and that prohibit unfair business practices in business dealings is fundamental to the welfare of this country and to the quality of life of all who live and work here. I believe in full compliance no matter how large the company. I will only take a case where I am convinced of its merit and prepared to take it to trial if an appropriate settlement that is acceptable to you is not achieved.

Shauna Madison is a Managing Partner at Medina Orthwein LLP. Shauna has extensive experience in both civil and criminal litigation. She is passionate about pursuing meaningful cases on behalf of underrepresented and underserved communities. In her legal practice, Shauna has achieved noteworthy results through pretrial negotiations, mediations, preliminary hearings, and trials.. Prior to joining Medina Orthwein, Shauna was a criminal defense attorney at the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office, advocating on behalf of indigent clients. During her time at the public defender’s office, Shauna managed hundreds of felony and misdemeanor cases, through all stages of litigation including client interviews, arraignments, investigations, pre-trial negotiations, preliminary hearings, trials and sentencing hearings. In addition to trial advocacy, Shauna provided expert representation in extradition and interstate compact cases. Shauna also facilitated officewide trainings while assisting in the recruitment and retention of attorneys from marginalized communities.. Previously, Shauna was an Associate Attorney at Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP (CPM), in Burlingame where her areas of practice included elder abuse, personal injury, consumer class actions, false claims act, and pro bono immigration. While at CPM, Shauna was most proud of her pro bono representation of unaccompanied minors from Guatemala and El Salvador. These minors were detained by immigration officials at the U.S. - Mexico border, hoping to escape gang violence and join their parents. Shauna assisted them in obtaining U-Visas in partnership with CARECEN, a non-profit which provides legal services to Latino, immigrant, and under-resourced families in the San Francisco Bay Area.. Shauna received her J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law. While at USF Law, Shauna was invited to attend the 2011 White House Black LGBT Emerging Leaders Conference, where she received advanced policy briefing on upcoming LGBT legislation. She also provided feedback to White House administrators on social and legal issues affecting the LGBTQ community. Shauna was also a member of USF Law’s Public Interest Law Foundation Board, student advocate for USF’s Employment Law Clinic, and Finalist in the National Black Law Students Association’s Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition. While at USF Law, Shauna also received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award (highest grade) for her academic excellence in Constitutional Law.. Shauna has also interned at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Public Defender’s Office – Central District, and was a judicial extern to the Honorable Benjamin Gutman at the United States Merit Systems Protection Board.

Re conflict resolution: Cynthia has mediated more than 75 employment-related cases, settlingall of them in a one-day session. She also has resolved countless otherworkplace conflicts without the need for litigation and has been an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association.. Re workplace fact-finding: Cynthia has investigated hundreds of workplace matters as in-house counsel at Intel Corporation, as a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutclifee and as a third-party neutral with Remmers Global.  While at Intel, Cynthia managed teams of human resource investigators in the U.S. and Asia.. Re litigation advice:  Cynthia offers her diverse perspectives, analytical skill and deeplitigation experience to help in-house or outside trial counsel setrealistic outcome expectations and strategies.. Re workplace education:  As an adjunct to her conflict resolution, fact-finding and litigationadvice practice, Cynthia provides customized classes to employers andindividual employees. Typically Cynthia works closely with in-housecounsel, compliance and/or human resource professionals to deliverspecialized courses such as 1) investigation basics and advancedtechniques for internal investigators; 2) harassment prevention; and 3)corporate code of conduct compliance.

Randy enjoys playing guitar with his band, attending San Francisco Giants games, and spending time with his wife and their son.

Ms. Desoer serves as an Associate Attorney withScott Cole & Associates, APC.  She received her undergraduatedegree in Business Administration from the University of California atBerkeley’s Haas School of Business in 1981 and graduated with honorsfrom the Berkeley Law School (Boalt Hall) in 1985.  While in lawschool, Ms. Desoer served on the editorial board of the InternationalTax and Business Lawyers journal.  Ms. Desoer is admitted to the NinthCircuit Court of Appeals, and the Northern, Central, Eastern andSouthern United States District Courts of California. In addition to expertise in the areas of employment law and classactions, Ms. Desoer has extensive experience in general andentertainment litigation.  She is a member of the California StateBar’s Litigation and Employment and Labor Law sections.

Mr. Lofton received his B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin, and went on to obtain his J.D. from University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall). He has clerked for Chief Justice Veasey of the Delaware Supreme Court and co-authored “Computer Security Publications: Information Economics, Shifting Liability and the First Amendment” (Whittier Law Review, Vol. 24, No. 1).. Mr. Lofton’s practice is dedicated exclusively to representing individual plaintiffs against large corporations, unscrupulous employers, and anyone who seeks to defraud members of the public.

Mr. Fletcher B. Brown is by far the most dedicated workers' compensation attorney in the San Francisco Bay area (specifically Oakland). Mr Brown is a California native who attended California State University, Long Beach. At CSU Long Beach he majored in Political Science and graduated with honors. From CSU Long Beach, Attorney Brown was accepted into and graduated from Northwestern University School of Law in the City of Chicago, IL.. In June 2011, he was admitted to the State Bar of California and immediately became a legal representative for medical providers. In Spring 2012, he opened his own Law Firm - Fletcher Brown Law Firm.

Mr. Cole is known for taking on the big cases and getting big results. An experienced litigator and trial attorney, he brings three decades of experience to every case he prosecutes, not to mention his leadership of the firm’s highly experienced and talented team. As a well-known and respected leader in the fields of consumer, employment and environmental class action litigation, has achieved record results in both settlements and judgments in such cases, has penned numerous scholarly publications, and is the author of the book, Fallout (chronicling the 1994 toxic substance release by Unocal and the ensuing legal battle). He has been called upon repeatedly to serve as a guest speaker at seminars on issues surrounding class action procedure, negotiation theory and various substantive issues. Mr. Cole founded the predecessor firm to Cole & Van Note in 1992 and has devoted himself, his team, and the firm’s resources to championing consumer (fraud and privacy), employment and environmental disputes ever since

Matthew Roland Bainer serves as a SeniorAssociate for Scott Cole & Associates, APC. Mr. Bainer is anexperienced and successful advocate of employees' rights and hassuccessfully represented tens of thousands of employees, both inCalifornia and throughout the nation. Mr. Bainer, a well-respectedpractitioner in his field, has written for both legal periodicals andacademic law reviews and is the firm's first-contact attorney for newclient matters.. Mr. Baineris a graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law (wherehe served as Managing Editor of the Maritime Law Journal) and theUniversity of California at Berkeley (B.A., American Studies, Emphasison Urban Management). Mr. Bainer is a member of the California StateBar and the California State Bar's Labor and Employment Section. Mr.Bainer is admitted to practice before the Northern and Central DistrictCourts of California, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit andhas been admitted to practice (pro hac vice) in various federal courtsoutside of California.

Lemmon Employment Law & Conflict Resolution is a different kind of law firm. UCLA Law and Duke graduate Tracy C. Lemmon blends over 15 years of civil ligation and 20 years of employment litigation and mediation experience to craft the best resolutions possible for her employee and small business employer Clients.   Ms. Lemmon handles cases involving workplace harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination, severance and unfair employment practices. Ms. Lemmon champions the CA Fair Pay Act, and fights for equal pay for working women.  Her style is fierce advocacy fused with integrity and compassion. She provides strategic counsel based on a thorough, candid evaluation of the legal and non-legal issues intertwined in her Clients’ conflict, as well as the values placed thereon, for efficient and meaningful conflict resolution. Call or write today for a free phone consultation.

Laura Van Note is an experienced litigator with extensive background in class action litigation involving a variety of issues. Throughout her career she has gone head-to-head against the largest companies in the world, securing favorable decisions for her clients. In addition to her class action experience, she possesses a broad range of litigation experience handling matters related to labor and employment, product liability, premises liability, personal injury and civil rights matters. Her clients benefit from her extensive courtroom experience in courts across California, Missouri and Kansas, along with a varied background representing both plaintiffs and defendants.

Kime Smith is an experienced Bay Area litigator with over a decade of experience defending construction entities.  Mr. Smith’s legal experience includes the areas of construction defect, personal injury, and complex toxic torts.. Mr. Smith represents a diverse client base including general contractors, subcontractors, product manufacturers and construction material suppliers. Mr. Smith has extensive law and motion experience and deposition experience defending San Francisco and Los Angeles based entities.. At Syracuse University College of Law, Mr. Smith received Dean’s List honors and received a certificate from the Technology Management Program where he assessed university based inventions for intellectual property protection.  During the summer of 2002, Mr. Smith studied Chinese intellectual property law at the prestigious TsinghaiUniversity in Beijing, China.. Mr. Smith is an active member of the San Francisco Aquarium Society, the oldest organization of its type in America.

Julie’s practice focuses on employment litigation. She litigates a broad range of employment-related matters before the California State and Federal courts, as well as administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.. In addition, Julie has experience with Employment Practices Liability relating to coverage as it relates to corporations and individual exectives. She represents international and domestic insurers in all aspects of claims handling and coverage issues. She also advised insurers regarding liabilities faced by employers and underwriting considerations relevant to insuring those liabilities. Her experience included monitoring of complex claims and conducting exposure assessments of such claims nationwisde, the representation of insurers at mediaiton and through the negotiation of settlements and policy drafting.. During law school, Julie was an Articles Editor for the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, and served as an extern to the Presiding Judge of San Francisco Superior Court.

Jora Trang is an attorney specializing in employment/labor law and has worked for over 20 years to advance social justice issues affecting marginalized populations. From 1991 to 1996, she worked alongside students and organizers to assist and organize workers in Maquiladora factories, created the first Asian American women's feminist conference and UCSD’s first women of color in activism class, and worked in coalition with students and faculty to petition for a fully funded UCSD’s Women’s Center.. Both before and during her legal career, Jora has shared her passion for social justice through artistic endeavors. Her experiences include touring the country as the Artistic Director of a guerrilla theatre troupe, competing on the Berkeley and Oakland slam poetry circuit while in law school, and serving as a Board Member and performer with liquidFire.. During law school, Jora served as an Equal Justice Fund Fellow for Bay Area Legal Aid, and also clerked at the East Bay Community Law Center and the USF Street Law Program. Following law school, she worked for the law firm of Berg & Parker, LLP. From 2002 to 2005, she worked at Employment Lawyers Group with Robert Lazo, a plaintiff’s side employment and labor law firm. In 2005, Jora formed her own law firm, engaging in civil rights litigation and social justice oriented advocacy work in partnership with other law firms. While in private practice, Jora served as the Program Director for the East Bay VIP Mentors, Inc., assisting youth transitioning out of the California Youth Authority (CYA) and a pro bono staff attorney for the National Center for Youth Law (NCYL).. In 2010, Jora returned to the non-profit world by joining Equal Rights Advocates (ERA) as their Senior Staff Attorney where she was a part of the litigation team for Dukes v. Walmart and Mansourian v. UC Regents. She also served as the Campaign Leader for ERA’s Marginalized Women Worker Campaign.

John D. Winer is recognized statewide by his colleagues as an outstanding litigation and trial attorney. He has obtained record-setting verdicts and settlements over the last 34 years, often in cases in which his client's economic survival and ability to overcome serious trauma and the death of a loved one were at stake.. Mr. Winer is frequently asked to lecture to other attorneys in his areas of specialty and emphasis including wrongful death, serious personal injury, psychological injury, employment litigation, psychotherapist malpractice, healthcare provider sexual abuse, workplace sexual harassment, elder abuse, traumatic brain injury and catastrophic injury cases.

Jessica Riggin is a partner at Rukin Hyland & Riggin LLP, an employment law firm with offices in San Francisco and Oakland. Jessica litigates individual and class action cases on behalf of employees, including claims for violations of wage and hour and overtime laws, sexual harassment claims, whistleblower and retaliation claims, and discrimination and equal pay claims. Jessica also advises executives and professionals in pre-litigation matters (for example, non-competes agreements, severance agreements, and review of employment agreements).Jessica is a member of the Executive Committee of the Litigation Section of the California Lawyers Association and a member of the Membership Committee of the National Employment Lawyers Association. She has been the co-author of the Plaintiffs’ Litigation Chapter of the California Wage and Hour Law Treatise published by the Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) since 2014 and has been named a Rising Star since 2016 by Super Lawyers Magazine. She speaks and writes frequently on employment law issues. Prior to joining the firm, Jessica clerked for the Honorable David O. Carter of the Central District of California.  She is a graduate of Columbia Law School and Boston College.

Jacob Richards joined Keller Rohrback as an associate attorney in 2015. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edward M. Chen of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. From 2010 to 2012, he served as a law clerk for Administrative Law Judge Steven Berlin in the United States Department of Labor, where he focused on cases involving workers’ compensation, wage and hour laws, and employee whistleblower protections. Before attending law school, Mr. Richards worked for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society. He also served on the Transgender Law Center’s Board of Directors from 2011 to 2012. During law school, he interned with the East Bay Community Law Center’s Neighborhood Justice Clinic, where he represented homeless people charged with quality of life infractions. He also completed internships with the National Center for Lesbian Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union’s LGBT & AIDS Project.

If you or someone you love has a need to pursue justice, Siegal & Richardson is the litigation team you need. We are experienced attorneys who work tirelessly to understand you and your case and to ensure the just course of action will be pursued. Whatever the unfortunate circumstances are surrounding your desire for an attorney, you need someone who will fight for you and your community. Siegal & Richardson bring that fight to the big corporations, insurance companies, and governments because everyone, even those who may not have the resources to take on litigation, deserves justice.. For over 30 years we have been taking on cases in California dealing with serious personal injury, employment litigation, and business litigation. We have taken on cases involving auto and motorcycle accidents, civil rights, wrongful death, medical malpractice, racial discrimination in the workplace, age discrimination in the workplace, legal malpractice, consumer protection, and other areas that need to be litigated aggressively. We have had countless successful cases that have had significant financial outcomes for our clients.. Common among all our cases is our abiding dedication to public service. Joel Siegal and Richard Richardson have both grown up in families with a tradition of pursuing justice for those who might otherwise not have a voice. We continue the tradition of fighting for under served communities of people to ensure that all victims who have suffered can pursue justice.. Our ability to address your personal injury, employment, or business needs begins with you. Navigating the complexities of California’s Laws on your own is time consuming, grueling, and will likely not result in the outcome you desire. You need a team that is compassionate, experienced, and aggressive in the courtroom. It is essential that you don’t wait. The sooner you contact us for your free consultation, the sooner we can hear your story and begin our pursuit of justice.

I have more than 30 years of experience representing federal employees from many different federal agencies.  I represent federal employees before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB).   My practice involves litigating all kinds of discrimination--disability, race, national origin, gender, religion and retaliation.

I have been representing employees in their workplace disputes for more than thirty years. Although I have represented hundreds of workers, I still find it immensely satisfying to help individuals understand their rights in the workplace and to seek justice for those who have been treated illegally by their employers. Whether I am litigating a case on behalf of a janitor who has been sexually assaulted at work, negotiating a settlement for an employee who has been subjected to discrimination, or assisting an executive in negotiating a new employment agreement, I bring a wealth of experience, a practical approach and a sense of deep compassion for my clients to all of my work.

I have a passion for helping people obtain justice.  I like fighting for civil rights, and I particularly like taking on the goliath in our justice system.  If you are looking for someone with compassion who will fight for your civil rights, then you should give my office a call.