Top Civil Lawyers in OAKLAND | 53 available

Firm: McInerney and Dillon, Professional Corporation

1999 Harrison Street 1700  9461 , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Civil ,Collections,Construction ,Corporate

Firm: Winer, McKenna & Burritt, LLP

1999 Harrison Street , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Civil , Corporate , Personal Injury, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Harassment

Since she began practicing law in 1998, Alexis McKenna has been dedicated to social justice and protecting the rights of individuals. She has represented numerous workers and consumers against corporations and insurance companies in the fields of employment law (harassment and discrimination), therapy and medical malpractice, personal injury, and wrongful death.Ms. McKenna feels strongly about enabling and empowering individuals who have been abused by or otherwise injured through the misconduct of corporations, or the negligence of health care professionals. She brings to these cases her own unique drive to serve the best interests of her clients and to achieve justice.Ms. McKenna became an associate at the Law Offices of John D. Winer in August of 2002. She has brought her talents to bear on cases that bring about both good results for her clients and succeeded in fostering social justice and civil rights. She achieved a number of substantial settlements for her clients, including several multi-million dollar settlements. Furthermore, in 2005, she and John Winer won a $2.2 million jury verdict in San Jose against FedEx Express for two women who had been sexually harassed when employed at FedEx. In January 2006, Ms. McKenna became a partner in the firm.Previously, Ms. McKenna was an associate at the firm of Gillin, Jacobson, Ellis & Larsen, focusing on sexual and racial harassment cases. She also worked on personal injury, wrongful death, toxic tort and unfair business practices cases on behalf of consumers. She is proud of the accomplishments she had there working for the rights of employees, including: $1.1 million settlement for seven waitresses against their employer who had subjected to crude comments and intimidating behavior based on their gender;$500,000 settlement for a woman who alleged she was sexually harassed by the division president at a national corporation; $250,000 for two housekeepers at a hotel who were sexually harassed by the general manager.Ms. McKenna has lectured and written articles for her peers on the topics of employment law, discovery, punitive damages and trial strategy, including for the Consumer Attorneys of California and  the California Employment Lawyers Association. She also a contributor to John Winer’s published book, Proving Mental and Emotional Injuries.Ms. McKenna received a Bachelor of Arts in Justice from the American University in 1994 and her law degree from Hastings College of Law in 1998. While at Hastings, she was Senior Articles Editor for Hastings International and Comparative Law Review. Upon graduation from law school, Ms. McKenna’s strive to work for social justice led her to the area of criminal law as an attorney at the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office. Much of her work there consisted of protecting the constitutional rights of indigent individuals facing the death penalty. She had previously served the Public Defender as a law clerk during law school, in addition to clerking at the San Francisco Public Defender and the Federal Public Defender offices.

Firm: Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean, LLP

1111 Broadway, 24th Floor , Oakland , California 94602

Practice Areas: Civil , Copyrights, Intellectual Property , Trademarks, Intellectual Property

Firm: Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos LLP

555 12th Street, Suite 1230 , Oakland , California 94607

Practice Areas: Appellate , Civil , Consumer Protection, Insurance , Legal Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Wrongful Death, Personal Injury

Elise Sanguinetti is a founding partner at Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos LLP with offices in Oakland, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Montreal.  Ms. Sanguinetti’s main focus of expertise is serious injury, wrongful death cases, civil appeals and legal malpractice. She exclusively represents plaintiffs in civil litigation, and holds an AV rating with Martindale-Hubbell and has been named a California Super Lawyer every year since becoming eligible.  The last two years Elise was named one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in the Bay Area.. Elise graduated from the University of San Francisco School of Law where she earned her Juris Doctor (J.D.).  She was admitted into the California state bar in 1997. When not in the courtroom, she is a frequent speaker at seminars and writes articles that are featured in various legal publications.  Her copious amount of work has been recognized with numerous awards and honors including the prestigious, Joe Tonahill Award from the American Association of Justice.. Ms. Sanguinetti is the Vice President of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), was the president of the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) from 2015 to 2016, and a past president of the Alameda Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association.

Firm: Drath, Clifford, Murphy & Hagen

1999 Harrison Street Suite 700 , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Civil , Construction & Development, Construction & Development, Litigation

Firm: Duane Morris LLP

448 61st St , Oakland , California 94609

Practice Areas: Civil , General Practice

Firm: Filice Brown Eassa and McLeod, LLP

1999 Harrison Street   18th Floor  94 , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Civil ,Environmental ,Products Liability,Toxic Substances

Firm: Law Office of Cynthia Tyler

125 12 Th St Ste 100 , Oakland , California 94607

Practice Areas: Child Custody & Visitation, Child Support, Civil , Divorce, Family , Spousal Support,

Franklin Street , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Civil ,Civil Rights,Employment & Labor ,Medical Malpractice,Personal Injury,Wrongful Death

Firm: Butler Viadro, LLP

111 Broadway, Second Floor , Oakland , California 94607

Practice Areas: Automobile Accidents, Civil , Construction Accidents, Consumer Fraud, Corporate , Head and Spinal Injuries, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Trucking Accidents, Workers Compensation, Wrongful Death, Personal Injury

Firm: Zelle LLP

555 12 Th St Ste 1230 , Oakland , California 94607

Practice Areas: Civil , Litigation

Firm: Knox Ricksen LLP

1300 Clay Street   500 , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Civil

Firm: Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP

1111 Broadway 24th Floor , Oakland , California 94607

Practice Areas: Civil , Insurance , Real Estate , Insurance

Broadway , Oakland , California 94607

Practice Areas: Civil ,Environmental ,Land Use & Zoning

Firm: Ericksen, Arbuthnot, Kilduff, Day and Lindstrom, Inc.

155 Grand Ave Ste 1050 , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Civil , Insurance , Real Estate , Litigation

Firm: Weltin Law Office

1432 Martin Luther King Way , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Appellate ,Civil ,Personal Injury

Firm: Neal and Associates

Montclair Village   6200 Antioch Street Californ , Oakland , California 94611

Practice Areas: Civil ,Family

Firm: Reed Smith LLP

1999 Harrison Street   2400  94 , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Civil

Firm: Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP

1111 Broadway 24th Floor , Oakland , California 94607

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Civil , Intellectual Property , Business

Firm: Albini Law Group

1515 Clay St, Ste 206 , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Automobile Accidents, Boating Accidents, Civil , Head and Spinal Injuries, Personal Injury, Slip and Fall, Wrongful Death