Michael Haddad is an AV Rated Lawyer who has successfully tried and handled numerous high profile cases.  Mr. Haddad is a leader in the field of civil rights law, and regularly teaches and advises other attorneys.  Previously, he was a partner at the respected civil rights/plaintiffs firm, Goodman, Eden, Millender & Bedrosian, in Detroit, Michigan, widely acknowledged as the first racially integrated law firm in the United States.  He is listed in Northern California Super Lawyers, San Francisco Magazine, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Police Misconduct; Constitutional Law; Employment Discrimination; Personal Injury Law; Products Liability; Wrongful Death.

Admitted: 1991, Michigan; 1997, California

Law School: University of Michigan, J.D., 1991

College: Michigan State University, James Madison College, B.A., with honors, 1988

Member: Vice-President, National Police Accountability Project (NPAP); Advisory Board member, Bay Area Police Watch (BAPW); San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (SFTLA); Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC); Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA); National Lawyers Guild (NLG); American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC); The Million Dollar Advocates Forum; State Bar of Michigan; State Bar of California. 

Reported Cases: Wilkins v. City of Oakland, 350 F.3d 949 (9th Cir. 2003); Spencer v. U.S.D.C., 393 F.3d 867 (9th Cir. 2004); Dimas v. City of Warren, 939 F.Supp. 554 (E.D. Mich. 1996); Foster v. City of Oakland, 621 F.Supp.2d 779 (N.D. Cal. 2008).

Born: Detroit, Michigan, May 15, 1966

Julia Sherwin is an AV Rated Lawyer who has successfully tried and settled numerous cases in federal and state courts.   She began her career in Detroit, Michigan, at Goodman, Eden, Millender & Bedrosian, the first racially integrated law firm in the nation.  She has handled numerous cutting-edge cases, including a $4.35 million medical malpractice settlement for failure to diagnose a cardiac condition in a 9-year-old boy; a case obtaining the State of California's first mandatory training program in public schools to combat discrimination and harassment against gay and lesbian students and teachers; and a case of first impression nationally to recognize the First Amendment rights of Administrative Law Judges to make decisions free of outside pressure.  She is listed in Northern California Super Lawyers, San Francisco Magazine, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010.

Practice Areas: Civil Rights; Constitutional Law; First Amendment; Sexual Harassment; Gay and Lesbian Rights; Employment Discrimination; Police Misconduct; Wrongful Death.

Admitted: 1995, Michigan; 1997, California

Law School: Wayne State University, J.D., 1995

College: University of Michigan, A.B., 1990

Member: President (1997), Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association (ACCTLA); Advisory Board member, Bay Area Police Watch (BAPW); National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA); Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA); National Lawyers Guild (NLG); Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF) Employment Law Section; American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC); Million Dollar Advocates Forum; State Bar of Michigan; State Bar of California.  Past Executive Board member for the Detroit chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, former Barrister with the American Inns of Court.

Reported Cases: Perry v. McGinnis, 209 F.3d 597 (6th Cir. 2000); Heurtebise v. Reliable Business Computers, Inc., 452 Mich. 405, 550 N.W. 2d 243 (1996), cert. den.

Born: Detroit, Michigan, May 28, 1968