Obtained a large settlement for a prison administrative law judge (ALJ) who was wrongfully terminated because of his race and his refusal to adhere to an illegal quota to find at least 90 per cent of prisoners guilty of misconduct
Achieved a sweeping settlement protecting the free speech rights of public school teachers and requiring a local school district to provide comprehensive training to protect students and staff from discrimination based on sexual orientation and other…
Won a $500,000 jury verdict, plus a finding for punitive damages, for an African-American high school teacher who was disciplined by his school district, because he spoke out for the rights and safety of gay and lesbian students and staff at San Lean…
Won a jury verdict on behalf of a highly qualified civil engineer who was repeatedly passed over for promotion simply because he had a slight Arabic accent….
Obtained substantial settlements for several women who were harrassed and terminated from their jobs with a sheriff department because they did not support the Sheriff’s reelection campaign…
Obtained a confidential settement against a farm supply company that allowed some employees to racially harass an African-American man. The extreme harassment in this case included mailing the plaintiff a noose.
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Obtained a $75,000 settlement for a 16 year old girl who was sexually harrassed by her manager at her first job. The manager was later fired. This confidential settlement was substantial for the facts of this case, and spared our client from having…
Successfully represented a woman who was sexually harassed by her supervisor in a national hotel chain. …
After six weeks of trial, our client won a verdict of $575,231 from a San Francisco jury for wrongful arrest, violation of civil rights, and intentional interference with his employment. Our client, Bret Cornell, was an off-duty rookie San Francisco …