Marian Helen Birge
Experienced. Committed. Dedicated to protecting your rights.
Garcia & Birge, A Professional Corporation is a comprehensive Employment Law firm committed to making a difference in the lives of our clients. Practice areas include:
● Wage and Hour -- minimum wage, overtime, breaks, personal attendants, mischaracterization
● Discrimination – race, national origin, age, disability, sex, pregnancy, gender identity/expression, religion, veteran status
● Harassment - Sex and Class-Based
● Workplace Retaliation
● Wrongful Termination
● Caregivers and Domestic Workers
● Disability Accommodation
● Severance Agreements, Contracts
Marian Birge has extensive experience representing clients in litigation, before administrative agencies, in mediation, and through negotiations. The firm places a principal focus on employment law, and Ms. Birge’s experience includes litigation of business disputes and fraud claims. Ms. Birge is an experienced appellate lawyer, and a trained mediator. She has served as a member of the Board of Directors and as a Vice President of the North San Diego County Bar Association, and as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California. Ms. Birge was admitted to the California State Bar and the United States District Court for the Southern District in December 1995, and to United States District Court, Eastern District in June 1999.
Sample Publications: Author, "Voir Dire and Plaintiff’s Opening Statement – Plaintiff’s Perspective", Chapter 15 of "Sexual Harassment and Retaliation, A Practical Handbook for Plaintiff and Defense", a publication of the American Bar Association (2019), Cavazos and McCandless, Editors. Co-Author "Voir Dire and Plaintiff’s Opening Statement,” Chapter 14 in "Litigating the Workplace Harassment Case", an American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section publication, edited by Marlene Heyser, First Edition (2010).
- Employment Law
- Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Litigation
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business - Arbitration/Mediation
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- California
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- United States District Court - Southern District of California
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Partner/Shareholder
- Garcia & Birge, APC
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- Thomas Jefferson School of Law
- Juris Doctor (1995)
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- American Bar Association
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- Activities: Civil Rights and Social Justice Section
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- California State Bar # 178459
- Member
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- North San Diego County Bar Association
- Vice President, Board of Directors,
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- Thomas Jefferson School of Law
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Federal Civil Procedure
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- American Inns of Court, Fiorenzo V. Lopardo Chapter #303.
- Barrister
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- Exploring Wage and Hour Disputes in California
- Lawyer Monthly
- "Voir Dire and Plaintiff’s Opening Statement – Plaintiff’s Perspective" Chapter 15 in the book Sexual Harassment and Retaliation, A Practical Handbook for Plaintiff and Defense
- American Bar Association (2019) Cavazos and McCandless, Editors.
- Chapter 15, Voir Dire and Plaintiff’s Opening Statement - Plaintiff’s Perspective, Harassment and Retaliation A Practical Handbook for Plaintiff and Defense (2019) Cavazos and McCandless, Editors
- American Bar Association
- Lessons from A Six-Week Professional Negligence Trial, Part II: Cross Examining The Expert Witness
- North County Lawyer Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, January 2014. North San Diego County Bar Association
- Lessons From a Six Week Professional Negligence Trial
- North County Lawyer Magazine,Vol. 30, No. 11, November 2013. North San Diego County Bar Association
