Santa Clara County Civil Rights Lawyers

Aaron Clefton
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Aaron Clefton
Alameda County, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 6 years of experience
(510) 832-5001 200 Lakeside Dr.
Suite A
Oakland, CA 94612
Free ConsultationCivil Rights
John F. Kennedy University
Aaron Clefton is the Managing Partner of Rein & Clefton. He is dedicated to advancing the civil and economic rights of persons with disabilities and all people who are vulnerable or impoverished. Aaron is lead counsel on all ADA cases for Rein & Clefton. He has over 17 years working in the field of disability rights, 5 years of that as an attorney. He has received Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer honor of “AV-Preeminent” in 2021, given to attorneys “who are ranked at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards by their peers.” That same year...
Nancy Lee Hersh
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Nancy Lee Hersh
San Francisco County, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 53 years of experience
(415) 441-5544 601 Van Ness Ave
#2080
San Francisco, CA 94102
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Melanie Tardell
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Melanie Tardell
Contra Costa County, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 6 years of experience
(925) 400-8765 14850 Highway 4
Ste A # 236
Discovery Bay, CA 94505
Civil Rights and Employment
Monterey College of Law
Melanie is a fierce advocate of those whose legally protected rights have been violated, especially as it relates to violations in the workplace and the service industry as a result of Covid-19 policies. She has teamed up with a network of gifted California attorneys to combine efforts in the fight to sustain our constitutional rights in the wake of the pandemic. While on a different life and career path, fate stepped in and the legal profession found Melanie. After overcoming her own legal challenges, largely due to an attorney's advocacy, she felt called to become a lawyer herself. Her experience as...
Mary Patricia Hough
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Mary Patricia Hough
San Francisco County, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 40 years of experience
(415) 399-1110 1388 Sutter Street #1210
San Francisco, CA 94102
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Employment and Personal Injury
Golden Gate University
Our firm has been representing individuals against institutions for over 40 years. We take pride in
serving the "under served" in employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation cases; wage theft cases, medical malpractice and serious injury matters. Our AV rated firm has had successes in all of these areas.
For details, please see our website at www.mhlegal.net.
Berne Reuben
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Berne Reuben
Alameda County, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 46 years of experience
(510) 981-0143 2222 Martin Luther King Jr Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
Civil Rights and Employment
Boalt Hall (University of Berkeley School of Law) and Golden Gate University School of Law
Adam Michael Carlson
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Adam Michael Carlson
Contra Costa County, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 15 years of experience
(925) 954-4606 2121 N California Blvd Ste 1020
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of San Francisco School of Law
Attorney Adam M. Carlson is managing partner at Casper, Meadows, Schwartz & Cook. While he is skilled in various areas of law, he focuses the majority of his practice handling cases related to wrongful death, civil rights, and personal injury. He believes that tailoring each case to each client’s needs is key to providing aggressive and compassionate legal representation.

Before joining the firm, Carlson served as an intake assistant for our team, where he was responsible for fielding calls from potential clients. It was at this time that Carlson decided he wanted to do more. He found that he was passionate...
Jocelyn Burton
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Jocelyn Burton
Alameda County, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 35 years of experience
(510) 350-7025 1901 Harrison Street, Suite 1100
Oakland, CA 94612
Civil Rights and Employment
Legal Experience Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of California, 1994-2005. Civil Chief, 2001-2003 Deputy Civil Chief, 1998-2001 AUSA, 1994-1998, 2003-2005 Attorney of record in cases resulting in over twenty published decisions; Litigated hundreds of cases in federal district court; Litigated over 80...
Ryan Joshua Vlasak
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Ryan Joshua Vlasak
San Francisco County, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 18 years of experience
(415) 835-6777 220 Montgomery Street, Suite 870
San Francisco, CA 94104
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Employment and Insurance Claims
Temple Univ School of Law
Mr. Vlasak focuses his practice on civil litigation for plaintiffs, including habitability and wrongful eviction suits for tenants, as well as consumer, employment and personal injury actions. Mr. Vlasak earned his Juris Doctor degree from Temple University Law School in Philadelphia, where he was Staff Editor of Temple International and Comparative Law Journal. Prior to his career as an attorney, Mr. Vlasak was an Adjunct Professor and taught courses including philosophy, ethics, and logic.
John Francis Hyland
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John Francis Hyland
Alameda County, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 29 years of experience
(510) 836-2000 1939 Harrison Street, Ste. 290
Oakland, CA 94612
Civil Rights and Employment
Golden Gate University School of Law
John Hyland is a partner with Rukin Hyland & Riggin LLP. He practices exclusively in the area of employment law. John was Of Counsel with Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker in the firm’s San Francisco office where he advised and represented companies in State and Federal court actions covering all areas of employment law, including wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, disability law, employee privacy, employee leaves, and wage and hour issues. John regularly conducts training seminars and presents on a wide array of employment law issues. Law & Politics Magazine selected John as one of its Northern California Super Lawyers...
Walter Herbert Walker III
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Walter Herbert Walker III
San Francisco County, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 50 years of experience
(415) 986-3339 50 Francisco Street
Suite 460
San Francisco, CA 94133
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Personal Injury and Products Liability
UC Hastings COL
Walter ("Skip") Walker is the managing partner of Walker, Hamilton & Kearns, LLP, a firm he founded in 1988. He and the firm specialize in high-profile personal injury and wrongful death matters, particularly in the areas of police abuse of power, dangerous condition of public property, highway design, sexual abuse, product liability and accidents involving vehicles of all kinds. He was San Francisco Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2018, has been nominated for that award several times and a finalist twice. He has also twice been a finalist for Marin County Trial Lawyer of the Year...
Deborah Marie Kochan
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Deborah Marie Kochan
Alameda County, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 33 years of experience
(510) 649-1130 1680 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94709
Civil Rights and Employment
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Maria Cristina Molteni
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Maria Cristina Molteni
San Francisco County, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 30 years of experience
(415) 762-0270 100 Pine Street
Suite 1250
San Francisco, CA 94111
Civil Rights, Employment and International
Universidade de Sao Paulo
Cristina focuses her practice on representing clients in employment law matters—including litigating wage and hour claims, class action employment cases, wrongful termination, harassment, retaliation, and discrimination law— and providing advice on prevailing wage and public works law, severance agreements, employee privacy, and workplace issues. Cristina conducts training seminars and presentations in Spanish and Portuguese on a broad range of employment law topics. Cristina has worked in the labor and employment law fields since the early days of her legal career. Before moving to California, she was a law clerk in the National Labor Court in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and...
Inez Kim
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Inez Kim
San Francisco County, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 9 years of experience
(808) 255-9016 8 10th St 1706
San Francisco, CA 94103
Civil Rights, Elder, Employment and Personal Injury
American Heritage University School of Law and Northwestern University School of Law
Inez Kim, Attorney at Law specializes in representing individuals in various areas of law. She is known for her mission to take a genuine interest in her clients and bring fast resolutions. Her clients appreciate her immediate feedback and strong communication skills. She understands the uniqueness of each cases and meets the clients' expectations. She also holds an MBA degree and bring to the table real world business experience. She is dedicated to bring commitment, integrity and positive results for all her clients.
Jay T Jambeck
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Jay T Jambeck
San Francisco County, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 20 years of experience
(415) 399-9155 870 Market Street, Suite 1157
San Francisco, CA 94102
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Business, Education and Employment
University of Florida
Jay is a partner at the Leigh Law Group a San Francisco Bay Area law firm located in San Francisco and Marin County which practices in Education Law, Special Education Law, Civil Rights, Employment and Business law. Jay has litigated throughout California and the West for the past 11 years. Jay has obtained substantial relief for his clients ranging from a $1.7 million settlement in a shareholder dispute to providing an employee a promotion that was denied due to discrimination along with monetary damages and leave credits.
Annie B. Banh
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Annie B. Banh
Alameda County, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 6 years of experience
(510) 663-9240 428 13th St
8th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Civil Rights, Employment and Landlord Tenant
Golden Gate University School of Law
Guy Ellery Louie
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Guy Ellery Louie
Solano County, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 32 years of experience
(925) 234-1440 225 West Winton Avenue- Suite 200
Hayward, CA 94533
Civil Rights, Animal, Education and Employment
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Fulvio Francisco Cajina
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Fulvio Francisco Cajina
Alameda County, CA Civil Rights Attorney
(415) 601-0779 311 Oak Street
Suite 108
Oakland, CA 94607
Civil Rights, Employment, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Cornell University
I was born in Latin America and grew up in San Francisco. A product of the Bay Area, I studied economics at UC Berkeley before moving to Washington, DC, where I worked at both the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Reserve. In 2003, I embarked on my legal studies at Cornell Law School in Ithaca, NY. Upon graduation, I worked as a corporate associate in Manhattan at a boutique international law firm. There I had the opportunity to work on a wide array of corporate transactions, from financing the construction of a hotel in NYC, structuring investments...
Alden Jay Knisbacher
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Alden Jay Knisbacher
Alameda County, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 30 years of experience
(510) 460-1222 528 Grand Avenue
Ste 404
Oakland, CA 94612
Civil Rights, Arbitration & Mediation, Employment and Probate
Georgetown Univ Law Ctr
Alden Knisbacher has represented clients in the Bay Area and across California since 1994. He has litigated hundreds of cases in various areas of law including employment, real estate, contract and business disputes, probate disputes, civil rights and other matters.

Mr. Knisbacher is a Georgetown Law graduate.

When not practicing law he can be found hiking, biking, running or cycling with his two children. Or, perhaps, playing with their pet bunny, Bobby.
Kathleen Elizabeth Wells
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Kathleen Elizabeth Wells
Santa Cruz County, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 41 years of experience
(831) 475-1243 3393 Maplethorpe Lane
Soquel, CA 95073
Free ConsultationCivil Rights
Monterey COL
Dylan Leon Schaffer
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Dylan Leon Schaffer
Alameda County, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 32 years of experience
(510) 379-5801 1939 Harrison St Ste 500
Oakland, CA 94612
Civil Rights, Appeals, Insurance Claims and Personal Injury
UC Hastings COL
Dylan graduated from Cornell University (1986) and magna cum laude from UC Hastings College of the Law (1990). He clerked for Judge Melvin Brunetti in the Ninth Circuit and then spent a year teaching legal methods at Stanford Law School. From 1991-2001 Dylan practiced appellate law with Dennis Riordan until going out on his own in 2001. Thereafter he worked with lawyers around California on complex trials and appeals in both the civil and criminal arenas. Dylan joined Edward Kerley’s practice in 2014 and has since focused on the rights of California policyholders. He obtained two key victories on behalf...
Beth Wolf Mora
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Beth Wolf Mora
Contra Costa County, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 24 years of experience
(925) 820-8949 18 Crow Canyon Court, Suite 145
San Ramon, CA 94583
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Business, Elder and Employment
Golden Gate University School of Law
Paul Leland Alaga
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Paul Leland Alaga
San Francisco County, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 22 years of experience
(415) 581-0885 885 Bryant St 2Fl
San Francisco, CA 94103
Civil Rights, Criminal Defense, Landlord Tenant and Personal Injury
UC Hastings COL
Bill Ambrunn
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Bill Ambrunn
San Francisco County, CA Civil Rights Attorney
(415) 724-0498 Law Offices of Bill Ambrunn
1906 Market Street #938
San Francisco, CA 94102
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Employment, Estate Planning and Family
Santa Clara University
Mandy Gina Leigh
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Mandy Gina Leigh
San Francisco County, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(415) 399-9155 870 Market St
San Francisco, CA 94102
Civil Rights, Business, Education and Employment
Nova Univ Law Center
Richard Elliot Korb
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Richard Elliot Korb
Alameda County, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 43 years of experience
(510) 524-0903 12 Highgate Rd
Kensington, CA 94707
Civil Rights, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and IP
UC Hastings COL
Ehud Moshe Appel
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Ehud Moshe Appel
Alameda County, CA Civil Rights Lawyer
(510) 645-1585 1300 Clay St Ste 600
Oakland, CA 94612
Civil Rights, Employment and Personal Injury
Ehud Appel joined the California State Bar in 2018 after graduating with honors from U.C. Hastings College of the Law. He completed his undergraduate studies at U.C. Berkeley, majoring in Middle East Studies. Before pursuing a law career, he worked in education, healthcare, and the nonprofit world. He was a union representative, union organizer, and research analyst for United Healthcare Workers – West and the National Union of Healthcare Workers, where he represented nursing home and hospital workers throughout the Bay Area in grievances and collective bargaining.

During law school, he externed for the honorable judges Mary E. Wiss and...
Frank Domenico Presto III
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Frank Domenico Presto III
Alameda County, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 39 years of experience
(925) 846-4006 4900 Hopyard Rd., Suite 100
Pleasanton, CA 94588
Civil Rights, Criminal Defense and Family
San Francisco Law Sch
Wendy Chau
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Wendy Chau
San Francisco County, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 12 years of experience
(888) 958-1953 580 California Street, Suite 1200
San Francisco, CA 94104
Civil Rights, Employment, Landlord Tenant and Personal Injury
My mission is to promote justice and equality, using existing laws and creating additional laws to protect people's constitutional rights.
Raymond Ambrosio Buenaventura
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Raymond Ambrosio Buenaventura
San Francisco County, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 30 years of experience
(650) 727-6508 555 California Street
Suite 4925
San Francisco, CA 94104
Civil Rights, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
Whittier Coll School of Law
Kelly Armstrong
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Kelly Armstrong
Alameda County, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 23 years of experience
(866) 590-6082 1939 Harrison Street
Suite 923
Oakland, CA 94612
Civil Rights and Employment
U of San Francisco School of Law
Thomas John Trachuk
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Thomas John Trachuk
Alameda County, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 45 years of experience
(510) 874-4113 1999 Harrison St
Oakland, CA 94612
Civil Rights, Insurance Claims and Insurance Defense
Lincoln Univ
James McCarty Braden
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James McCarty Braden
San Francisco County, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 42 years of experience
(415) 398-6865 601 Montgomery Street
Suite 315
San Francisco, CA 94111
Civil Rights, Business, Consumer and Criminal Defense
Harvard Univ Law School and Harvard Law School
David Nied
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David Nied
San Francisco County, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 38 years of experience
(415) 795-3579 582 Market Street
Suite 1909
San Francisco, CA 94104
Civil Rights, Business and Employment
Harvard Law School
Randolph Elliott Daar
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Randolph Elliott Daar
San Francisco County, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 44 years of experience
(415) 986-5591 3330 Geary Blvd
3FL
SF, CA 94118
Civil Rights and Criminal Defense
New Coll of CA School of Law
Robert Griggs Schock
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Robert Griggs Schock
Alameda County, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 58 years of experience
(510) 839-7722 427 Grand Ave
Oakland, CA 94610
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Employment and Personal Injury
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Stephen Fredrick Henry
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Stephen Fredrick Henry
Alameda County, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 34 years of experience
(510) 898-1883 2625 Alcatraz Ave,. No. 615
Berkeley, CA 94705
Civil Rights, Appeals, Business and Employment
Georgetown Univ Law Ctr
John Francis Martin
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John Francis Martin
Contra Costa County, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 52 years of experience
(925) 937-5433 3100 Oak Rd
Walnut Creek, CA 94597
Civil Rights, Education, Employment and Personal Injury
San Francisco Law Sch
Walter Phillip Riley
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Walter Phillip Riley
Alameda County, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 44 years of experience
(510) 451-1422 1440 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94612
Civil Rights, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Juvenile
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
Mathew Nimrod Stephenson
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Mathew Nimrod Stephenson
Alameda County, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 33 years of experience
(510) 649-1130 1680 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94709
Civil Rights
UC Hastings COL
Steven Marcus Tindall
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Steven Marcus Tindall
Alameda County, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 28 years of experience
(510) 350-9700 505 14th St.
Ste 1110
Oakland, CA 94612
Civil Rights and Employment
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
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