Practice Areas
Most of our practice has been litigation, including extensive appellate work. We have represented parties in civil appeals as well as appeals of criminal cases.
We have represented aggrieved parties in civil rights cases in federal and state courts. These cases usually involved serious situations in which someone had suffered an injury due to a violation of constitutional or statutory rights. We handled cases involving entitlement to federal and state benefits and federal grants.
Some of our past cases have, for example, involved the federal Freedom of Information Act, the California Public Records Act, the California Brown Act, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the False Claims Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the federal Medicaid Act, and the California Medi-Cal Act.
We have represented parties in First Amendment and free speech and assembly cases and parties who have suffered from discrimination for exercising their rights. We also represented and counseled artists, including photographers.
Many lawyers have come to us for assistance. We have advised other attorneys and represented attorneys seeking court awarded attorney's fees. We have represented lawyers in disputes with other lawyers.
We have represented other professionals, as well, in connection with licensing matters and personnel matters. And we have represented numerous university and college professors in connection with a broad range of problems that come up in the university situation, including tenure matters, intellectual property matters, compliance with regulations and policies, and responsibilities imposed by extramural grants.
One of our subspecialties has been representing drug treatment and recovery programs, clients, and patients. We handled matters involving a broad range of issues in connection with federal, state and local regulations and requirements, including discrimination against individuals in treatment programs and the recovery process.