Areas of Practice – Siegel & Yee https://siegelyee.com Fri, 19 Apr 2019 16:29:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.6 https://siegelyee.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-favicon-32x32.jpg Areas of Practice – Siegel & Yee https://siegelyee.com 32 32 Race and National Origin Discrimination https://siegelyee.com/area_practice/race-discrimination/ Fri, 19 May 2017 15:59:03 +0000 http://siegelyee.com/?post_type=area_practice&p=2558 ]]> People of color continue to face employment and other discrimination.  Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta continues to fight the effects of systemic racism as they show up in hiring, promotion, and compensation decisions and in racial harassment in the workplace.

We settled a discrimination case on behalf of Native American elder, activist, and basketball coach J.C. Eaglesmith. After protracted litigation, the Plumas County school district and school administrators agreed to pay $850,000 to compensate Mr. Eaglesmith and a supportive colleague for racial and religious harassment, discrimination, and retaliation.  News about this case

]]> Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment https://siegelyee.com/area_practice/gender-discrimination/ Fri, 19 May 2017 00:01:36 +0000 http://siegelyee.com/?post_type=area_practice&p=2560 ]]> Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta’s record in high-profile gender bias cases is unequaled and includes three of the highest reported verdicts in cases brought under Title IX, the law which prohibits sex discrimination by employers that receive federal funding. Our victories include a $19.1 million verdict for former basketball coach Stacy Johnson-Klein against Fresno State University and $6.7 million for former volleyball coach Lindy Vivas against the same school. News about Johnson-Klein      News about Vivas

In early 2017 we reached a $325,000 settlement on behalf of a former high school student whose harassment by a fellow ROTC cadet was ignored by administrators with the San Francisco school district. News about this case

]]> Whistleblower Protection https://siegelyee.com/area_practice/protecting-whistleblowers/ Wed, 17 May 2017 21:34:21 +0000 http://siegelyee.com/?post_type=area_practice&p=2455 ]]> We protect whistleblowers who protect the public.  Our clients have protected school children from potential harm by unfit teachers, made life difficult for crooked cops and politicians, and made health clinics safer for the low-income people they serve.

Last year we won a $3.1 million jury verdict for whistleblower Kathleen Carroll against the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing which fired her for reporting huge backlogs of potential teacher misconduct cases, nepotism, and favoritism to the Bureau of State Audits.  The auditor later assigned to the agency called it one of the “worst-run” state agencies she had ever investigated.  News about this case

In 2015 we successfully represented whistleblower Lawanna Preston, resulting in a $613,302 jury verdict against the City of Oakland.  Ms. Preston was fired in retaliation for objecting to a City official’s request that she falsify documents and for complaining that officials improperly negotiated and willfully violated union contracts.  News About this case

]]> University and College Employment https://siegelyee.com/area_practice/university-tenure/ Wed, 17 May 2017 00:08:46 +0000 http://siegelyee.com/?post_type=area_practice&p=2431 ]]> Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta has decades of experience representing university and college faculty members in tenure and promotion cases and discipline proceedings Whether the issue is discriminatory denial of tenure or promotion, harassment, retaliation, or negotiating severance, we have the expertise.

We represented Jenny Harrison in her successful gender bias case after she was denied tenure in the mathematics department at UC Berkeley, leading to her appointment as a full professor. We also successfully represented UC Berkeley professor Ignacio Chapela who overturned the university’s denial of tenure in retaliation for his opposition to genetically modified crops and the pharmaceutical companies that produce them.  News about this case

]]> Union Representation https://siegelyee.com/area_practice/representing-unions/ Sat, 13 May 2017 21:35:20 +0000 http://siegelyee.com/?post_type=area_practice&p=2459 ]]> Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta’s labor law practice focuses on representing progressive unions that emphasize member involvement and public engagement.  We are proud to support efforts to rebuild the labor movement, especially efforts to strengthen democracy within unions.  We advocate in arbitration or at proceedings before the NLRB and PERB, oversee local elections, and litigate in state and federal court on behalf of our clients.

We are proud to represent the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) and especially of our successful defense in a federal lawsuit that would have destroyed the new union if it had been successful.  News about this case

]]> Police Violence https://siegelyee.com/area_practice/police-violence/ Sat, 13 May 2017 00:09:17 +0000 http://siegelyee.com/?post_type=area_practice&p=2433 ]]> Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta seeks justice when the police use excessive force against our vulnerable friends and neighbors.  Unnecessary injury and death at the hands of police is nothing new, but a movement against it is growing.  We are proud to do our part.

After the 2009 shooting of Oscar Grant by BART police, we worked with John Burris to represent several of Oscar’s friends who were with him at the time of the shooting. News about this case. We also worked together to represent the family of Alan Blueford, who was shot to death by an Oakland police officer.

We recently settled a federal lawsuit on behalf of the family of Yuvette Henderson, brutally shot to death by Emeryville police in 2015.  News about this case

]]> Personal Injury & Wrongful Death https://siegelyee.com/area_practice/personal-injury/ Wed, 10 May 2017 23:21:26 +0000 http://siegelyee.com/?post_type=area_practice&p=2465 ]]> We have over 30 years’ experience representing the wrongfully injured or killed throughout the Bay Area.  These cases include auto accidents, unsafe property cases, and others.

We secured a $1.7 million jury verdict in a personal injury case for Enkbaatar Tsedendorj, who suffered a severe head injury causing permanent deafness after he fell off a roof.  The homeowner had hired an unlicensed contractor to replace his windows; our client alleged that an unlicensed contractor gave him dangerous instructions, causing the injury.

]]> Wage & Hour https://siegelyee.com/area_practice/wage-hour/ Thu, 04 May 2017 17:18:11 +0000 http://siegelyee.com/?post_type=area_practice&p=2599 ]]> We represent individuals and groups of employees in administrative wage and hour claims,including class actions.  We are available to help workers denied their rights to rest breaks, meal breaks, and overtime, as well as employees wrongly classified as independent contractors.

]]> Wills, Trusts, Probate, and Estate Planning https://siegelyee.com/area_practice/wills-trusts-probate-and-estate-planning/ Mon, 19 May 2014 17:38:41 +0000 http://siegelyee.com/?post_type=area_practice&p=2795 ]]> Alan Yee has decades of experience in probate litigation and estate planning, including wills and trusts.  Mr. Yee is an expert resource if you need to plan your own estate, make a will, create or manage a trust, or litigate the distribution of a loved-one’s estate.

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