INTRODUCTION 
  Altshuler Berzon LLP is a San Francisco law firm that specializes in labor and employment, environmental, constitutional, campaign and election, and civil rights law. Although most of our cases are in federal and state courts in California, we appear regularly in courts throughout the country and before the National Labor Relations Board.


 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
  (April, 2008) Altshuler Berzon LLP congratulates its former summer associate Noah Purcell (Harvard, J.D. 2007) on obtaining a clerkship with Supreme Court Justice David Souter.

(March, 2008) Altshuler Berzon LLP is pleased to announce its new Of Counsel:
  Hamilton Candee
As of March 17, 2008, Hamilton Candee has become of counsel to the firm. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Candee was a Senior Attorney in the San Francisco office of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Co-Director of NRDC's Western Water Project.

During his 23 years at NRDC, Mr. Candee was involved in a variety of efforts to restore ecosystems, protect endangered species, encourage water conservation, and promote other environmental reforms in federal and state water policy. Mr. Candee’s work has included successful challenges to the renewal of long-term federal water contracts in California’s Central Valley, successful defense of the 1992 Central Valley Project Improvement Act against various legal challenges and a landmark settlement to restore the San Joaquin River. Mr. Candee was named by California Lawyer magazine a "Lawyer of the Year" in 1999 for his work pursuing restoration of the San Joaquin River. Mr. Candee was recently elected to the Board of Trustees of the NRDC Action Fund.

Mr. Candee previously served as a law clerk to Judge Thelton E. Henderson of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and as a legislative assistant in the U.S. Senate.
(January, 2008) Altshuler Berzon LLP is pleased to announce its newest partners:
  Laura Juran
formerly a law clerk to Judge Ann Aldrich, and an Altshuler Berzon associate, and

 Linda Lye
formerly a law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Judge Guido Calabresi, and an Altshuler Berzon associate.

(November, 2007) Altshuler Berzon LLP is pleased to announce its newest associates:
  Jennifer Sung
formerly a law clerk to Judge Betty B. Fletcher of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a Skadden Fellow with the Brennan Center for Justice, and

 Rebecca Smullin
formerly a law clerk to Judge Marsha S. Berzon of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

(September, 2007) Altshuler Berzon LLP is pleased to welcome its new Altshuler Berzon LLP/NRDC Joint Fellow:
  Jamie Crook
formerly a law clerk to Judge Richard A. Paez of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
(September, 2007) Thanks again to our 2007 summer law clerks, and congratulations to them on their upcoming judicial clerkships!
  Mariko Hirose - Judge Stephen Reinhardt (9th Circuit)
  Patrick Casey Pitts - Judge Stephen Reinhardt (9th Circuit)
  Adam Pulver - Judge George Schiavelli (Central District of California)
  Gerard Sinzdak - Judge Marsha Berzon (9th Circuit)
  Ozvaldo Vazquez - Judge Sandra Lynch (1st Circuit)
 

 NEWS 

  
 

Recent developments in matters being handled by Altshuler Berzon attorneys.

 United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy denies employer association's application to vacate stay entered by Ninth Circuit, permitting San Francisco universal health care ordinance to continue in effect while appeal of district court decision is pending. [more]

 Oral argument heard in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on petition to block the Bush administration's attempt to allow Mexico-domiciled trucks to travel throughout the United States without complying with congressional prerequisites. [more]

 District Court grants preliminary approval to nationwide race discrimination class action against Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. [more]

 California Supreme Court denies review of a $40 million class action judgement Altshuler Berzon and co-counsel obtained against the University of California for fee overcharges to thousands of undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. [more]

 Ninth Circuit grants emergency stay motion, permitting San Francisco universal health care ordinance to go into effect while appeal of district court decision is pending. [more]

 District Court grants nationwide preliminary injunction against Department of Homeland Security "no match" rule that would harm U.S. citizens and other authorized workers. [more]

 Altshuler Berzon attorneys obtain a preliminary injunction protecting the right of pilots at SkyWest Airlines, Inc. to organize. [more]

 Altshuler Berzon Attorneys Help Obtain $65 Million Settlement in Overtime Misclassification Class Action Suit against IBM. [more]

 Court Grants Final Approval of $12.8 Million in Overtime Misclassification against Wells Fargo. [more]

 Altshuler Berzon attorneys, together with co-counsel, represent tech support workers who were misclassified as exempt from overtime. [more]

 Court Approves Settlement for Bonuses and Severance Payments Due to Former Employees of Bio-Tech Company. [more]

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