Recent Cases

Civil Rights Verdicts and Settlements

• Campbell v. Amtrak, United States District Court Case No. C05-5434 CW (3/3/09)
  Racial Discrimination - Verdict/Judgment: $677,000

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• Peoples v. Contra Costa County, United States District Court Case No. C07-00051 MHP (1/21/09)
  Retaliation - Verdict/Judgment: $409,064; Settlement: $1,003,880

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• Underwood v. State of California, Solano County Superior Court Case No. FCS022899 (11/19/07)
  Sexual Harassment - Verdict/Judgment: $1,025,684

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• Stevenson v. County of Sacramento, United States District Court Case No. CIV.S-03-0201 MCE (6/24/05) 
  Retaliation - Verdict/Judgment: $95,000; Settlement: $625,000

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• Morgan v. Amtrak, United States District Court Case No. C96-3583 SI (5/27/04) 
  Racial Harassment - Verdict/Judgment: $500,000

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• Freitag v. CDC, United States District Court Case No. C00-2278 TEH (4/4/03) 
  Sexual Harassment - Verdict/Judgment: $600,300

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• Tonsa B. v. City of Oakland, et. al., United States District Court Case No. C99-2164 MHP (2/26/01)
  Sexual Harassment - Settlement: $750,000

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• Pesce v. State of California, Amador County Superior Court Case No. 96-CI-9153 (11/17/99)
  Sexual Harassment - Verdict/Judgement: $629,000

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• Catherine M. v. Doukas, United States Bankruptcy Court Case No. C98-4053 TC (4/2/99)
  Sexual Harassment - Settlement: $375,000

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• Alice A. v. City of Oakland, et. al., United States District Court Case No. C98-2900 MHP (2/23/99)
  Sexual Harassment - Settlement: $825,000

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• Bumphus v. Timec Corp., et al., United States District Court Case No. C95-3400 SI   (7/10/98)
  Race Discrimination/Retaliation - Verdict/Judgment: $903,887

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• Reissner v. State of California, et. al., United States District Court Case No. C96-2508 WHO (12/19/97)
  Religious & Racial Discrimination - Verdict/Judgment: $501,948

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• Confidential Settlement - United States District Court (7/27/95)
  Sexual Harassment - Settlement: $450,000

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• Pulido v. State of California, et. al., Marin County Superior Court Case No. 154651 (8/18/94)
  Sexual Harassment - Verdict/Judgment: $1,300,000

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• Patricia H. v. Berkeley Unified School District, United States District Court Case No. C92-2237 WHO (8/3/94)
  Sexual Harassment - Settlement: $800,000