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Resolving Employment Disputes with a San Jose Business Litigation Attorney
If you are involved in an employment dispute with your employer, you should retain a knowledgeable San Jose business litigation attorney to learn about your rights and responsibilities as an employee. A San Jose Business Litigation Attorney Explains What Employment Disputes Require Legal Representation Disputes between employees and employers are a common aspect of… Read More »

Your Employment Lawyer Will Evaluate You as a Potential Client
No doubt when you first meet with an attorney, you will be evaluating her to determine whether or not she is someone with whom you want to work. San Jose employment attorneys do much of the same thing in evaluating potential clients. While this may seem curious at first, consider that your attorney needs… Read More »

The Use of Circumstantial Evidence in a Case of Employment Discrimination
Employment discrimination cases cover a wide range of characteristics, having to do with age, sex, race, and ethnicity, among others. However, proving discrimination can be difficult to do. As a San Jose employment attorney can explain, if there is no direct evidence of discrimination, the case can be proven using circumstantial evidence. Another term… Read More »

Our clerk, Iulia Toplean, passed the July Bar
Our Newest Employment Attorney in San Jose Announcing: We are so proud to announce our law clerk, Iulia Toplean, passed the July Bar and was recently sworn in by the Honorable Arthur S. Weissbrodt, United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California, for whom she clerked during her second year of law school. Iulia… Read More »

2nd Annual From Having it All to Leaning In
Announcing: 2nd Annual From Having it All to Leaning In Come join a distinguished group of women lawyers, from small to large firms, in-house counsel, law school professors and women on the bench in a frank and honest discussion about issues facing women attorneys in the 21st Century: work life balance, the realities of… Read More »

New Attorneys
I’m extremely happy to announce the two attorneys who have joined my firm: Tim Kooy and Gabrielle Korte. Tim will be handling complex business and contract litigation and Gabrielle will be handling employment matters. Both have a solid background in litigation including many years of trial work. I’d also like to welcome Iulia Toplean,… Read More »

Announcing Patricia’s Retirement
It saddens me to announce the early retirement of Patricia McKenzie. Pat has been my right hand for the last few years in addition to being a trusted friend. She has helped me immensely in growing my practice by taking on some of our most challenging cases and also serving as a mentor to… Read More »

Announcing Iustina Mignea Associate Attorney Joining the Firm
I’m happy to announce that Iustina Mignea has joined the firm as an Associate Attorney. Iustina is a graduate of Santa Clara University School of Law. After graduation she was awarded a fellowship at the prestigious Katharine and George Alexander Community Law Center which provides legal services to the low-income community. While there Iustina… Read More »

2013 New Office Space
2013 has proved to be a wonderful year so far. I’ve moved into new spacious offices, even closer to court! My practice is flourishing. And, I’ve finally launched this website. Thanks to all my student interns and externs who have helped me get to this point.