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Lawrence A. Organ

Lawrence A. Organ

Law Office of Lawrence Organ
404 San Anselmo Avenue
San Anselmo, CA 94121

Phone: (415) 302-2901  |  Fax: (415) 453-2829

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Passionate, Aggressive and Dedicated Trial Lawyer

Legal Topic

Employment & Labor Relations

Preferred New Clients

I prefer to fight for clients who have been treated unjustly and need aggressive representation.

Sub-Categories

Employees
  • Age Discrimination
  • Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Emotional Distress
  • Employee Rights
  • Employment Contracts
  • Equal Pay Act (EPA)
  • Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
  • Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
  • Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
  • Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)
  • Race Discrimination
  • Racial Harassment
  • Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
  • Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866
  • Sex Discrimination
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Termination
  • Uniformed Services Employment & Reemployment Rights Act
  • Wage & Hour Laws
  • Whistleblower
  • Wrongful Termination

Bar Admissions

CA, Dec 1994
Bar Number: 175503

Other Court Admissions

California
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal

Association Memberships

California State Bar
Bar Association of San Francisco

Continuing Education

I attend and teach legal education seminars on the topics of employment law and litigation. I always exceed the required amount of continuing education hours.

Example Cases

I was one of the trial lawyers in the largest sexual harassment verdict in California involving six female grocery clerks. This case resulted in a published California decision, Gober v. Ralphs Grocery Co. (2006) 137 Cal.App.4th 204.

I also served as appellate counsel in the groundbreaking sex harassment case, Weeks v. Baker & McKenzie (1998) 63 Cal.App.4th 1128. This case garnered worldwide attention when a legal secretary won $7.1 million dollars against the world's largest law firm.

I also helped to try and win a racial harassment case where an African-American man was forced to endure a hangman's noose and the n-word in his workplace. That case resulted in another published case, Greene v. Dillingham Construction N.A., Inc. (2002) 101 Cal.App.4th 418.

Education

Degree:

MA

School:

Monash University

City:

Melbourne, Australia

State:

Information coming soon.

Year:

1988

Honors:

Rotary Scholarship

Focus and Accomplishments:

Politics

 

Degree:

JD

School:

Duke University School of Law

City:

Durham

State:

NC

Year:

1994

Honors:

Honors

Focus and Accomplishments:

Moot Court Board, Chair; Editor, Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum

 

Degree:

BA

School:

University of California, Berkeley

City:

Berkeley

State:

CA

Year:

1984

Honors:

Phi Beta Kappa; High Honors; Pi Sigma Alpha; James Jules Academic Scholarship

Focus and Accomplishments:

Chair of the Undergraduate Assembly; President, UPSA; President, Young Democrats

Number of Attorneys

2

State Licensed In

California

Firm Focus and History

Established in 2005, my firm focuses exclusively on plaintiffs' employment civil rights cases. We prosecute primarily sex or race harassment and discrimination cases. I also handle retaliation, whistleblower and wrongful termination cases. In addition, I have experience handling whistleblower, qui tam, age and sexual orientation harassment, and discrimination cases.

Previous Employment Summary

I previously worked with an attorney named Phil Kay. He and I tried many cases together including three of the largest sex harassment cases in California history. We also tried race harassment, wrongful termination, and retaliation cases. Prior to that, I worked in a Civil Rights firm in San Francisco now called Rosen, Bien & Galvan. I started my career working for the Federal Government called the Honors Program for new attorneys.

Activities and Awards

Chair, The Civil Rights Forum; Member, CELA Jury Instruction Committee; Executive Board of the San Francisco Conference of Delegates of the State Bar

What is your opinion regarding clients educating themselves on legal issues?

Clients need to be informed, so I encourage this.

Are you willing to review documents prepared by clients?

I am happy to do this.

Are you willing to coach clients who want to represent themselves?

I do not encourage this, though I do provide advice to people who want to help government agencies investigate their claims.

Why did you decide to be a lawyer?

I wanted to fight for justice and the little person against big powerful interests. That is why I decided to work for plaintiffs in employment civil rights cases.

What work experience and education helps you be a better lawyer?

My three girls make me a better lawyer because I have to fight to make the world a better place for them, and I have to win cases to support my family.

Why did you decide on your primary area of practice?

I chose plaintiffs' civil rights because it is an area that needs good lawyers and it is a righteous cause.

What do you like best about your career?

I like helping people who have been victimized and I like punishing the bullies who do that.

Tell us about your law firm:

I do most of the things in my office. I have another attorney who works with me on some cases and I co-counsel most of my litigation cases with other leading plaintiffs' attorneys in San Francisco. Ever since my father died, my mother has been working as my office manager. I have legal clerks who are law students. I am in the process of hiring an associate who will start working in my office this summer.

What are your strengths and style?

My strengths are dedicated passion, my clients' interests, and the experience at trial to know how to win a case even under difficult circumstances. My style is to provide aggressive representation to maximize the recovery for my client.

Personal Interests:

History, Sailing, Travel, Cycling and Tennis.

Office Manager/Assistant

Doris Organ

Fax

(415) 453-2829

Office Hours

Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Emergency After Hours

No

Foreign Languages

None

Additional Offices

San Francisco, CA
807 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 302-2901

Fixed-Price Services and Fees

I typically take cases on a contingency basis. There are a few where I charge an hourly rate.

Hourly Rates

$360

Free Initial Consultation?

I do not charge for initial consultations, no matter how long they last.

Typical Retainer

$1,500 - $5,000

Understanding Fees

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