Employment & Labor Relations

Any employees who have suffered discrimination, harassment or retaliation because of their disability, sexual orientation, gender, religion, or race.

• Workers' Compensation

• Affirmative Action
• Age Discrimination
• Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Disability Discrimination
• Employee Rights
• Equal Pay Act (EPA)
• Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
• 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
• Whistleblower
• Wrongful Termination

CA, Dec 1982
Bar Number: 104634

U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (1982), U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California (1990).

California State Bar.

1995
Panelist on "Child Abuse in Families," sponsored by Alameda County Bar Association. (Oakland, CA) MCLE-accredited.


1994
Panelist on sexual harassment in housing, sponsored by National Legal Aid and Defender Association. (Berkeley, CA) MCLE-accredited.


1993
Committee of Human Rights, Bar Association of San Francisco, National Lawyers' Guild and BALIF. (San Francisco, CA) MCLE-accredited.


1993
Panelist in day-long panel at conference "Sexual Harassment in Employment, Education and Housing" sponsored by California Women's Law Center, Fair Housing Congress of Southern California and Legal Services Section of the State Bar of California. (Los Angeles, CA) MCLE-accredited.


1992
Speaker on sexual harassment in housing at a Legal Services Fair Housing training, sponsored by the Western Center on Law & Poverty. (Los Angeles, CA)MCLE-accredited.


1992
Panelist on sexual harassment in housing at conference on sexual harassment sponsored by California Women's Law Center. (Los Angeles and Berkeley, CA) MCLE-accredited.

"Gender-based Hate Violence," in Representing Victims of Hate Violence in Civil Proceedings, Noel, ed., State Bar of California, 2000.

1996 "Tort Remedies Addressing Violence Against Women," in Violence Against Women: Law & Practice, Frazee, et al., ed. West Publishing. 1997.

Vaccarrezza v. San Francisco Police Dept.
(Federal Court 2005)
This was the second-largest settlement against the San Francisco Police Department, achieved on behalf of a woman whose arm was broken by a police officer during a peaceful anti-war demonstration.

King v. Pleasanton Unified School District
(Alameda County, 2005)
I represented a disabled teacher in a suit for discrimination against the District after it wrongfully removed her from work alleging that she could not perform the essential duties of her job. Case settled for a value of greater than $600,000.

Doe v. Roe Non-Profit Agency
(2003)
Achieved a pre-filing settlement of $450,000 for a woman who was sexually harassed and assaulted by the director of the agency.

Sojourner T. Confidential School District
(Federal Court, 1996)
I represented nine children and five mothers seeking damages for molestations by a public school teacher. Case settled for $1.9 million and an agreement for system wide training on issues of sexual abuse of children by school personnel.

L.J. v. Gutleben
(Alameda Superior Court, 1993)
First settlement successfully applying the Federal Fair Housing Act to the molest of a tenant's child by a landlord.

Fiedler v. Fairfield North
(U. S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1992)
This was the largest settlement nationally in sexual harassment in housing case.

Duggan v. Grissett
(Contra Costa Superior Court, 1992)
I obtained a $415,000 settlement against director of a residential treatment center for sexual contact with a client.

Santa Cruz Women Against Rape v. Carney
(1990) 221 Cal.App.3d 1009.
Trial attorney and appellants' counsel defending First Amendment rights of anti-rape organization.

Pugh v. BART
(Alameda Superior Court, 1987)
I compelled rapid transit system to install edge detection for visually impaired passengers.

Moore v. BART
(Alameda Superior Court, 1987)
I compelled rapid transit system to establish independent access to elevators for disabled passengers.

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California

Boxer & Gerson LLP has been protecting the rights of workers for over 25 years by representing them in worker's compensation, personal injury, social security, and employment discrimination matters. We are a mid-size firm of 15+ attorneys located in the historic Rotunda Building in downtown Oakland.

2001 - Present
Boxer & Gerson
Civil litigation practice specializing in representing plaintiff in employment discrimination matters. Partner as of 2005.

1992 - 2001
Law Offices of Leslie F. Levy
Civil litigation practice, specializing in civil suits for sexual assault and exploitation, sexual harassment in housing, hate crimes and violence against women. Office: Sole practitioner.

1987 - 1992
Levy & Oppenheimer
General civil practice. Specializing in civil suits for sexual assault, sexual harassment in housing, personal injury, disability civil rights access. Office: Two attorneys, three support staff, one contract paralegal, eight law student interns.

1984 - 1987
Levy, Oppenheimer & Scaparotti
General civil practice. Specializing in personal injury, disability civil rights access. Office: Three attorneys, two support staff.

1983 - 1984
Law Offices of Leslie F. Levy.
Sole practitioner. General civil practice. Litigation specialties: personal injury, disability civil rights.

2005 - 2006
Voted Northern California Super Lawyer by San Francisco Magazine two years in a row in the field of employment litigation.

1995, 1997 - 98, 2000
Adjunct Professor, "Civil Litigation Responses to Violence Against Women" seminar, University of San Francisco, School of Law. (San Francisco, CA)

1996 - 1998
Speaker on sexual harassment in housing at the Fair Housing Laws and Litigation Training Conference. (San Diego, CA)

1995 - 1997
Conducted training sessions for peer counselors on the interactions between survivors of sexual assault and the civil and criminal court system. San Francisco Women Against Rape (SFWAR). (San Francisco, CA)

1995
Speaker on "Sexual Harassment in Housing" and panelist on "Litigating Fair Housing Cases," sponsored by Council for Concerned Citizens, Montana Fair Housing Association. (Billings, Montana)

1993
Panelist on "Representing Victims of Hate Crimes," sponsored by State Bar.

1993
Speaker on sexual harassment in housing, sponsored by Housing Authority of Alameda County, County of Alameda, Cities of Hayward and San Leandro, and ECHO Housing. (Hayward, CA)

1993
Speaker at "Sexual Harassment in Housing Symposium," co-sponsored by San Mateo/Burlingame Board of Realtors, Project Sentinel and North Neighborhood Services Center. (Palo Alto, CA)

1993
Speaker at Fair Housing luncheon sponsored by ECHO Housing.
(Fremont, CA)

1993
Guest lecturer, Poverty Law, Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley. (Berkeley, CA)

1992, 1990
Bay Area Women Against Rape (BAWAR). Presentation regarding civil suits for sexual assault survivors at training for counselors. (Oakland, CA)

1992
Panelist at National Women and Law Conference on sexual harassment in housing; civil suits for survivors of childhood sexual assault; creating and maintaining a feminist law practice. (Chicago, IL)

1992
Guest lecturer on sexual harassment in housing. John Marshall School of Law. (Chicago, IL)

1992
Guest lecturer in Torts, on civil suits for sexual assault survivors. University of San Francisco, School of Law. (San Francisco, CA)

1991
Guest lecturer, Fair Housing Clinic, sexual harassment in housing, D.C. College of the Law. (Washington, D.C.)

1991
Speaker on sexual harassment in housing at the National Fair Housing Alliance Third National Conference. (Washington, D.C.)

1990
Panelist - National Women and the Law Conference. (Detroit, MI)

1990-present
Marine Mammal Center, Supervisor, Harbor Seal Pup Care, Sausalito, CA.
Supervise a shift of volunteers providing medical and husbandry care to injured marine mammals for return to the wild. Volunteer activity.

1997-2002
Beach Watch Volunteer, Gulf of the Farallons Marine National Sanctuary.
Monthly monitoring of beaches for oil spills, mammal and bird identification. Includes detailed record keeping and chain of custody. Volunteer activity.

2001-2003
Kayak Nature Guide, Blue Waters Kayaking, Inverness, California. Guide kayaking trips focused on natural history, ecology and wildlife.

Jodel

(510) 835-0415

Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

No

Spanish is spoken by some office staff.

We do not have fixed-price services or fees.

We generally do not do hourly work.

We do an initial phone screening. If it is a case that we may take, then we will meet with the potential client for no charge.

Our contingency retainer is 33% until 60 days before trial and then 40% through trial or attorney's fees if awarded by the court after a successful trial. We advance the costs of litigation.