NEWS

Trial Under Way for Whistle-Blower Employee Suing Solano County
November 13, 2011, Fairfield

Bryan Schwartz Law Attorneys Named Northern California "Rising Stars" by Super Lawyers Magazine
July 20, 2011, Oakland

Bryan Schwartz Law Hires Tommy Rimbach as Summer Associate at the Oakland-Based Civil Rights, Employment Law Firm
May 23, 2011, Oakland

Disability Rights Organizations Voice Support for Class Action on Behalf of Disabled Foreign Service Applicants
April 27, 2011, Washington, DC

Historic Lawsuit Aims to Open State Department to Disabled Foreign Service Officers:
Class Agent was a qualified candidate who passed rigorous exams and was denied employment solely on the basis of her medical condition.
October 5, 2010, Oakland

JPMorgan Chase Sued By Misclassified Appraisers for Unpaid Wages
October 07, 2010, New York

Bryan Schwartz Law Hires Eric Barba as Summer Associate at the Oakland-Based Civil Rights, Employment Law Firm
May 5, 2010, Oakland

Court Approves Approximately $1 Million In Relief For Dozens Of Misclassified Samsonite Store Managers In Bryan Schwartz Law's Settlement Of Wage/Hour Class/Collective Action
April 9, 2010, San Francisco

Bryan Schwartz Law Hires Hillary Jo Baker as First Associate at the Oakland-Based Civil Rights, Employment Law Firm
December 9, 2009, Oakland

California State Bar Board of Governors Appoints Bryan Schwartz to the Labor and Employment Law Section Executive Committee
June 2, 2009, Oakland

Bryan Schwartz Launches Oakland-Based Civil Rights, Employment Law Firm
January 6, 2009, Oakland

PRESS RELEASE

Bryan Schwartz Law Attorneys Named Northern California "Rising Stars" by Super Lawyers Magazine

July 20, 2011, Oakland -- Bryan Schwartz Law is proud to announce that Principal Bryan Schwartz and Associate Hillary Benham-Baker have been selected as Northern California Super Lawyers "Rising Stars" for 2011.

No more than the top 2.5 percent of the lawyers in California are named by Super Lawyers as "Rising Stars." Northern California Super Lawyers is published annually in August in a special advertising section in San Francisco Magazine, which reaches more than 400,000 monthly readers. Each year, Super Lawyers undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process for "Rising Stars" that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by the Law & Politics' attorney-led research staff, and a good-standing and disciplinary check.

Attorney Bryan Schwartz opened the practice in January 2009. Bryan Schwartz Law (www.BryanSchwartzLaw.com) is dedicated to continuing the struggle for civil rights and equality of employment opportunity and helping Americans from every background to achieve their highest career potential. The firm has recovered millions of dollars in individual, class, and collective actions involving discrimination and retaliation, harassment, denied disability accommodations, whistleblower reprisal, wage and hour violations, Federal employees' rights, and severance negotiations.

Bryan Schwartz Law is located at 180 Grand Avenue, Suite 1550, Oakland, CA 94612. The telephone number is (510) 444-9300.

SELECT PRESS

Trial Under Way for Whistle-Blower Employee Suing Solano County
November 13, 2011, Fairfield

"Your Legal Rights: a Debate on the ATT Mobility v. Concepcion Supreme Court
Decision, and How it Affects Your Rights in the Workplace,"
May 4, 2011, National Public Radio, KALW San Francisco 91.7 FM

"For a Foreign Service officer with MS, what is 'around the world'?"
Washington Post, October 19, 2010

"Home Appraisers Slap JPMorgan with FLSA Action"
Law360, October 7, 2010

"EDOC Finds Disability Bias In Foreign Service Hiring"
Law360, October 5, 2010

"How to win court approval for your class-action settlement – Learn to avoid delays that occur if the court rejects or requires modification of your settlement"
Plaintiff, April 2010, pp. 16-21.(link)

Bryan Schwartz's Work Profiled in "Wee Pals"
Syndicated Comic, Oakland Tribune and Sacramento Bee, August 16, 2009 (link)

"California Attorneys Mull Whether Starbucks Could Prompt Tip-Based Pay for Supervisors"
Daily Labor Report, June 8, 2009

"How We Killed Berkeley's Naked Guy"
San Francisco Chronicle, June 1, 2009, A13

"Many Nations, One Tribe: Oakland Photojournalist on a Quest to Document Jewish Diversity"
JWeekly, May 7, 2009, Cover Feature

"Oakland Synagogues Pay Respects to Slain Officers"
JWeekly, April 2, 2009

"House Panel Will Probe Asbestos at Museum: Air and Space's Safety Conditions Are at Issue",
Washington Post, March 18, 2009, C01 (Washington Post calls Bryan Schwartz's victory for whistleblower Michael Cross "[o]ne of the few successful cases" involving whistleblowers in recent years).

"Smithsonian Ordered to Reinstate Fired Official",
Washington Post, May 10, 2007, C03

"Smithsonian IG Found Personal Use Of Resources",
Washington Post, April 10, 2007, A01

"Justice for Seema Bhat",
Washington Post, November 6, 2005, B06

"WASA Whistle-blower Wins Vindication, Reinstatement"
Washington Post, November 3, 2005, B01