Bryan Schwartz Law

Today, Bryan Schwartz was announced as "Lawyer of the Year" for labor and employment litigation in Oakland, by Best Lawyers, a partner of U.S. News & World Report. Best Lawyers, which is celebrating 40 years as a peer review source, only chooses a single lawyer in a specific practice area and location to be "Lawyer of the Year." According to Best Lawyers, the thorough selection process is designed to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services. Honorees are selected through a combination of peer review votes and analysis of written feedback, resulting in a comprehensive list of attorneys that is recognized for their high caliber of legal knowledge, ethics, and professionalism. Only a small percentage of attorneys are recognized by Best Lawyers.

Bryan Schwartz Law's principal once again was named a top employment lawyer in California by SuperLawyers and the Daily Journal. The Daily Journal, ranking Bryan Schwartz again in the top handful of workers' rights attorneys, reported that Bryan Schwartz's plaintiff-side employment and civil rights law boutique used a jiu-jitsu style approach to turn litigation opponents’ pushback to his advantage in obtaining multi-million dollar settlements in multiple class actions. Read about it here: https://www.bryanschwartzlaw.com/07-06-21

Bryan Schwartz Law is grateful that the Biden administration is reestablishing the U.S. Department of Labor as a viable enforcement agency - read about the latest, in a post by summer law clerk Lilith Gamer on our blog: http://bryanschwartzlaw.blogspot.com//biden-administration

Bryan Schwartz Law celebrates President Biden's signing into law the new Juneteenth federal holiday! Read the blog post by our summer intern, Polina Whitehouse: http://bryanschwartzlaw.blogspot.com//juneteenth-celebrati

Daily Journal coverage of our successful prosecution in the Turman v. Koji's and Parent matter - https://www.bryanschwartzlaw.com/052821koji

I was there the day democracy survived. Read about it:

Bryan Schwartz Law's $6 million settlement for over 500 residential real estate appraisers who alleged they were cheated out of overtime and meal and rest breaks, with co-counsel Nichols Kaster, received final court approval! Read about it: https://www.bryanschwartzlaw.com/10-15-20

I am pleased to be speaking this morning at the California Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference on Taking Critical Depositions During a Pandemic, with Tilak Gupta and Xinying Valerian. My focus will be on taking depositions in disability discrimination cases.

Everyone- it is very important to vote NO on Prop 22 in California- a scam by companies like Uber and Lyft to make an end-run around the laws to protect workers, as enacted by California's elected legislature and signed by our Governor, as applied by the California Supreme Court, and as enforced by civil rights lawyers like me! Read about it, here: https://bryanschwartzlaw.blogspot.com//vote-no-on-proposit

Bryan Schwartz Law is pleased to welcome Cassidy Clark to the firm as the first Joseph V. Kaplan Workers' Rights Fellow, honoring Mr. Schwartz's extraordinary mentor, friend, and co-counsel, Joe, who was taken too soon, by Covid-19. https://www.bryanschwartzlaw.com/09-21-20

Bryan Schwartz has again been selected by his peers for inclusion on the list of The Best Lawyers in America, as one of the top lawyers in employment law. Bryan Schwartz Law has been recognized as one of the "Best Law Firms" in America, by this U.S. News & World Report-affiliated publication. Best Lawyers states that the rankings are based upon a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, and peer review by tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluating their professional peers. Lawyers are not permitted to pay any fee to participate in or be recognized by Best Lawyers.

Bryan Schwartz Law's principal is presenting on mediation for improved class action settlements. https://www.straffordpub.com//mediation-for-improved-class

The District Court granted preliminary approval of our $2.25 miilion settlement for 129 market research "client service managers" with wage claims based upon their alleged misclassification as exempt from overtime-

No one's John Lewis eulogy is better than what he wrote in his final message to us. I am inspired by his great courage and love. https://www.nytimes.com//john-lewis-civil-rights-america.h

Over a decade ago, Bryan Schwartz helped found FAIR (www.fair-foundation.org) to give diverse law students and new lawyers opportunities to become civil rights lawyers- to make the face of the workers' rights community reflect the clients we serve every day. It has worked! The hundreds of thousands of dollars we have raised have given more than 100 fellows a path to achieve their career goals. Our legal community today is far more diverse than when we started. But we still have a long way to go. Make a difference! Donate today.

For the 10th year in a row, Bryan Schwartz Law's principal has been recognized as one of the top labor & employment lawyers in California by the Daily Journal and/or Super Lawyers. He says: "This year, mostly, I just feel lucky that I can keep doing my job, helping thousands of people to vindicate their workplace civil rights, from the safety of my home." Fewer than 20 workers' rights lawyers were chosen by the Daily Journal with Mr. Schwartz, and he comments: "Most of the plaintiffs' lawyers chosen are my good friends. Proud to be fighting for justice with you all!"

Bryan Schwartz Law Celebrates Landmark Decision for LGBT Americans: https://bryanschwartzlaw.blogspot.com//victory-us-supreme-

The Administration is threatening your overtime! http://bryanschwartzlaw.blogspot.com//are-you-employed-in-

White Silence is Violence. Read Bryan Schwartz Law's blog post by Natasha Távora Baker reacting to the most recent spate of racist police brutality: http://bryanschwartzlaw.blogspot.com//white-silence-is-vio

Bryan Schwartz Law associate Sam Goldsmith posted this today, concerning Dr. Rick Bright and other brave whistleblowers: http://bryanschwartzlaw.blogspot.com//whistleblowerspublic

In the cover story of this month's Plaintiff magazine, Bryan Schwartz Law's principal and co-author Jinny Kim, of Legal Aid at Work, tackle "What happens to workers, workers' rights, and their advocates in a pandemic?" Read it here: https://www.bryanschwartzlaw.com/05-20