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Rogers Joseph O’Donnell is proud to announce that eleven of its attorneys have been selected by Super Lawyers as top attorneys for 2018 in Northern California and Washington, D.C. Each year, no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in each state are selected to by the research team at Super Lawyers for inclusion on…
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RJO Shareholder, Neil H. O’Donnell, moderated a panel at the 2018 Board of Contract Appeals Bar Association / George Washington University Law School Annual Conference on June 7, 2018 in Washington, DC. The Conference this year will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Contract Disputes Act. Mr. O’Donnell’s panel will focus on lingering policy issues…
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After multiple briefings and three hearings, RJO attorneys Dennis Huie and Sharon Rossi successfully defeated a motion for class certification in a putative wage and hour class action brought by a former restaurant manager working for a franchisee of a national fast-food restaurant chain alleging that she was misclassified as exempt and entitled to unpaid…
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Three days into a multi-week trial, RJO attorneys Dennis Huie, Sharon Rossi and Katherine Svinarich, representing a franchisee of a national fast food restaurant chain and its management company, secured favorable trial court rulings in a Private Attorney Generals Act case where the Court ruled that PAGA penalties were capped at less than .03% of…
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RJO practice areas and several of its attorneys were recognized in the recently published Legal 500 2018 guide. In the Government Contracts rankings, RJO remains in Band 2, and it’s the only boutique among the nine firms in the first two bands. Shareholder Neil O’Donnell was recognized again among the “Leading Lawyers” rankings. The Legal…
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Director Dean D. Paik, will speak on “It’s Not You, It’s Him: Dealing with ‘Challenging’ Prosecutors,” at the NACDL’s 8th Annual West Coast White Collar Conference on Thursday, June 21, 2018, in Santa Monica, California. The conference will feature several hot topic white collar practice issues plus great networking events. Specifically, this program will explore emerging…
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RJO practice areas and several of its attorneys were recognized in the recently published Chambers USA 2018 guide. The firm was ranked in Band 2 in the USA Nationwide Government Contracts, the only boutique in the top 8. The firm was also ranked in the California Construction category and received a special spotlight in Government…
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RJO is pleased to announce that Emily A. Wieser has joined our Employment and Government Contracts Groups. Ms. Wieser has extensive experience representing clients from varied industries in civil litigation matters. She has participated in all phases of litigation from inception to trial. In addition to her trial preparation experience, she is well-versed in alternative…
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RJO is pleased to announce that Richard Harris has joined the Construction Law Practice Group. Mr. Harris served as General Counsel for a public works construction firm for over six years. He has extensive legal experience in public and private construction matters, starting with bid protests, through contract interpretation, unforeseen conditions and delay claims, stop…
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Merri J. Baldwin will present “Legal Ethics and the Cloud,” from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m., at the Practicing Law Institute’s Program “Cloud Computing 2018: Key Issues and Practical Guidance,” at the PLI Center located at 685 Market Street, Suite 100, San Francisco, California. More information and registration.
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