Bryan Jeffrey Schwartz

Bryan Jeffrey Schwartz

5.0
Rating: 10.0

Licensed for 25 years

Employment and labor Lawyer at Oakland, CA
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

1330 Broadway, Suite 1630, Oakland, CA

About Bryan

Biography

Practice Areas

1

Practice Area

Fees and Rates

Cost

Free Consultation

$0 first 60 minutes

Hourly Rates

$ 625-675 per hour

Contingency

33%-40%

Retainer

Sometimes


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check
  • Credit Card

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Licenses

Licensed in District of Columbia for 22 years

State: District of Columbia

Acquired: 2003

Good Standing

No misconduct found

Licensed in California for 25 years

State: California

Acquired: 2000

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Bryan Schwartz Law

1330 Broadway, Suite 1630, Oakland, CA, 94612

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Bryan Jeffrey Schwartz's Reviews

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5.0 /5.0

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Posted by anonymous | December 3, 2015 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

There's no BS with Bryan Schwartz

Bryan Schwartz represented me successfully in mediating my age discrimination claim against a large employer. I note that he has a 7.3 AVVO rating. This seems odd (and inadequate) to me because there can be few lawyers with greater legal acumen or a more relentless drive to get an acceptable result f...or his clients. Bryan is all business and probably works too hard. He is a man of faith, socially responsible and ethical and too busy winning cases all over the country to spend time holding your hand. If Bryan Schwartz and his associates decide to take your case, however small it may be, you're in very good hands. I know because I was there.

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Employment and labor lawyer | Oct 01

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"I endorse this lawyer. Bryan is well known as a leading employment lawyer in the Bay Area. I highly recommend him.."

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Experience

Rating:  10.0 (Superb)

Honors

2016

Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers

2016

Top Employment Attorneys, Daily Journal

2015

Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers

2015

Top Employment Attorneys, Daily Journal

2014

Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers

2013

Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers

2012

Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers

2011

Rising Star, SuperLawyers

Work Experience

2009 - Present

Attorney, Bryan Schwartz Law

2006 - 2008

Managing Attorney, San Francisco Office, Nichols Kaster, LLP

2003 - 2006

Associate, Passman & Kaplan, PC

2001 - 2002

Law Clerk, Hon. Franklin Van Antwerpen

Associations

2006 - Present

California Employment Lawyers Association

Executive Board Member, 2013-present

2006 - Present

California Bar Labor and Employment Section

Chair, 2016-2017

2003 - Present

National Employment Lawyers Association

2002 - Present

Scattered Among the Nations

President

2013 - 2016

FAIR (Foundation for Advocacy Inclusion and Resources)

President

2011 - 2013

Temple Beth Abraham

President

Sample of Legal Cases

Boyd v. BofA

$41.8 million in settlements, after prevailing on summary judgment

Meyer v. Department of State

nationwide disability class certified, upheld on review

Stanfield v. First NLC

$14 million settlement for wage/hour class

Nigam v. US Dept of Housing and Urban Development

Bush Cabinet Secretary found to have discriminated

Cross v. Smithsonian

Federal whistleblower vindicated

Bhat v. DC Water & Sewer Authority

Environmental whistleblower fully vindicated

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Education

N/A

UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hall

law

N/A

Cornell Univ

undergraduate

Speaking Engagements

2009

2009 UC Hastings Women’s Law Journal Symposium

Ongoing Struggles for Economic Equality: Challenges Faced by Women and Marginalized Communities, “Low-Wage Workers in the Economic Crisis”

2008

2008 National Employment Lawyers Association Convention

“Advanced Strategic Thinking in Whistleblower Cases”

2007

2007 National Employment Lawyers Association Conference

Representing Workers in Individual and Collective Actions Under the FLSA, "Encouraging Wage & Hour Actions Against State & Local Public Employers"

Publications

2005

Federal Employees Legal Survival Guide, 2d Edition New Chapter

2005

The Labor Lawyer, published by the American Bar Association. “In the Name of Security, Insecurity: The Trend to Diminish Employee Rights”

Languages

Spanish

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