Practice Areas : Communications & Internet Law
Practice Areas : Civil Rights
Practice Areas : Business Law
Practice Areas : Social Security Disability
Practice Areas : Construction Law
Practice Areas : Bankruptcy
Practice Areas : Civil Rights
58 attorneys and law firms in Oakland are listed on this page, with personal injury, employment law and civil rights the most represented practice areas.
Cases are heard in the Alameda County Superior Court, with federal matters going to the Oakland courthouse of the Northern District of California.
The civil rights and employment concentration here is real rather than nominal: claims against public agencies and section 1983 actions are a routine part of the local practice. Two deadlines matter more than most: a formal government claim against a city or county must be presented within months of the incident, and discrimination charges generally have to be filed with a state or federal agency before any lawsuit.