Recent News

• Burnham Brown Supports Oakland Police Foundation
• Burnham Brown Partner Susan Firtch Elected to the Legal Assistance for Seniors-HICAP Board of Directors
• Burnham Brown attorney Paul Caleo has been appointed Chair of DRI Committee
• Paul Caleo and Aimee Hamoy-Perera successfully defended a traumatic brain injury case with claimed damages in excess of $3 million in a four week jury trial in Sonoma County
• Burnham Brown Partners Defeat Multi-Million Dollar Unfair Competition Claims at Wine Country Trial
• What’s Happening with Burnham Brown’s Retail and Hospitality Practice Group
• Burnham Brown Shareholder and President of the Board of Directors, Gregory D. Brown, to be sworn in as ACBA President at the Installation & Distinguished Service Awards on January 14, 2010
• The ACBA Volunteer Legal Services Corporation (VLSC) recognizes Burnham Brown as a founding member of the Guardians of Justice Campaign for their significant annual commitment to support VLSC and legal services in Alameda County
• Burnham Brown Attorney, Jack W. Schwartz Jr., Has Been Elected To The Board Of Directors Of The Rental Housing Association Of Northern Alameda County ("RHANAC")
• Burnham Brown Managing Partner, John J. Verber, was elected to the Alameda County Food Bank’s Board of Directors
• A Night Of Celebration For Diversity And The Law As Featured In The Asian American Bar Association Newsletter
• Burnham Brown Attorney, Andrew Shalauta, featured in the California Society for Healthcare Risk Management’s Fall 2009 Newsletter and in the EUCA Magazine
• Paul Caleo becomes member of the National Retail & Restaurant Defense Association
• Paul Caleo is recognized by the Defense Research Institute (DRI) in its Leader Spotlight
• Burnham Brown attorney, Andrew Shalauta, obtains dismissal for electrical contractor in lawsuit by electricians union involving dispute over Department of Industrial Relations' classifications and prevailing wages on public works projects
• Burnham Brown attorneys, Cathy Arias and Allyson Cook obtained a unanimous defense verdict on behalf of a Securities Firm in an arbitration before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
• Settlements And Damages In Disability Access Cases Likely To Increase
• Burnham Brown Serving the A's and the Community as featured in the Oakland Business Review
• ACBA Recognizes Burnham Brown As Firm Of The Year
• Rohit Sabnis & Robert Bodzin Featured as Authors & Editors In National Trade Secrets & Non-Compete Agreement Compendium
• Paul Caleo and Dave Wilgus successfully defend a national valve manufacturer and its distributor in a three week jury trial in Placer County in the re-trial of Product Liability Design Defect traumatic brain injury case with claimed damages of $2 million
• Burnham Brown Managing Partner, John J. Verber, has been selected to serve on the Alameda County Bar Association Volunteer Legal Services Corporation Committee
• Kimberly Chew is serving on the Environmental Legislative Committee of the Environmental Section of the California State Bar
• SAFETY Act Certification and Designation Awarded to Burnham Brown's Client D. W. Nicholson, Inc.
• Burnham Brown Attorney, Michelle Jew, Featured in the "On The Water Front" YMCA Newsletter
• Burnham Brown Partner, Gregory Brown, will serve as President of the ACBA
• At Long Last, The Family And Medical Leave Act Is Revised
• Companies Beware: Failure To Accommodate Breast-Feeding For Employees Could Result In Significant Fines
• California Court of Appeal Affirms Summary Judgment in Favor of Trucking Defendants
• Businesses must beware of employment lawsuits: Essential lessons in avoiding risks
• Penalties of Over $250,000 Issued for Violation of Heat Illness Prevention Regulations
• New California Law Requires Locking Mail Receptacle for Each Unit in Residential Hotel
• Subcontractor's Duty to Defend
• California Supreme Court Concludes That The Sophisticated User Defense Applies in California
• Burnham Brown Attorney Cathy L. Arias Obtains Unanimous Defense Verdict in Discrimination Trial
• Burnham Brown Represents Fresno State in a New Discrimination Lawsuit (As Reported by ABC - 30 News and the Fresno Bee)
• Burnham Brown Partner, Eric Haas, Elected to Serve a Second Term on Harmonie's Board of Directors
• Updated 2007 Hot Button Issues for California Employers
• Robert M. Bodzin Authors "Strange Bedfellows" Article for the Latest Issue of "For the Defense"
• New California Fair Employment Regulations
  The CA FEHC clarifies sexual harassment prevention training obligations.
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• It's Five Wins in a Row for Burnham Brown!
  The firm celebrated a new milestone when it obtained an unprecedented four defense verdicts in a row between July and August 2005.
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