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 Leslie F. Levy
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Biography: Leslie Levy brings a lifelong passion for social justice to her employment discrimination law practice. For more than two decades, she has upheld the rights of the mistreated by bringing discrimination and harassment suits against individual, corporate, and government wrongdoers. Her record includes pioneering lawsuits against sexually harassing landlords and perpetrators of violence against women and children. Raised in a family of activists, Leslie was drawn to the legal field by the possibility of changing the world, and remains committed to the practice of law as a vehicle for progressive social change. She enjoys being able to spend her entire workday making a positive difference in people’s lives. Her primary focus is representing employees, especially women, who have faced or are facing discrimination or harassment on the job. She also represents victims of sexual abuse by professionals, such as doctors, therapists and teachers, and of sexual harassment in housing situations. Leslie believes in empowering her clients to be an active part in the decision-making process of their cases. Her top priority is to prevent others from being harmed as her clients have been, and keeping her clients involved in the case is essential to delivering the justice they deserve. Leslie has been recognized as one of Northern California’s Super Lawyers in Employment in 2005, 2006, and 2007 by San Francisco Magazine. She has been an adjunct professor at both the University of San Francisco School of Law and New College of the Law, and is a sought-after speaker at legal conferences. She has authored articles, contributed chapters to legal reference books and practice manuals, and drafted California civil rights legislation. She is the recipient of the Hastings College of Law’s Clara Foltz Award for distinguished service to women. She is a graduate of Hastings College of the Law, and has a Philosophy degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Leslie is on the board of the San Francisco chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, and volunteered for years at the Marine Mammal Center and the Gulf of the Farallons Marine National Sanctuary. An avid environmentalist and lover of the outdoors, she also enjoys kayaking and birdwatching. Before joining Boxer & Gerson, LLP, where she is now a partner, she had her own private practice for 18 years. Case Highlights: When a Pleasanton schoolteacher suffered a work-related injury, her district wrongfully removed her from work, alleging that she could no longer perform her job because of her inability to do yard duty. The teacher contacted Leslie, who delivered a settlement of more than $600,000 (King v. Pleasanton Unified School District). In the case of Fiedler v. Fairfield North, Leslie represented multiple tenants who were suffering severe sexual harassment by their apartment manager. She settled the case for $990,000 (including fees and costs) - the largest settlement in the nation for a housing sexual harassment case. At the time this issue had not received much attention, but the publicity generated by this case led to increased training, education and overall awareness. Leslie was responsible for getting BART to install edge detection rubber flooring at all of its stations to assist the visually impaired (Pugh v. BART). She also secured automated independent access for disabled passengers to all BART station elevators (Moore v. Bart). When several 4th graders in Berkeley were molested by a teacher, Leslie won a settlement of $1.9 million and an agreement for system-wide training on issues of sexual abuse of children by school personnel (Sojourner T. Confidential School District). She secured the second largest settlement ever awarded against the San Francisco Police Department on behalf of a court reporter who had her arm broken by a police officer during a peaceful anti-war demonstration (Vaccarrezza v. San Francisco Police Department). Articles: "Gender-based Hate Violence," in Representing Victims of Hate Violence in Civil Proceedings, Noel, ed., State Bar of California, 2000. "Tort Remedies Addressing Violence Against Women," in Violence Against Women: Law & Practice, Frazee, et al., ed. West Publishing. 1997. Memberships:
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