In the news.

February 12, 2024

Gary Lee Accepts Awards at SouthEast Asian Community Center Festival

On February 3, 2024 Gary Lee, Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors for the SouthEast Asian Community Center appeared at the agency’s Tet Festival in San Francisco. On behalf of SEACC, Gary accepted Awards by California state Senator Scott Wiener and state Treasurer Fiona Ma. The festival celebrated the Lunar New Year in the Tenderloin neighborhood of […]


January 25, 2021

Join Us in Congratulating Our Three New Partners

As we strive to fulfill our mission of advocating for injured workers and their families, we know a stronger team makes us even more effective. That’s why we’re so proud to announce the promotion of three of our Associates to Partner: Dikla Dolev, Deirdre Mochel, and Warren Pulley. While they have unique backgrounds and work […]


September 16, 2020

B+G partner Maria Antonieta Grasso reflects on how law firms can improve diversity among equity partners

Maria Antonieta Grasso, Partner, published an article in ABA Journal, reflecting on a staggering statistic put out by a recent ABA study: Only 2% of equity partners at large law firms are women of color—a number that hasn’t changed in the past 20 years. Having emigrated to the U.S. at age four with her parents, […]


November 27, 2019

Women Lawyers Dinner a Night to Remember

Boxer & Gerson attorneys Maria Grasso and Deirdre Mochel represented the firm at the recent Women Lawyers of Alameda County  Judges Dinner that drew a large contingent of women attorneys to Scott’s Seafood Restaurant at Oakland’s Jack London Square. The annual gathering is an occasion for recognizing newly appointed women justices, judges, and commissioners; honoring award winners […]


November 7, 2019

B&G, Harrigan, Gerson, All Win Best Lawyers® Honors

The Boxer & Gerson firm at large and longtime Partners John Harrigan and Michael Gerson have won recognition in the annual Best Lawyers in America© survey for 2020 in the legal specialty of workers’ compensation. The awards were granted for the Oakland Metropolitan Area, with the firm winning “Best Law Firm” designation and Harrigan winning […]


October 16, 2019

Grasso Trades Posts in Statewide Lawyer Group

    Boxer & Gerson Partner Maria Grasso had about 90 minutes between leadership positions with the California Lawyers Association (CLA) last weekend as the organization held its annual meeting in Monterey. Grasso no sooner completed her one-year term as Chair of CLA’S Workers’ Compensation Section Executive Committee at 1 p.m. than she was sworn […]


November 7, 2018

Gerson and Harrigan Reap “Best Lawyers” Recognition

Boxer & Gerson Partners Michael Gerson and John Harrigan were recently named to the coveted “Best Lawyers®” list for the Oakland Metropolitan area in their specialty area  of workers’ compensation, with Gerson winning additional accolades as “Lawyer of the Year”.  The firm, meanwhile, was again named to the associated “Best Law Firms” list in workers’ compensation and product liability. […]