Kids’ Chance of California, the nonprofit organization devoted to funding need-based college scholarships for children of workers killed or seriously injured on the job, surprised Boxer & Gerson Partner Dennis Popalardo at the firm’s regular calendar meeting last week by popping in to present him with a plaque honoring his eight years of service as […]
Imagining a different legal landscape that more resembles the diversity of 21st century America was the vision projected last month at a reception held at UC Hastings School of Law for California ChangeLawyers and attended by a trio of Boxer & Gerson attorneys. “One of the most inspiring events I have ever witnessed” was how Boxer […]
Having been founded in 1977 and long since turned the corner on its own adulthood, Boxer & Gerson was honored and pleased to help Tradeswomen, Inc. usher in its 40th anniversary last month at a gala dinner held in the very Rotunda Building in downtown Oakland that houses the Boxer & Gerson offices. The firm […]
Representatives from Boxer & Gerson joined more than 250 other supporters from around the Bay Area on October 12 for a gathering at the Oakland Museum honoring the 50th Anniversary of Centro Legal de la Raza, the Oakland-based nonprofit dedicated to serving vulnerable community members facing challenges related to poverty, immigration, housing, employment, crime, incarceration […]
Two Boxer & Gerson attorneys took to the links last week on the Monterey Peninsula to lend the firm’s support to the Teamsters Joint Council 7 All Charities Golf Tournament. Managing Partner Justin Litvack and Partner Gary Lee (left to right above) teamed up for the 18-hole tour of Black Horse Golf Course, perched on […]
First child in her nuclear family to leave home. First one in her extended family to go to college. With both parents working demanding, physically taxing jobs and money tight, charged with “becoming an adult” by helping to care for her younger brother and sister while a high school student at age 15. These tales […]
Boxer & Gerson’s veteran culinary crew came up big again in California Assemblymember Rob Bonta’s 7th Annual Chili Cook-0ff on June 8. Chili maven Hillary Nakano (to the right of Bonta in the photo) parlayed an old recipe she continues to tweak every year into a third-place finish at the perennially high-spirited event, just a […]