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January 9, 2018

Deirdre Mochel Obtains $850,000 Settlement for Injured Insurance Professional

A veteran of the insurance industry chose Boxer & Gerson to represent him nearly five years ago after an on-the-job accident led to a failed back surgery that left him unable to work and in constant pain. His travail came to an end recently when Boxer & Gerson attorney Deirdre Mochel secured an $850,000 cash settlement for […]


December 22, 2017

Dikla Dolev Secures $3.25 Million Settlement for Injured Worker

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Boxer & Gerson’s Dikla Dolev secured a $3.25 million settlement last week for a man whose forklift fell off a truck while he was working in 2002. The now 64-year-old Vallejo man has suffered ever since with intractable back and neck pain and catastrophic results from a subsequent failed surgery in 2007. After the surgery, […]


December 13, 2017

Mayor’s Toy Drive Reception Nets Record Haul for Oakland Kids

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The Oakland workers’ compensation community and many others showed up in force last week to support the city’s disadvantaged children, and the result was a record haul of toys and cash raised for the Oakland Mayor’s Toy Drive’s Ninth Annual Opening Reception. The gala event drew some 250 people to Boxer & Gerson’s downtown offices in […]


November 6, 2017

B&G Firm and Attorney Trio Earn U.S. News – Best Lawyers® Honors

Boxer & Gerson, LLP has once again earned top Tier 1 rankings for Oakland law firms in two different practice areas by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® for the Eighth Edition of “Best Law Firms.” The firm earned Tier 1 recognition in the workers’ compensation area for the third consecutive year, while its product liability services […]


September 29, 2017

Jerez Named Chapter President of CAAA East Bay

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Boxer & Gerson Associate Attorney Jenny Jerez recently assumed the presidency of the California Applicants’ Attorneys Association (CAAA) East Bay Chapter after having served as the organization’s vice-president over the past year. The statewide organization, founded in 1966, engages in legal, policy and educational advocacy activities in the workers’ compensation field from its headquarters near the State Capitol in […]


September 18, 2017

Litvack Wins $1.4 Million Award for Disabled Walgreens Manager

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When a former Walgreens manager walked into the Boxer & Gerson offices for an initial visit with Workers’ Compensation Attorney Justin Litvack in 2013, Litvack noted to himself that the man “could barely move” and was suffering great discomfort as he set himself into a chair and began recounting the tale of the injury that […]


August 24, 2017

Litvack Unpacks Workers’ Comp Law to State Bar Convention

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Boxer & Gerson Associate Attorney Justin Litvack shared the dais with a workers’ compensation judge last weekend at the California State Bar Sections Convention, helping to unpack a state law that has left many workers uncompensated for secondary effects of a work-related injury. The program, entitled “Truth & Compensable Consequences: An Update on Labor Code 4660.1,” […]