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December 17, 2019

B&G Sponsors Puertas Abiertas Labor Rights Forum

Boxer & Gerson recently joined the U.S. Department of Labor and the Consulate General of Mexico as co-sponsors of a Labor Rights Forum organized by Puertas Abiertas, the Napa-based advocacy organization that seeks to increase access to educational, cultural, workplace, legal and economic resources for the region’s Latino population. Boxer & Gerson Partner Maria Grasso […]


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 25, 2019

Popalardo Recognized for Long Service to Kids’ Chance of California

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 […]


November 18, 2019

B&G Contingent Attends California ChangeLawyers Reception

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 […]


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 30, 2019

Turning 40 With Tradeswomen, Inc.

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 […]


October 25, 2019

Happy 50th, Centro Legal de la Raza!

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 […]