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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
For the fourth consecutive year, the University of California’s largest employee union, Local 3299 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), invited Boxer & Gerson Certified Workers’ Compensation Specialist Maria Grasso to help educate the union’s Member Action Team (MAT) on the finer points of workers’ comp, which team members in turn use to […]
A book written about the first two women in United States history named to the Supreme Court was the subject of a brown bag lunch today at the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board offices in Oakland. The “Sisters in Law Booktalk” event was organized and hosted by Judge Therese Da Silva of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals […]
A contingent of 10 Boxer & Gerson attorneys paid their respects last week to newly appointed Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Commissioner Craig Snellings at a reception held in his honor in downtown Oakland. Snellings was appointed to the statewide board in early January by outgoing Governor Jerry Brown and was quickly confirmed by the State […]
The subject of professional ethics never goes off the radar in the legal profession, so much so that members of the California State Bar are required to take four hours of continuing education in the subject every three years, along with an additional hour each on the subjects of substance abuse and the recognition of […]
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