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Co-Counsel Attorneys:
Thomas Marc
Litton, B.A. University of
California at Los Angeles; J.D. Golden Gate University School of Law, active
Co-Counsel Attorney with the Law Office of Roderick P. Bushnell.
Mr. Litton has been
representing California workers for nearly 40 years. He began his legal career
as a law clerk and then as an associate at Bushnell, Caplan & Fielding,
LLP. After several years at BCF he founded Litton & Geonetta
LLP. He is now the principal of the Law Offices of Thomas Marc Litton.
Mr. Litton represents
employees in discrimination, wage and hour, and wrongful termination cases
before administrative agencies and in California state and federal courts.
While always ready to go to trial, Mr. Litton understands that most
clients prefer to avoid the stress, delay, expense, and uncertainty of trial
and he works tirelessly to achieve just settlements through direct negotiation
with employers and their counsel and through mediation or arbitration. Mr.
Litton has tried many employment cases to verdict before both juries and judges
and has an outstanding record of success.*
Mr. Litton also handles
select personal injury cases on behalf of injured parties. He screens each
potential case personally and will not undertake representation unless he
believes he can achieve a favorable outcome for the client.
Mr. Litton welcomes
referrals from past clients and other attorneys.
If you would like to
contact Mr. Litton to schedule a no-cost, no‑obligation evaluation
of your employment or personal injury claims, please call him at 415‑421‑4774
or e-mail him at marc@littonlaw.com.
*Past results are
not a guarantee of future outcomes.
Leslie C. Leone
Over twenty years
ago, Leslie C. Leone founded the Leone Law Firm. Ms. Leone is proudly a
third-generation San Francisco native. She attended UC Berkeley and Golden Gate
University School of Law. Along with her own law practice, Ms. Leone is an
active co-counsel attorney with the Law Office of Roderick P. Bushnell.
Ms. Leone began her
legal career as a Staff Attorney for the Teamsters Union, and she worked for
the Operating Engineer’s Union (both of her parents were members of these
Unions). As a Personal Injury Attorney and Employment Law Attorney, Ms. Leone
has diligently represented hundreds of employees and injury victims and
obtained millions of dollars in compensation for her clients.
Should you wish to
contact Ms. Leone regarding a personal injury or employment matter, her contact
information is provided below.
Telephone:
415-299-0066
Email:
leslie@leonelawfirm.com
Website:
www.leonelawfirm.com
Of-Counsel Attorneys:
April M. Strauss, J.D., CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, Of-Counsel attorney for the Law Office of Roderick P. Bushnell, focuses
on complex federal and state consumer class actions, privacy law, California
False Claims Act, fraud, advertising and environmental cases. She evaluates the
business practices and marketing materials of organizations across a wide range
of industries and geographies. She is adept at applying state and federal law
to complex areas of science or technology, and frequently negotiates with
multiple parties to craft creative compliance programs that would be embraced
by company management, and still meet federal and state legal requirements.
Ms.
Strauss’s CIPP/US, CIPP/E and CIPM credentials reflect her commitment and
strong foundation in U.S. and EU privacy laws and regulations and understanding
of the legal requirements for the responsible transfer of sensitive personal
data to/from the U.S., the EU and other jurisdictions. They also demonstrate
her understanding of privacy program governance and the skills necessary to
manage a privacy program across all stages of its operational life cycle.
Reported
Cases:
· San
Francisco Unified School District ex rel. Contreras v. First Student, Inc., 224
Cal. App. 4th 627 (2014); San Francisco Unified School District ex rel.
Contreras v. First Student, Inc., 213 Cal. App. 4th 1212 (2013); San Francisco
Unified School District ex rel. Contreras v. Laidlaw Transit, Inc., 182 Cal.
App. 4th 438 (2010)
· Kasky v. Nike, 27 Cal. 4th 939 (2002), cert. granted, 537 U.S. 1099
(2003), cert. dism. as improv. granted, 539 U.S. 654 (2003)
· Day v.
AT&T Corp., 63 Cal. App. 4th 325 (1998)
· People ex
rel. Lungren v. Superior Court, 14 Cal. 4th 294
(1996) (amicus)
· Richmond v.
Allstate Ins. Co., 847 F. Supp. 447 (S.D. Cal. 1995)
· Mangini v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 7 Cal. 4th 1057 (1994); Mangini v. J. G. Durand International, 31 Cal. App. 4th 214
(1994)
Education:
Georgetown
University Law Center, Doctor of Law (JD), cum laude, 1989–1992 International
Academy of Trial Lawyers Award—1992 Dean’s List, Spring ‘91 and Spring ‘92
Activities and Societies: Gilbert and Sullivan Society University of Florida,
BA, 1989
Bar
Admissions & Select Memberships California State Bar
Member, June 1992—Present CIPP/US, Certified Information Privacy Professional
(US Concentration); IAPP - International Association of Privacy Professionals
CIPP/E; Certified Information Privacy Professional (EU Concentration); IAPP
CIPM - Certified Information Privacy Manager - IAPP
astrauss@sfaclp.com
Diana L. Maier, Of-Counsel Attorney for the Law Office of Roderick
P. Bushnell, originally began contributing to Bushnell, Caplan &
Fielding, LLP in 2003 as co-counsel for the firm.
She briefly became a partner in 2008 but left shortly thereafter to focus on
the defense side of preventative employment work, conducting workplace
investigations, and to expand her experience in internet and privacy law in the
US and Europe.
Ms. Maier is a Bay Area native. She received a Bachelor of
Science in Foreign Service (international relations) from Georgetown University
in 1992 (magna cum laude). She attended the University of Seville, Spain,
(1990-1991) and served as a Judicial Extern with the Hon D. Lowell Jensen, United
States District Court, Northern District of
California. She attended Stanford Law School and graduated in 1998.
Ms. Maier began her legal career as a Deputy Public
Defender for Santa Clara County before forming her own practice, the Law Office
of Diana Maier, working closely with Bushnell, Caplan & Fielding, LLP, and
then focusing on privacy compliance, workplace complaint investigation, and
employment defense. Her current practice, the Maier Law Group, focuses on
mediation, employment law, data privacy law, workplace
and Title IX investigations, Title IX, Workplace Training, Conflict
Resolution, Executive Coaching, and Workplace Audits. Ms. Maier provides legal
counsel in both English and Spanish.
Certifications:
· CIPP/US,
CIPP/E - Certified Information Privacy Professional, U.S. private sector and
Europe
Admissions:
· State Bar of
California, December 1998; U.S. District Court, Northern District of
California, December 2003
maierlawgroup.com
Former
Partners:
Alan M. Caplan, former Partner of Bushnell & Caplan, LLP and
Bushnell, Caplan & Fielding, LLP, practiced for many years as a criminal
defense attorney, and later focused on plaintiff's consumer class actions,
plaintiff's employment rights and discrimination cases, plaintiff's personal
injury cases, and plaintiff's cases generally. He was co-lead counsel in
landmark cases such as Mangini v. R.J.
Reynolds (which eliminated the Joe Camel advertising campaign), Kasky v. Nike (which related to false
advertising of working conditions). He tried a wide range of cases including
unfair business practices, Proposition 65 (requiring health warnings to
consumers), personal injury, and homicide.
Background & Education:
Georgetown University Law
Center, J.D., 1969
·
Member, Law
Students Civil Rights Research Council (LSCRRC), University of Wisconsin at
Madison, B.S., cum laude, 1966
Bar Admissions:
District of Columbia, 1969;
California, 1971; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1971;
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1971; U.S. Supreme Court, 1980; U.S.
District Court, Central District of California, 1987; U.S. Court of Appeals,
Sixth Circuit, 1990; U.S. District Court, Southern District of California,
1991; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1991; U.S. District
Court, Eastern District of California, 1993
Selected Professional &
Business Activities:
·
Mediator, San
Francisco Bar Association Early Disposition Program, 1986-1995
·
Guest Lecturer,
University of California, Hastings College of the Law, Litigation Seminar, Topic:
Jury Selection 1994
·
Appointed Judge
Pro Tem, San Francisco Municipal Court, 1986-1992
·
VISTA Volunteer
Lawyer, U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, Cleveland, Ohio, 1969-1970
Memberships:
·
Klanwatch Project,
Southern Poverty Law Center, 1986-Present
·
State Bar of
California
·
Bar Association
of San Francisco, Litigation Section (former member)
·
Consumer
Attorneys of California (formerly, California Trial Lawyers Association)
1990-2011
·
San Francisco
Trial Lawyers Association, Litigation Section (former member)
·
Criminal Trial
Lawyers Association of Northern California, 1975-1996; Treasurer, 1986; Member,
Board of Directors 1986-1995
·
California
Employment Lawyers Association, 1987-1994; Advisory Board, 1990-1994
Selected Awards:
·
Designated a
"Northern California Super Lawyer," by Law & Politics, and San
Francisco Magazine, 2015-2016
·
Co-Recipient:
"Trial Lawyer of the Year Award" by Trial Lawyers for Public Justice,
2003
·
"California
Lawyer Attorney of the Year Award for Appellate Advocacy" by California
Lawyer Magazine, 2002
·
Who's Who in
California, 1988
·
Marin County
Board of Supervisors resolution "Commending Bushnell, Caplan and Fielding,
LLP and particularly Alan Caplan, for their outstanding contribution to the
battle against tobacco use and addiction among minors and to preservation of
the health of Marin county minors." 1988
acap@bcflaw.com
David H.
Fielding, former Partner of Bushnell, Caplan & Fielding, LLP,
retired in 2014. Mr. Fielding’s practice encompassed both trial and appellate
work in both state and federal courts and included the litigation and mediation
of individual as well as class-wide claims and lawsuits. He worked as a
mediator, creatively resolving labor and employment law and other
business-related disputes. His approach to alternative dispute resolution was
forthright, experienced, efficient and effective.
Mr.
Fielding is a graduate of Stanford University with a B.S. degree in Industrial
Engineering, and of Georgetown University Law Center (J.D. degree) where
he was a member of the Editorial Board of the Georgetown Law Journal. He was
admitted to the California State Bar in 1969 and was a member of the bars of
the United States Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and various
federal district courts and state courts of appeal.
Mr.
Fielding served as a Reginald Heber Smith Fellow and staff attorney with
California Rural Legal Assistance Program in Calexico, California in the late
1960's. During his legal career, he also served as an International Legal
Center Fellow and Consultant to the Legal Aid Program of the University of Costa Rica School of Law and the Costa Rican Instituto de Fomento y Asesoria Municipal (Municipal Development Institute).
Mr.
Fielding served as the California State Bar Appointed Board Member of the
California Rural Legal Assistance Program and as an officer or board member on
the Boards of Directors of other community non-profit organizations including
the Bay Area Video Coalition and La Raza Legal Central. He also served as Judge
Pro Tem for the San Francisco Superior court and was a frequent lecturer on
employment-law-related subjects, including discrimination and wrongful
discharge.
Mr.
Fielding brought his experience to the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution,
serving as a Mediator for the San Francisco Bar Association's Voluntary Early
Mediation and Early Settlement Programs. He was also a frequent Mediator for
the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He was a member of
the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), the Inter-American Bar
Association, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Lawyers Guild,
and the California Employment Lawyers Association, the State Bar of California,
and the San Francisco Bar Association.
Mr.
Fielding served as an Urban Community Development Volunteer in the United
States Peace Corps in Cuzco, Peru from 1964 to 1966. He is fluent in Spanish
and speaks basic Italian.
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