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Dan Feinberg Quoted in Law360

Dan Feinberg was quoted in a Law360 article entitled “5 ERISA Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2020.” A copy of the article can be found here. FJWW represents workers, retirees and unions in a wide range of ERISA litigation.

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Three firm lawyers to speak at Bridgeport Wage & Hour Litigation & Management

Catha Worthman will co-moderate today’s Bridgeport Wage & Hour Litigation & Management Conference in San Francisco.  Genevieve Casey will speak on exemption issues, and Darin Ranahan will speak on arbitration issues. We’re looking forward to joining the other panelists for lively and informative discussions about developments in this important area of law.

For more information: https://bridgeportce.com/bridge2017/live-events/2019-wage-hour-litigation-and-management-san-francisco

 

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Six Firm Lawyers Selected to the 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

Six FJWW attorneys were selected to the 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers or Rising Stars lists. Dan Feinberg, Todd Jackson, Catha Worthman, and Nina Wasow were named to the Northern California Super Lawyers list. Darin Ranahan and Genevieve Casey were named to the Northern California Rising Stars list.

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice areas. The list of Super Lawyers includes no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state. The Rising Stars list, a distinction for attorneys who are 40 or younger or who have been in practice for 10 years or less, includes no more than 2.5% of lawyers in the state.

The lists are published in Northern California Super Lawyers magazine, San Francisco magazine, Sacramento magazine, and online.

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FJWW Welcomes New Peggy Browning Fund Fellow, Anne Weis

Feinberg, Jackson, Worthman & Wasow LLP is proud to introduce its new Peggy Browning Fund fellow, Anne Weis! Anne is a rising 3L at Berkeley Law, where she is an Executive Editor on the California Law Review and executive board member for If/When/How, a reproductive justice organization on campus. Anne has previously worked as a law clerk at Bay Area Legal Aid and Equal Rights Advocates. She will be spending this summer working with FJWW across our various practice areas, including labor rights and corporate accountability, employee benefits, wage-and-hour law, and others. Welcome to the team, Anne!

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Darin Ranahan to Speak on June 25 JCEB Webinar, “A Deep Dive: Who Is an Employee?”

FJWW partner Darin Ranahan will participate in a webinar on June 25 through the American Bar Association Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) titled “A Deep Dive: Who Is an Employee?” alongside fellow panelists Jodi H. Epstein from Ivins, Phillips & Barker, Chtd. in Washington, DC, Syd Gernstein, Branch Chief at the IRS of Chief Counsel in Washington, DC, and Clarissa A. Kang from Trucker Huss, APC in San Francisco, CA. The panel will explore recent developments in employee classification, including the Dynamex decision in California, and assess their impact on employee benefits matters. Registration information is available at https://www.americanbar.org/events-cle/mtg/web/368692370/.

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Dan Feinberg Quoted in Bloomberg Law

Dan Feinberg quoted in Bloomberg Law in article regarding the impact of the Second Circuit’s decision in Jander v. IBM reversing dismissal of employer stock case. The Bloomberg Law article is here.

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