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"Kaiser Clinicians Say Kaiser's Mental Health Care Is Awful" (December 18, 2018) Mother Jones
"Will your therapist go on strike? 4,000 mental health workers protest Kaiser Permanente" (December 7, 2018) USA Today
"PG&E Ordered to pay ex-employee over safety, racial issues" (July 23, 2018) Bay Area News Group
"Former Napa County Prosecutor Wins $570K Verdict in Discrimination Suit" (March 2, 2018) The Recorder
"Napa Jury Finds Napa District Attorney’s Office Retaliated Against & Fired Deputy District Attorney Jose Rossi for Requesting Reasonable Accommodation for his Disabilities" (February 28, 2018) Press Release
"Former Napa County deputy DA awarded thousands in disability discrimination case" (February 28, 2018) Napa Valley Register
"San Diego Mother Mourns While Healthcare Gaps Persist" (May 31, 2016) KQED News
"Former Cal Poly teacher says she was denied tenure partly because she was Mormon and pregnant"
(December 4, 2015) The Tribune
"Judge Clears Path for Class Action Lawsuit against Kaiser for Violations of Mental Health Parity Act"
(September 9, 2015) Press Release
"Black BART workers find racist threats on lockers, lawyer says",
(July 31, 2014) SF Gate
"Lineman claimed he was fired after making complaints" , (April 2014, Vol. 9, Issue 11) Verdict Search
"Kaiser Sued Over Mental Health Care", (Oct. 28, 2013) Daily Journal
"Class Action lawsuit filed against Kaiser over mental health care wait times", (Oct. 25, 2013) Vallejo Times Herald
"Class action suit filed against Kaiser over denial of timely mental health services", (Oct. 25, 2013) San Joaquin.com, Joe Goldeen Blogs
“Patients File Class Action Lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente for Systemic Denial of Timely Access to Mental Health Services,” (October, 2013)
"NLRB Judge Throws Out Kaiser Elections," Beyond Chron (July 20, 2011)
"Former Analy Wrestler Files Sex Harass Suit," The Press Democrat (Jan.2008)
"As Rexam Closes, Members Win $610,000 Arbitration Ruling," The IAM District Lodge Sparkplug (Oct./Nov. 2004)
"Gay Ex-city Staffer Gets $160,000 Settlement," The Oakland Tribune (July 2002)
"Six Police Officers Are Promoted to Sergeant, " The Oakland Tribune (Jan. 2000)(promotion of disabled officer due to lawsuit)
"Don't Fib About the Job When Recruiting, Some Courts Say," Wall Street Journal (June 1999) (verdict in fraud/retaliation case)
"$2.64 Million Awarded in Rare Verdict on Job Fraud," San Francisco Daily Journal (March 1999) (verdict in fraud/retaliation case)
"Woman Alleging Fraud, Misrepresentation in Job Offer Wins $2.6 Million in Damages," Daily Labor Report (March 1999)
"Ex-Professor Sues Over Tenure Denial," The Recorder (April 1998)(filing of national original discrimination lawsuit)
"Discrimination Suit Moves Forward," Spartan Daily (Feb. 1998)
"USS-POSCO Settles Race Bias Lawsuit," Times Business (Nov. 1996) (settlement of race/hostile environment case)
"Five Blacks Sue, Claim Steel Firm Harassed Them," Contra Costa Times (Oct. 1995) (filing of race/hostile environment case)
"Ex-worker, County, Settle Over Firing," Contra Costa Times (1995) (settlement of pregnancy discrimination lawsuit)
"City Lawyer Argues Against Bias Law," The Recorder (Aug. 1993) (hearing on sexual orientation discrimination case)
"Verdict Tracking, Haider v. Byer California," The Recorder (Dec. 1992) (verdict in pregnancy discrimination case)
"Lesbian Sees A Question of Honor," Daily Journal (November 20, 1991)
"Worker Says His Age, Not Performance, Reason For Firing," The Peninsula Times Tribune (June 1991) (filing of age discrimination case)
"Age Discrimination Suit Nets $1.25 Million Award," Daily Journal (Feb. 1991) (verdict in age discrimination case)
"Discrimination Award Record $1.25 Million," Contra Costa Times (Feb. 1991) (verdict in age discrimination case)