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Michael W. Bien

Ernest J. Galvan

Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld

Lisa Ells

Van Swearingen

Jenny Yelin
Of Counsel

Penny Godbold

Jane E. Kahn (1954-2018)

Thomas Nolan
Senior Counsel

Ben Bien-Kahn

Michael Freedman

Caroline E. Jackson

Kara J. Janssen
Associates

Eric Monek Anderson

Maya Campbell

Hannah Chartoff

Alexander Gourse

Adrienne Harrold

Ben Hattem

Eric Ho

Ben Holston

Luma Khabbaz

Brenda Muñoz

Marc J. Shinn-Krantz

Adrienne Spiegel

Emma Stodder
Legal Fellows

Hannah Motley Davis
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Awards

15 RBGG Lawyers Named to Super Lawyers Lists for 2020 – Bornstein Named to Top 100

August 7, 2020

Posted in Awards, Feature on Homepage, Government Enforcement, Uncategorized

RBGG’s Kira Hansen Honored with Emerging Leader Fellowship from ALA

July 9, 2020

Posted in Awards, Feature on Homepage

RBGG Coleman Team Wins CLAY Award for 2020

May 18, 2020

Posted in Awards, Class Actions, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

“Best Law Firms” Ranks RBGG in 1st Tier Nationally for Appellate Practice – Firm is Also 1st Tier in SF in 4 Litigation Categories

November 4, 2019

Posted in Awards, Feature on Homepage

Bien Named One of the Top 100 Lawyers in California for the 7th Time

September 19, 2019

Posted in Awards, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

14 RBGG Lawyers Named to Super Lawyers and Rising Star Lists for 2019

July 19, 2019

Posted in Awards, Feature on Homepage

RBGG Managing Partner Gay Grunfeld Named to DJ’s Top Women Lawyers List for 8th Time

May 8, 2019

Posted in Awards, Feature on Homepage

Lawdragon Selects Four RBGG Partners to Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers Guide

May 7, 2019

Posted in Awards, Employment Law, Feature on Homepage

RBGG Named to National Law Journal’s Elite Trial Lawyers List for 2018

December 4, 2018

Posted in Awards, Feature on Homepage Tagged Disability Rights

Sandy Rosen Receives CLEO EDGE Founders Award

December 4, 2018

Posted in Awards, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

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RBGG’s Janssen Speaks to Washington Post About How the Firm Stands Up for Justice
Motion for Preliminary Injunction Filed to Limit Solitary Confinement for People with Serious Mental Illness in San Diego Jails
Bien and Grunfeld Named Again to DJ’s Top 100 California Lawyers List
RBGG’s Lisa Ells Elected to California Academy of Appellate Lawyers
Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction to Transgender Women In Suit Against Bureau of Prisons; Blocks Trump Executive Order

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