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Michael W. Bien

Ernest J. Galvan

Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld

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Kara J. Janssen
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Penny Godbold

Jane E. Kahn (1954-2018)

Thomas Nolan
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Ben Bien-Kahn

Michael Freedman

Caroline E. Jackson

Marc J. Shinn-Krantz
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Feature on Homepage

Motion for Preliminary Injunction Filed to Limit Solitary Confinement for People with Serious Mental Illness in San Diego Jails

October 14, 2025

Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

Bien and Grunfeld Named Again to DJ’s Top 100 California Lawyers List

October 10, 2025

Posted in Awards, Feature on Homepage

RBGG’s Lisa Ells Elected to California Academy of Appellate Lawyers

October 8, 2025

Posted in Appellate Practice, Feature on Homepage

Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction to Transgender Women In Suit Against Bureau of Prisons; Blocks Trump Executive Order

September 4, 2025

Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

Rosen, Bien, Galvan and Grunfeld Named to Best Lawyers for 2026

August 21, 2025

Posted in Awards, Feature on Homepage

Court Denies Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment in San Diego Jails Litigation

August 12, 2025

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

Court Grants Final Approval to Settlement Agreement to Resolve Disability Claims in Class Action on Conditions at San Diego County Jails

August 7, 2025

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

RBGG Representing Immigrant Detainees at Geo Centers in SoCal

July 31, 2025

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

Publisher Files Censorship Suit Against Hawaii Department of Corrections

July 25, 2025

Posted in Feature on Homepage, First Amendment, Public Records Act and FOIA, Uncategorized

RBGG Successfully Resolves Censorship Lawsuit for Publisher Against Sonoma County’s Jail

July 8, 2025

Posted in Feature on Homepage, First Amendment, Public Records Act and FOIA

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Appeals Court Reverses Summary Judgment – Allows Class Action Against Salvation Army Over Unpaid Wages to Proceed
RBGG’s Sanford Jay Rosen Becomes Founding Partner Emeritus
RBGG Promotes Janssen to Partner and Shinn-Krantz to Senior Counsel
Publisher Files Censorship Suit Against Jail in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, Again
Disability and Patient Advocacy Groups File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of Delaware’s Assisted Suicide Law
New Lawsuit Challenges Russell Vought’s Attempt to Starve the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of Funding
New Attorneys at RBGG
“Best Law Firms” Ranks RBGG in 1st Tier Nationally for Appellate Practice in 2026 and 1st Tier in SF in 4 Litigation Categories
NBC Reports: Nation’s Largest Senior Living Operator Agrees to Renovate, Change Policies as Part of Settlement
Residents with Disabilities Obtain Ground-Breaking Settlement With Brookdale Senior Living to Remediate Widespread Violations of the ADA and Address Other Practices

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