• About
    Firm Overview
    Representative Clients
  • Practice Areas
    Commercial Litigation
    Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
    First Amendment, Public Records Act and FOIA
    Lawyer and Law Firm Representation
    Employment Litigation, Class Actions and Counseling
    Higher Education
    Antitrust and Unfair Competition
    Trade Secrets and Intellectual Property
    Legal Malpractice
    Appeals
    Class Actions
    Land Use and Fair Housing
    Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Attorneys
    Partners
    • Sanford Jay Rosen, Of Counsel (Founding Partner Emeritus)
    • Michael W. Bien
    • Ernest J. Galvan
    • Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld
    • Lisa Ells
    • Van Swearingen
    • Jenny Yelin
    • Kara J. Janssen
    Of Counsel
    • Penny Godbold
    • Jane E. Kahn (1954-2018)
    • Thomas Nolan
    Senior Counsel
    • Ben Bien-Kahn
    • Michael Freedman
    • Caroline E. Jackson
    • Marc J. Shinn-Krantz
    Associates
    • Eric Monek Anderson
    • Alexander Gourse
    • Adrienne Harrold
    • Ben Hattem
    • Eric Ho
    • Luma Khabbaz
    • Brenda Muñoz
    • Natalie Smith
    • Emma Stodder
    Legal Fellows
    • Hannah Motley Davis
  • News
  • Careers
  • Contact
  • Public Interest Cases

Disability Rights

Bien and Ells in the DJ: Supreme Court Should Affirm 9th Circuit on Crisis Intervention Policing

November 4, 2014
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Disability Rights

RBGG Reaches Settlement in Complex Class Action Regarding Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities

August 8, 2014
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged California prison overcrowding, Constitutional Rights, Disability Rights, Prison Mental Health Care, Prisoner Rights, Public Safety

U.S. Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling that California Bears Responsibility for Disabled Parolees

June 10, 2014
Posted in Appellate Practice, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Disability Rights, Prisoner Rights

Reports by Neutral Experts Condemn Monterey County Jail as Violent and Unconstitutional

April 29, 2014
Posted in Class Actions, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Disability Rights, Prison Healthcare, Prison Mental Health Care, Prisoner Rights, Public Safety

9th Circuit Rules for RBGG Clients and Rebukes the State of California in ADA Case

October 7, 2013
Posted in Class Actions, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage, Victories Tagged Constitutional Rights, Disability Rights, Prisoner Rights

Gay Grunfeld is Named an Attorney of the Year by The Recorder

March 25, 2013
Posted in Awards, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Disability Rights, Voting Rights, Women in the Law

Gay Grunfeld is a 2013 CLAY Award Winner

February 15, 2013
Posted in Awards, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Disability Rights, Prisoner Rights, Public Safety

Recorder Selects Gay Grunfeld as a 2012 Attorney of the Year

February 11, 2013
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Disability Rights, Prisoner Rights, Voting Rights, Women in the Law

California Watch Covers Latest Chapter in Armstrong Class Action: Disabled Inmates Suffer in Shift to County Jails

October 8, 2012
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Disability Rights, Prisoner Rights, Public Safety

Grunfeld Makes Ninth Circuit Argument re State’s Responsibility for Parolees with Disabilities in County Jails

September 7, 2012
Posted in Appellate Practice, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Disability Rights, Prisoner Rights, Public Safety

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

Latest Posts

  • Federal Court Grants Final Approval of Settlement of San Diego Jails Claim re Inadequate Provision of Mental Health Care
  • Rosen and Galvan Author DJ Article on Limits of Inadvertent Disclosure
  • 18 RBGG Lawyers Named to Super Lawyers List for 2026
  • Court Issues Preliminary Injunction that Stops Trump Administration from Seizing Children’s Private Medical Records Through Out-of-State Grand Jury
  • DJ Names Jenny Yelin a Top Labor and Employment Lawyer for 2026
  • Federal Court Grants Preliminary Approval to Settlement Agreement to Resolve Medical and Dental Care Claims in Class Action on Conditions at San Diego County Jail
  • RBGG Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of SF Public Defender Manohar Raju in Appeal of Contempt Fines
  • Ells and Grunfeld Once Again Named to DJ’s LIst of Top Women Lawyers in California
  • Disability and Patient Advocacy Groups File Federal Lawsuits in New York and Illinois for Landmark National Campaign Against Assisted Suicide Laws
  • RBGG’s Lisa Ells Ranked by Chambers USA for Appellate Law
101 Mission Street, Sixth Floor   San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415-433-6830
Fax: 415-433-7104
SEARCH
© 2026 Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP