Michael Levin-Gesundheit Attorney

First Admitted: 2013, California

Bar/Professional Activity:

American Bar Association, Equal Employment Opportunity Committee; Bar Association of San Francisco; Consumer Attorneys of California

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

Strauch et al v. Computer Sciences Corp., 14-cv-956 (D. Conn.): Plaintiffs' trial verdict in wage-and-hour class action on behalf of technical support staff for misclassification in 2017; $18.76 million judgment (ECF No. 515) as of August 12, 2019

Representative Clients:

Employees of US Bank in suit for unpaid business expenses related to service as mortgage loan officers; Pena v. U.S. Bancorp, No. 17-556646 (S.F. Superior)
Female technical employees of Microsoft in employment discrimination class action; Moussouris v. Microsoft, 15-cv-1483 (W.D. Wash.)
The Charles Schwab Corporation in suits against other financial institutions regarding mortgage-backed securities in San Francisco Superior Court's complex department
Female employees of Sandia National Laboratories in employment discrimination class action; Kennicott v. Sandia Corp., 17-cv-188 (D.N.M.)
Female associates and Vice Presidents at Goldman Sachs in employment discrimination class action; Chen-Oster v. Goldman, Sachs & Co., 10-cv-6950 (S.D.N.Y.)
Female employees of KPMG LLP in employment discrimination class action Kassman v. KPMG LLP, 11-cv-3743 (S.D.N.Y.)

Pro bono/Community Service:

I represent two unaccompanied minor children who immigrated from Central America before the Immigration Court. This year USCIS granted Special Immigrant Juvenile Status to one of my client's, providing him a pathway to legal permanent residency.
I represented a homeless man applying for Supplement Security Income (a form of disability benefits from the Social Security Administration). Despite a history of addiction and substance abuse, his application was granted. , 2019

Honors/Awards:

“Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2023-2025; “Ones to Watch,” Best Lawyers, 2024-2025; “Top 40 Under 40 Lawyer,” Daily Journal, 2024; “Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2021-2024; “Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation,” Lawdragon, 2023, 2024; “Rising Star of the Plaintiffs’ Bar” National Law Journal, 2023; “Rising Star for Northern California,” Super Lawyers, 2020-2023; “Outstanding Volunteer,” Justice & Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco, 2019-2020, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein

Educational Background:

Stanford Law School: Managing Editor, Stanford Law & Policy Review; Environmental Law Clinic; Citizenship Pro Bono; Gerald Gunther Prize in Intellectual Property, 2013
Harvard University: magna cum laude graduate , 2008

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Panelist, “Emerging Torts,” 62nd Annual Consumer Attorneys of California Convention, November 2023; Panelist, “Countering the Latest in the Defendant’s Bag of Tricks,” National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) 2022 Annual Convention, July 2022
California Class Actions and Coordinated Proceedings covers the requirements, tactics, and forms in practical detail for use in class action litigation in California state courts. Authored by leading class-action litigation firm Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, California Class Actions and Coordinated Proceedings offers comprehensive analysis on all aspects of California class action practice. This invaluable guide provides pertinent comparisons to federal class action practice, detailed discussion of California Rules of Court for class action litigation, and much more. In addition, Practice Tips give tested guidance to real-world litigation issues. In this Second Edition, California Class Actions and Coordinated Proceedings specifically addresses California class action practice in the post-CAFA environment with emphasis on state-court causes of action and procedures and coordinated proceedings., Contributor, California Class Actions and Coordinated Proceedings, LexisNexis, Class Action Practitioners, 2019

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Worked in team obtaining class certification of employment discrimination claims on behalf of female employees suing Goldman Sachs after nearly 7 years of litigation. This was the only employment discrimination class certification victory in the entire country in 2018. See Chen-Oster v. Goldman, Sachs & Co., 10-cv-6950, ECF No. 578 (Mar. 30, 2018)., 2018

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