The Oakland Housing Authority has allowed roaches, rats and maggots to wreak havoc at the Coliseum Gardens apartment complex in East Oakland, tenants charged yesterday in court. The quality of life at the low-income complex has suffered as a result of poor maintenance by the Housing Authority, residents told an Oakland Municipal Court jury. “They
Client praises Susan Kumagai and Gary Lafayette in a Daily Journal article regarding a defense verdict in a wrongful termination case: In the game of labor and employment litigation, it’s not often that the big companies win. Just ask Tom Maddox, vice president and deputy general counsel for American Stores Corp., one of the largest

Gary Lafayette is quoted in The New York Times in an article regarding his client, a player for the Boston Celtics: Robert Parish, starting center for the Boston Celtics, has been fined $5,000 for missing court appearances in a child-support case in Oakland, Calif. … Parish’s attorney, Gary Lafayette, said the player missed the court