Daily Journal quotes Gary Lafayette in an article investigating the challenges facing minority attorneys: Even after finishing law school, minority students are far less likely than their white counterparts to pass the California bar exam on their first try. Then, even if they are hired at a large firm, the work environment they enter can
Daily Journal quotes Gary Lafayette in an article examining affirmative action’s impact on the legal profession: Eric Brooks may represent the enduring image of this country’s latest struggle over race, education and the law. Brooks is the sole black student newly enrolled at Boalt Hall School of Law last year. He found himself in what
Squalid conditions that prompted 20 low-income families to sue the Oakland Housing Authority for $1.4 million were no fault of the landlord, a jury decided yesterday. After a 26-day trial and nearly two days of deliberations, the Oakland Municipal Court panel rejected all the tenants’ claims against the authority and individual managers. Afterward, jurors told
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