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When the Minami Tamaki law firm started in 1975, Asian American attorneys faced discrimination in employment and the courtroom, just as Asian Americans did in other aspects of society. The firm's founders were determined to fight for social justice on their own terms and created a firm that would...

Minami Tamaki LLP is pleased to announce a significant victory on behalf of client Rouble Claire in his civil rights case in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Mr. Claire initially brought this matter after experiencing racial harassment and intimidation in ...

Minami Tamaki is investigating reports that Blue Shield of California (“Blue Shield”) allowed unauthorized access to the healthcare information of millions of California residents. In April 2025, Blue Shield disclosed that it had used Google Analytics in a manner that allowed member data to be s...

The Trump administration's invocation of the Alien Enemy Act (AEA) and the reconsideration of birthright citizenship have ignited deep concerns within our firm. These are not abstract legal theories for us; they are issues woven into the very fabric of our history and the personal experiences of ...

Minami Tamaki LLP is investigating reports of a data breach tied to PowerSchool Group LLC ("PowerSchool"), a Folsom, California-based provider of software used by many school districts around the country. Earlier this month, PowerSchool revealed that hackers had compromised the personal data of ...

The Minami Tamaki LLP law firm has named Seema Bhatt as Partner, effective January 1, 2025. Seema joined the firm in January 2016 and leads the firm's personal injury practice, succeeding B. Mark Fong, who retired on December 31, 2024. “We are thrilled to have Seema join the partnership,” said Ma...

Minami Tamaki LLP announced Senior Counsel B. Mark Fong's retirement effective December 31, 2024. Mark joined the firm as Senior Counsel in 2006, was a Partner from 2014 through 2023, and transitioned to Senior Counsel in 2024. He has led the firm's Personal Injury Practice Group since 2017, taki...

Americans have decided who will govern us for the next four years and Minami Tamaki LLP will be prepared for the new leadership of our country. Many of our attorneys are veterans of advocating against policies of the first Trump administration, but we understand that the next four years will not ...

Best Lawyers announced that Minami Tamaki LLP is again ranked on its “Best Law Firms” list. This is the 11th year the firm has been recognized with this distinction. Minami Tamaki's Consumer and Employee Right Practice was ranked Metro Tier 1 for the first time. The firm's Immigration and Nationa...

Our client, a 50-year-old Stockton man, was riding his motorcycle when a truck driven by the employee of an orchard company made a left turn in front of him, causing them to collide. Perplexingly, the responding police officer cited our client for the crash, stating he violated the truck driver's...

In the News: This case was covered by The Stockton Record. In a recent settlement, Minami Tamaki LLP Senior Counsel B. Mark Fong and Associate Ember Oparowski secured a $650,000 settlement for the wrongful death of a 78-year-old disabled man in San Joaquin County. The man suffered a head injury i...

The San Jose Mercury News, KRON4, and India-West recently covered the lawsuit we filed on behalf of the family of 11-year-old Mahi Kothari of Cupertino against the suspected intoxicated driver who struck Mahi and three other children. Minami Tamaki LLP attorney Seema Bhatt is leading the lawsuit....

Minami Tamaki LLP attorney Seema Bhatt today announced that two families have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Superior Court against the suspected DUI driver who killed 11-year-old Mahi Kothari in Cupertino, along with other parties responsible for enabling the incident. Lawyers for the familie...

Who's Who Legal (WWL) Thought Leaders USA has selected Minami Tamaki Partner Olivia Serene Lee for inclusion in its 2025 report recognizing Olivia as one of the foremost legal practitioners in immigration law based upon WWL's comprehensive, independent research. For more than 20 years. WWL has se...

Minami Tamaki LLP personal injury attorneys Ember Oparowski and Seema Bhatt obtained a $395,000 settlement on behalf of our client who suffered injuries at an indoor climbing gym. Our client fell from a newly installed climbing wall route onto the unprotected floor at the gym and suffered a fract...

Minami Tamaki LLP attorney Ember Oparowski is a new member of the Sacramento chapter of American Inns of Court, a national organization of lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals with a mission to inspire the legal community to advance the rule of law by achieving the highest level of prof...

Forbes Advisor selected Minami Tamaki LLP Senior Counsels Dale Minami and B. Mark Fong for its 2024 list of ten “Best Wrongful Death Lawyers San Francisco.” On Mark's selection, Forbes Advisor wrote: “Mark Fong has over 40 years of experience as a trial lawyer handling wrongful death cases throug...

Minami Tamaki Associate Ember Oparowski obtained a $850,000 settlement for our client, a 73-year-old Vietnam veteran who was attacked by two Presa Canario dogs while visiting the home of the dogs' owner, who had been receiving counseling from our client after the owner's release from prison. Our ...

We're proud to announce that eight Minami Tamaki LLP attorneys were selected as Northern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2024. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer ...

Minami Tamaki LLP Senior Counsel and firm co-founder Dale Minami will be the special guest of a special unscripted, on-stage conversation with Peabody-winning journalist Brooke Gladstone, host of WNYC's “On the Media,” preceding a performance of the pioneering Kronos Quartet on Friday, June 21, 2...

Who's Who Legal (WWL) included Minami Tamaki Partner Olivia Serene Lee in its latest edition of “WWL: Corporate Immigration,” recognizing Olivia as one of the foremost legal practitioners in immigration law based upon WWL's comprehensive, independent research. WWL: Corporate Immigration was the f...

Minami Tamaki LLP congratulates Partner Olivia S. Lee on her selection as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, an honor society of the nonprofit founded by the American Bar Association (ABA) in 1952. American Bar Foundation Fellows are limited to one percent of the lawyers of each state. They...

Minami Tamaki LLP today announced that Partner B. Mark Fong will transition to a Senior Counsel position, effective January 1, 2024. Mark has led Minami Tamaki LLP's personal injury practice since 2019 after Dale Minami transitioned to a Senior Counsel position. He became a Partner in 2014 after ...

Minami Tamaki LLP Senior Counsel Dale Minami participated on a panel at the Rebellious Lawyering Conference, held October 5, 2023, at UCLA School of Law. Dale presented on the roundtable, “One Hell Of A Radical Ride – The Past, Present, And Future Of,” along with moderator Shauna Marshall (Profes...

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Japantown Foundation (@japantownfoundation) The San Francisco Japantown Foundation's annual New Year's fundraiser returns for the first time post-COVID and again features Osechi Ryori, the traditional dishes carefully prepared and presented for t...