Dale Minami obtained $2.8 million through a settlement for client “Bill” who was struck by a delivery van that ran through a red light. In March 2014, Bill was riding his motorcycle through a green light when a delivery driver ran a red light and hit him. The van driver claimed grueling overtime ...
Olivia Serene Lee, an associate in our Immigration Practice Group, was selected as the 2016-2017 Chair for the Northern California Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA NorCal). Olivia began serving as Chair on July 1. She has served on the AILA NorCal Executive Board for ...
We're proud to announce that all of Minami Tamaki LLP's Partners and more than half of our Associates were selected as Northern California Super Lawyers for 2016. Four of our Partners have been named Northern California Super Lawyers for the last 13 consecutive years. Dale Minami was named to the...
It was 27 years ago last month that a widely watched, three-year multi-racial struggle involving thousands of supporters came to a successful conclusion with the granting of tenure to Don Nakanishi at UCLA. Minami Tamaki partner Dale Minami led the legal fight, Dale Shimasaki coordinated the legi...
In the June 2016 issue of Plaintiff Magazine, Minami Tamaki LLP attorneys Lisa P. Mak and Aron K. Liang examine the National Labor Relations Board's new Browning-Ferris standard, which may apply to 40 percent of the U.S. workforce. Lisa and Aron are Associates in our firm's Consumer and Employee ...
On May 17, 2016, after five weeks of trial and three days of deliberations, a jury found that our clients – four female law enforcement officers with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department – had suffered retaliation for speaking out about discrimination and gender favoritism in the department...
The law firm of Minami Tamaki LLP has received reports of false advertising and deceptive practices by U.S. multimedia company JadooTV Inc. in their marketing and sale of set-top boxes that stream South Asian television programming. Some consumers report that JadooTV's unfair and bad faith busin...
The Ninth Annual Dale Minami Public Interest Fellowship Dinner was held on January 29, 2016, at Canton Seafood in San Francisco. This year's Fellowship Dinner honored Alumna of the Year Linda Tam (Boalt '00) of the East Bay Community Law Center (Boalt ‘95) and featured a keynote by Santa Clara Co...
The San Francisco Bay Area has experienced tremendous economic growth in recent years due to the booming technology sector. However, it also has one of the highest levels of economic inequality of any region in the country. Over the last year, state and local authorities have worked to improve l...
On March 13, 2014, our clients' father, a 61-year-old Methodist minister, was driving home on Highway 120 in San Joaquin County when he was hit head-on by a Ford F-150 truck driven by a drunk driver who swerved over the median into his lane. Our clients' father died of his injuries 16 days later....
The 7th Annual Legally Asian Conference was held on February 6 at the University of San Francisco School of Law, Downtown Campus. Minami Tamaki LLP Associate Lisa P. Mak served as one of the conference coordinators. Minami Tamaki LLP Associate Sean Tamura-Sato was a panelist. Minami Tamaki Ass...
Minami Tamaki LLP Immigration Practice Associate Olivia S. Lee was recently named one of ten attorneys on the Legal Advisory Committee for the Global EIR Coalition (http://www.globaleir.org/advisors). The Global EIR Coalition is a nonprofit that fixes the startup visa problem for founders. The or...
Minami Tamaki Partner Dale Minami was named as a Top 100 Litigation lawyer in California by the American Society of Legal Advocates (ASLA). ASLA is an invitation-only, national organization of lawyers who have been identified by their peers to be the most skilled in practice. ASLA limits its me...
The December 2015 issue of Plaintiff Magazine features an article on the new California Fair Pay Act authored by Lisa P. Mak and Aron K. Liang in Minami Tamaki LLP's Consumer and Employee Rights Group. The new law, recently signed by Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown and effective January 1, 2016, places a...
Minami Tamaki LLP and co-counsel recently filed a lawsuit against Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) claiming that the bank invests trust assets in a manner that benefits the bank rather than acting in the best interests of the trust beneficiaries, which they are legally required to do. BNY Mel...
Minami Tamaki LLP announced the settlement of a nationwide class-action lawsuit on behalf of youth soccer players against major U.S. soccer organizations. Under the settlement, the United States Soccer Federation agreed to eliminate the practice of “heading” (using the head to propel the ball) fo...
For the second year in a row, Minami Tamaki LLP has received a Tier 1 ranking on the U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list under the “Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs” category for our metro area. “Best Law Firms” recognized us for the first time in the “Immigration” category. The...
At least 800 pedestrians are hit by a car in San Francisco every year. In 2014 alone, 17 pedestrians died in the city. Senior citizens, in particular, face the greatest risk for being fatally injured when hit by cars. A San Francisco Health Department study of pedestrian deaths revealed that whil...
On October 6, 2015, Minami Tamaki LLP and a prominent East Bay plaintiffs firm filed a class action case on behalf of 21 owners of Volkswagen and Audi “clean diesel” vehicles in California, Pennsylvania and Maryland against the automakers for violating federal and state law by installing illegal ...
Minami Tamaki LLP attorney Suhi Koizumi was the featured speaker on a webinar hosted by UK Trade & Investment on “U.S. Immigration Options for Entrepreneurs and Business Professionals.” UKTI is the British government agency that helps UK-based companies succeed in the global economy. The Sept. 15...
U.S. consulates around the world are currently experiencing technical problems with its overseas passport and visa systems. This means that if you have a foreign national employee applying for a U.S. visa abroad, she or he will most likely experience delays of several weeks. The problem is not sp...
Minami Tamaki LLP Partner Dale Minami was named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America for 2014-2015. This is Dale's third time honored, after being included on the list in 2013-2014 and in 2005. Lawdragon is a legal media company that publishes guides to the nation's leading lawyers, an...
The U.S. Department of Justice today announced that nine FIFA officials and five corporate executives were indicted on charges of racketeering conspiracy and corruption. FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) is the organization responsible for the regulation and promotion of so...
For the third straight year, Minami Tamaki LLP Partners Dale Minami, B. Mark Fong, and Seth I. Rosenberg were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 22nd Edition of The Best Lawyers in America (bestlawyers.com) in the practice area of Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs. The Best Lawyer...
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