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Hanna P. (fictitious name), a 22-year old mathematics student at the University of California, Berkeley, was walking home from campus when she was struck by a sedan in 2007 on a busy Berkeley intersection. She was slammed to the ground, striking her face. She fractured four teeth and needed impla...

Fred F. (fictitious name), a 51-year-old home care provider, was driving in the course and scope of his employment as a caregiver in San Francisco. Fred was struck by a Hummer rented from the Hertz Corporation and driven by a foreign tourist making an illegal turn on a red light. He was taken by ...

By Olivia Lee and Sean Tamura-Sato Minami Tamaki attorneys recently attended the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) Convention, held in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 17-20, 2011. Partners Dale Minami and Brad Yamauchi, and Associates Olivia Lee, Sean Tamura-Sato, and Eunice ...

Brad Yamauchi, a Partner at Minami Tamaki, and a member of the board of directors of the Japanese Community and Cultural Center of Northern California (JCCCNC) spoke on behalf of the firm at a volunteer appreciation luncheon held Dec. 3 for the Northern Japan Earthquake Relief Fund. More than 100...

Sumiko S. (fictitious name), a 32-year old, was visiting an acquaintance in San Ramon, when she was viciously attacked by the homeowner's pit bull/Welsh corgi mix in 2009. While she was petting the dog, it suddenly jumped up and bite Sumiko's face and upper lip, causing serious injuries to about ...

Senior Counsel B. Mark Fong in our Personal Injury Practice was recently selected to be a member of the National Trial Lawyers, which is composed of the top 100 trial lawyers from each state. Membership in National Trial Lawyers can only be obtained through special invitation and is extended to a...

The Department of Labor (DOL) has temporarily suspended the issuance of Prevailing Wage Determinations (PWDs) for H-1B petitions and PERM Labor Certification Applications. To date, the DOL has not committed to a date it will resume prevailing wage processing. The delay is due to a federal court m...

Minami Tamaki LLP is proud to announce that all of our Partners and all of our Senior Counsel have been selected as Northern California Super Lawyers for 2011. This is the eighth straight year that our Partners received this distinction. Our firm is one of the very few, and possibly the only one,...

Partner Jack W. Lee was recently certified as a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States. Membership to the organization is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts, awards and s...

More than 15,000 died and 9,500 people are still unaccounted for following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Northern Japan. Countless more were also impacted by the resulting nuclear power plant problems. We asked for your help to support the people of Japan. And you came through. Please ac...

More than 20 current and former casino workers have filed two class action lawsuits charging that Club One Casino engaged in discrimination by segregating and reducing the hours of Hmong poker dealers, as well as firing its older employees. The Asian Pacific American Legal Center, a member of Asi...

Minami Tamaki LLP sponsored the San Francisco Japantown Foundation's first annual New Year's Fundraiser on Jan. 13, an event that raised almost $28,000 to support the Foundation's mission to support cultural, community and educational activities in San Francisco Japantown. The Foundation was form...

From left: Lynda Won-Chung, Mark Fong and firm guest Bernice Toy B. Mark Fong, senior counsel in our Personal Injury practice, and Lynda Won-Chung, senior counsel in our Immigration practice, on February 12 attended the annual Soul & Elegance gala for Cameron House, one of the oldest continuously...

Corporate/Business practice partner Donald K. Tamaki recently represented the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) in negotiating an agreement with California state government agencies to license “Health-e-App,” software developed by CHCF to streamline the enrollment of uninsured Californians ...

Senior Counsel Derek Howard recently joined the Board of Directors of the Consumer Attorneys of California. Founded in 1962, the Consumer Attorneys of California's mission is to keep courts open to everyone, not merely the wealthy. Consumer attorneys have led efforts to bring the tobacco industry...

On Feb. 12, Immigration Practice associate Olivia Serene Lee delivered a workshop on immigration law and immigrant communities at the 2011 Asian Pacific Islander Leadership Retreat held in Folsom, Calif., with University of California, Davis, students. The Asian Pacific Islander Leadership Retrea...

San Francisco pedestrians face a steadily increasing risk of being injured or killed by motorists. Senior citizens, in particular, have the greatest chance of being fatally injured when hit by cars. A recent San Francisco Health Department study of pedestrian deaths revealed that while adults 65 ...

By Eunice Yang I attended my first National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) conference in Los Angeles in November with partners Dale Minami and Brad Yamauchi.  NAPABA's 22nd Annual theme of ‘Inspire' celebrated the achievements of dynamic Asian American Pacific Islanders in the le...

The Fourth Annual Dale Minami Boalt Alumni Fellowship Dinner on January 28, 2011, honored Holly Fujie, the 84th President of the State Bar of California, the third woman and the second Asian American to hold that position.  Fujie (pictured below with Dale) is a litigation Shareholder with the Los...

More than 700 attendees packed the Wheeler Auditorium at the University of California, Berkeley, for the first Fred Korematsu Day celebration on Jan. 30, 2011 — Korematu's birthday.  He would have been 92 years old. Minami Tamaki LLP partners Dale Minami and Don Tamaki were members of the legal t...

Partner Dale Minami and Senior Counsel B. Mark Fong were recently certified as members of the the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States. Membership to the organization is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-m...

Minami Tamaki and Associate Lisa Charbonneau Honored by LGBT Organization for Pro Bono Efforts Minami Tamaki LLP was honored on Oct. 22 along with National Center for Lesbian Rights (“NCLR”) Legal Director Shannon Minter, California State Senator Mark Leno, San Francisco Supervisor Bevan Dufty, a...

The San Mateo Bar Association Diversity Committee honored Partner Dale Minami and California Supreme Court Associate Justice Kathryn M. Werdegar at its annual event on Sept. 20 at the Old Historic Courthouse in Redwood City, Calif. The Bar Association's Diversity Committee works with local public...

Jane D (fictitious name), a 75-year-old mother of five children and grandmother of 10, was returning home from her morning walk when she was struck by a commercial vehicle in 2009 on a busy San Francisco intersection. She suffered serious injuries that crushed her pelvis and eventually required a...

Minami Tamaki Senior Associate Seth I. Rosenberg recently obtained a personal injury judgment for a motorcycle enthusiast involved in a crash in November 2006. Rosenberg obtained a verdict of $189,961.02 and costs of $24,355.74 in Alameda County (Goode v. Crockett). Rosenberg's understanding of t...