Boxer & Gerson Partner Maria Grasso’s monthly radio show on Spanish language station KIQI had two extra guests last week. The show, hosted by KIQI’s Michelle White, generally features a Q&A portion with Sager that covers some aspect of the workers’ compensation world and often includes an additional guest drawn from the legal or human […]
Boxer & Gerson Partner Maria Grasso took part in a two-person attorney panel last week with Jose Padilla, the executive director of California Rural Legal Assistance, as the veteran lawyers addressed a prelaw boot camp organized by Centro Legal de la Raza’s Diversity Legal Pipeline (DLP). The program was held at the Alameda County Law Library […]
Boxer & Gerson attorneys Maria Grasso and Arjuna Farnsworth traveled north to Marin County on May 18 to discuss workers’ compensation law with a group from Legal Aid of Marin and the Canal Community Alliance. The visit served to help educate staff members and others involved with the two community groups so they can in turn better inform clients who come to them […]
Lilian Lopez, a 2014 summer legal intern for Boxer & Gerson under the auspices of Centro Legal de la Raza’s Youth Law Academy (YLA), is headed to law school next fall at the University of California, Davis. This notable achievement is further enhanced by her status as the first graduate of the YLA program ever to […]
Boxer & Gerson Partner and Workers’ Compensation Specialist Maria Grasso has joined the Advisory Board of Centro Legal de la Raza’s Youth Law Academy (YLA), a program whose mission is to inspire high school students from underserved populations to pursue the study of law. Sager served on Oakland-based Centro Legal’s Board of Directors for the past seven […]
Boxer & Gerson Partners Bert Arnold and Maria Grasso headed south to Stanford University last week to discuss workers’ compensation with a group of shop stewards from Local 2007 of the Service Employees International Union. The union represents university employees in food services, landscaping, maintenance, custodial services, carpentry and many other jobs. Shop stewards serve […]
The Oakland workers’ compensation community and many others showed up in force last week to support the city’s disadvantaged children, and the result was a record haul of toys and cash raised for the Oakland Mayor’s Toy Drive’s Ninth Annual Opening Reception. The gala event drew some 250 people to Boxer & Gerson’s downtown offices in […]