Top Rated Employment & Labor Attorney in San Francisco, CA

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member, Bar Association of San Francisco 
• Member, Labor and Employment Law Section, State Bar of California
• Member, National Employment Lawyers Association
• Member, California Employment Lawyers Association

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Bruce Highman has lectured on employment law topics at the National Employment Lawyers Association, the Bar Association of San Francisco, and Skyline College

Representative Clients:

• Employment cases involving: 1) Sexual, racial, and sexual orientation harassment 2) Discrimination based on disability, medical leave, sex, age, race, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, and retaliation. 3) Violations of wage and hour laws, including but not limited to unpaid wages, overtime, missed meal and rest periods, failure to provide employees with suitable seats when the nature of the work reasonably permits the employees to do it while seated, and retaliation for complaining about violations of wage and hour laws. 4) Retaliation for complaining about discrimination, for complaining about violation of wage and hour laws, for complaining about fraud, for complaining about safety, and for other whistleblower activities. 5) Qui tarn claims under the False Claims Act. 6) Fraud and breach of contract. 7) Assaultive conduct and intimidation by threat of violence in employment context.

Educational Background:

• University of California at Berkeley, B.A. with High Honors in Geography, 1977