Barbara A. Lawless

Top rated employment litigation attorney in San Francisco, California

Lawless, Lawless & McGrath
Barbara A. Lawless
Lawless, Lawless & McGrath

Practice Areas: Employment litigation, Employment & labor; view more

Licensed in California since: 1972

Education: University of California Berkeley School of Law

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2004 - 2023
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Lawless, Lawless & McGrath

354 Pine Street
Fourth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104 Visit website

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Representing those in the San Francisco Bay Area facing legal issues of employee and employment law, Barbara A. Lawless is a founding partner at Lawless, Lawless & McGrath. She handles cases of sexual harassment, wrongful termination and employment discrimination, representing employees. Admitted to practice by The State Bar of California since 1972, she has over four decades of experience and knowledge earned inside and out of the courtroom.

Ms. Lawless shares her insights into the employment law through lectures and seminars given to the Labor And Employment Law Section of the State Bar, the Continuing Education of the Bar, the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association and the California Trial Lawyers Association Wrongful Termination Program. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Marymount College and went on to earn a Juris Doctor from the University of California at Berkley Law. 

A member of The State Bar of California, The Bar Association of San Francisco, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the National Employment Lawyers Association and the American Board of Trial Advocates, Ms. Lawless has spent years advancing her professional knowledge and experience. She has worked as a board member of the Consumer Attorneys of California since 1992, for eight years as a board member of the California Employment Lawyers Association and as president of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association.

During her tenure as a skilled attorney, Ms. Lawless has published several pieces of writing and been awarded the Women Trial Lawyers Caucus of the AAJ’s Distinguished Law Firm Award.

Practice areas

Employment litigation: plaintiff, Employment & labor: employee

Focus areas

Employment discrimination, Wrongful termination, Retaliation, Employment law - employee

  • 90% Employment litigation: plaintiff
  • 10% Employment & labor: employee

First Admitted: 1972, California

Professional Webpage: https://www.lawless-lawless.com/attorney/lawless-barbara-a/

Bar/Professional Activity:
  • Bar Association of San Francisco, Member
  • California Lawyers Association, Member, Board, 1990 - 1998
  • San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, President, 1993
  • California, 1972  
  • Consumer Attorneys of California, Member, Board, 1992 - Present
  • The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Member
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • State Bar of California, Member
  • National Employment Lawyers Association, Member
  • California Employment Lawyers Association, Board Member, 1990 - 1998
Honors/Awards:
  • SuperLawyers, 2013  
  • Distinguished Law Firm Award, Women Trial Lawyers Caucus of the AAJ
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
  • "Wrongful Termination From Employment", CTLA Forum, April, 1982
  • "Wrongful Discharge, The Employees Duty of Good Faith", Trial, December, 1982  
  • Lecturer, Continuing Education of the Bar, 1982
  • Lecturer, Continuing Education of the Bar, 1988 - 1996
  • Lecturer, Continuing Education of the Bar, 1998
  • Chair, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Wrongful Termination Seminar, 1982
  • Chair, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Wrongful Termination Seminar, 1991 - 1996
  • Moderator and Lecturer, CTLA Wrongful Termination Program, 1990 - 2000
  • Moderator and Lecturer, "Effective Jury Trial Techniques for Wrongful Discharge and Discrimination Cases", Labor or Employment Law Section of State Bar  
Educational Background:
  • Marymount College, B.A., 1968
  • London School of Economics  
Industry Groups:
  • All

Office location for Barbara A. Lawless

354 Pine Street
Fourth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104

Phone: 415-391-7555

Selections

20 Years Super Lawyers
  • Super Lawyers: 2004 - 2023

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Top 50: Women Northern California Super Lawyers: 2011 - 2012, 2014

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