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Julia Sherwin

Julia Sherwin is an AV rated attorney and a partner in Haddad & Sherwin, in Oakland, California.  She primarily represents Plaintiffs in civil right matters, including First Amendment, wrongful death, police misconduct, sexual harassment, and racial discrimination.  Ms. Sherwin has successfully tried and settled numerous cases in federal and state courts, for example:

• $4.35 million present value [$10.9 million structured] medical malpractice settlement for failure to diagnose a serious cardiac condition in a 9-year-old boy;

• California’s first mandatory training program in public schools to combat discrimination and harassment against gay and lesbian students and teachers, followed by an emotional distress damages verdict of $500,000 and ultimately a $1.1 million settlement for a teacher who was disciplined for protecting gay and lesbian student;

• sweeping police crowd control policy changes and substantial damages settlements for six peace demonstrators who were injured by the Oakland police at the Port of Oakland on April 7, 2003;

• the first jury verdict in the country for a public entity’s deliberately indifferent failure to train its employees about language-based discrimination;

• lead counsel on a case of first impression nationally to recognize the First Amendment rights of Administrative Law Judges to make decisions free of outside pressure (Perry v. McGinnis, 209 F.3d 597 (6th Cir. 2000).

Ms. Sherwin is listed as a Northern California Super Lawyer in Civil Rights/First Amendment for 2006 and 2008.  She is immediate past president of the Alameda Contra Costa Lawyers.

www.haddadsherwin.com

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