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Jayme L. Walker
Of Counsel
Notable Cases
Estate of Frank Carson, Georgia Defilippo, Christina Defilippo and Eduardo Quintanar v. County of Stanislaus et al.
$12 million settlement in case where police officers, district attorneys and investigators wrongfully and maliciously accused a criminal defense attorney and his family as well as CHP Officer Quintanar and four others of being involved in the disappearance and murder of a local petty thief in retaliation for accusing the Defendants of corruption and embarrassing them with high profile wins in the courtroom. Total case settlement for all plaintiffs was $22.5 million.
I.G. v. County of Contra Costa
$499,000 pre-litigation settlement involving public health nurse who blew the whistle on fraudulent healthcare practices that resulted in people of vulnerable populations not getting care they were entitled to resulting in negative and dangerous health outcomes. Resulted in press coverage and audit by the State of California and changes in the program to help low-income families in Contra Costa County. Plaintiff and Reporter on the case were awarded the Society of Professional Journalists James Madison Award for Whistleblowers.
Whitney v. City of Vallejo
$900,000 settlement for police captain who blew the whistle on Vallejo Police Department’s badge bending scandal. Police officers were bending their badges to commemorate shooting civilians. When Whitney tried to put a stop to it and report it, he was fired from the police department.
Nurses v. Healthcare Institution
$2.3 million settlement on behalf of nurses wrongfully terminated for patient safety complaints and race discrimination.
Doe v. Berkeley Unified School District, 2022, Represented a young woman sexually assaulted by a classmate. Case resulted in significant settlement and walkouts by Berkeley High Students which led to significant reforms with how Berkeley High School dealt with peer sexual harassment.
Attorney Bio
- Employment Law
- Wrongful Termination
- Sex/Pregnancy Discrimination
- Race Discrimination
- Age Discrimination
- Sexual Harassment
- Whistleblower Retaliation
- Personal Injury
- Products Liability
- Premises Liability
- Bicycle Accidents
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Civil Rights
- Police Misconduct
- 1983 cases
- California
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- Northern District of California
- Eastern District of California
University of San Francisco Law School, San Francisco, California
- J.D.
- How to Win a Summary Judgement Motion in Your Employment Case, The Verdict, 2015
- E-Discovery for Plaintiff’s Lawyers, Plaintiff Magazine, 2015
- “Making Employers Accountable for Sexual Predators Who Act Outside the Workplace”, CAOC Forum Magazine, 2020
- Just Breathe, Attending to Mental Health in the Time of COVID” The Verdict Magazine, 2020
- Being a Lawyer Doesn’t Have to be This Stressful, Plaintiff Magazine, 2021
- How to Win a Summary Judgement Motion in Your Employment Case, The Verdict (2015)
- E-Discovery for Plaintiff’s Lawyers, Plaintiff Magazine, 2015
- “Making Employers Accountable for Sexual Predators Who Act Outside the Workplace”, CAOC Forum Magazine, 2020
- Just Breathe, Attending to Mental Health in the Time of COVID” The Verdict Magazine, 2020
- Speaker, Effectively Using Jury Consultants at Trial- Contra Costa Bar Association 2012
- Moderator: The Crossover Relationship between Worker’s Compensation and Personal Injury Cases ACCTLA
- Speaker, E-Discovery for Plaintiff’s Lawyers, CELA Conference 2015
- Moderator: The Mindful Lawyer: A discussion of mindfulness practices to assist with anxiety, work life balance and substance abuse, CAOC Annual Conference 2016
- Speaker, Nuts and Bolts of a Whistleblower Case; Hawaii CAOC Conference 2016
- Speaker, Pretrial and Post-trial Motions; NELA Conference 2016
- Moderator, Maximizing the Process and Results of Alternative Dispute Resolution, CAOC Annual Conference 2019
- Speaker, ACCTLA Annual Diversity Panel 2019
- Speaker, Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law, Sexual Harassment in Education: A US and global comparative examination of harassment of students, staff and faculty at schools, colleges and universities: “When the harassment complainant is an employee of a school or university: Title VII or Title IX?” (January 2021)
- Speaker, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Ski Conference, “Using Video Mediation Briefs” (March 2021).
- Speaker, Alameda County Bar Association, “What Every (Newer) Litigator Should Know” (co-speakers Judge Jeffrey Brand, Maria Lampasona and Carl Chamberlin) (May 2022)
- Speaker, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Ski Conference, “Litigating High Profile Cases in the Media” (March 2023)
- Alameda County Bar Association Panel 9/24/24 “Advanced Topics on Summary Judgment”
- Zen Lawyering– How Mindfulness Reduces Your Stress and Your Client’s 2024 Consumer Attorneys of California Annual Convention
- Learning to Wide the Waves: “Learn to Ride the Waves: Using Mindfulness to Slay the Inner Critic, Reduce Stress and Be More Effective” 2025 Hawaii Conference, Consumer Attorneys of California
- 2023 Member of the Year – Alameda Contra Costa County Trial Lawyers Association
- The Recorder, Top 10 Leading Plaintiffs Bay Area Employment Law Groups
- Rising Star, California Super Lawyers, 2014 – 2021
- U.S. News Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
- Alameda Contra Costa Trial Lawyers’ Association, 2021 President
- Consumer Attorneys of California, 2021 Board Member
- California Employment Lawyers Association, Member
- National Employment Lawyers Association, Member
- Public Justice, Member
- American Association for Justice, Member
- Alameda County Bar Association, Member
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Member