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Jayme L. Walker
Jayme L. Walker represents plaintiffs in a wide array of cases ranging from employment issues, sexual harassment and assault, negligent supervision in schools, catastrophic personal injuries, and civil rights abuses. She specializes in fighting for fair treatment in the workplace, holding government accountable for civil rights abuses and police misconduct, wrongful death and injuries caused by defective products, and representing victims of sexual violence at work or in school. She has successfully tried cases to verdict in both state and federal court and recovered millions of dollars for her clients in settlements. Ms. Walker frequently advocates for policy changes and reforms brought to light by her cases. She is part of a team at Gwilliam, Ivary, Chiosso, Cavalli & Brewer that has been named by the Recorder as one of the Top 10 Leading Plaintiffs Bay Area Employment Law Groups. Ms. Walker is actively involved in plaintiffs and consumer rights advocacy groups, including the Consumer Attorneys of California, American Association for Justice, Public Justice, California Employment Lawyers Association and was the 2021 President of the Alameda Contra Costa County Trial Lawyers Association. She has been named by California Super Lawyers as a Rising Star every year since 2014 and has been named by U.S. News and World Report Best Women Lawyers as One to Watch. When she's not fighting for justice, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two children, playing music, gardening, and reading.
Notable Cases
- Bauer v. City of Pleasanton, 2021, $5.9 million settlement for the wrongful death of Jacob Bauer due to excessive force by Pleasanton police officers. Mr. Bauer was a mentally ill man who was restrained in a prone position by police which caused him to asphyxiate. The settlement resulted in both monetary compensation for the family and a seat at the table with the Chief of Police to discuss reforms to how the Department dealt with the mentally ill.
- 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.
- Morse v. County of Merced; Trial 2018, Eastern District of California Judge Dale Drozd - $526,649 verdict for 19 year old wrongfully arrested and accused of being involved in a gang murder. The jury awarded Plaintiff Morse $498,300 against the County and awarded punitive damages against two individual police officer defendants.
- Jane Doe v. City of Brentwood, Represented a police officer that accused her supervisor of sexually assaulting her. Case settled for $1 million.
- Allmed Systems v. Healthtronics, Inc., Trial 2011, Alameda County Superior Court, Judge Robert McGuiness, Ms. Walker was co-trial counsel with J. Gary Gwilliam in a trial where the firm represented a small business owner against a major company in a contract dispute. The trial resulted in a verdict of over $11 million for the plaintiff.
- Represented a former police department attorney in a whistleblower lawsuit against the City and County of San Francisco and Chief of Police Greg Suhr. The case settled for $725,000.00 after pretrial motions and just before jury selection.
- Ms. Walker, along with Steven R. Cavalli, represented a family whose husband and father was killed in a bicycle accident due to roadway conditions in Oakland. The result was a $2 million settlement.
- 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
- Business Litigation
- California
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- Northern District of California
- Eastern District of 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
- 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)
- 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
University of San Francisco Law School, San Francisco, California
- J.D.