The Alameda County Bar Association presented Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams with the Distinguished Service Law Firm Award during the annual meeting and Installation of the 2022 Board of Directors on April 7, 2022. The event took place at Tilden Park’s beautiful Brazilian Room. ACBA President Pamela Ross introduced the firm as “a leader for equity […]
100% of LVBH attorneys make the 2021 Northern California Super Lawyers list
All attorneys at Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams LLP have been selected to the 2021 Super Lawyers list published in Super Lawyers Magazine. This is the fifth consecutive year and the first with our new Of Counsel Rebecca Kagin and Wendy Musell. Once again, associate attorneys Katherine Smith and Hilary Hammell were both selected to the […]
Once Again. Every. Single. LVBH Attorney. Makes the Northern California Super Lawyers List.
For the fourth consecutive year, all four partners of Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams LLP have been selected to the 2020 Super Lawyers list published in Super Lawyers Magazine. In addition, associate attorneys Katherine Smith and Hilary Hammell were both selected to the 2020 Rising Stars list. It is the third consecutive year for Katherine Smith […]
Jean Hyams Receives Joe Posner Award as CELA’s Attorney of the Year
The California Employment Lawyers Association has bestowed Jean Hyams with the Joe Posner Lawyer of the Year Award, the organization’s highest honor. Established in honor of a beloved founder of CELA and awarded at the organization’s annual conference, the Joe Posner Award annually recognizes the individual attorney who has best demonstrated one or more of […]
100% of Attorneys at Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams LLP Have Been Selected for the 2019 Super Lawyers List
For the third consecutive year, all four partners of Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams LLP have been selected to the 2019 Super Lawyers list published in Super Lawyers Magazine. In addition, associate attorneys Katherine Smith and Hilary Hammell were both selected to the 2019 Rising Stars list. Among those honored, Jean Hyams was named one of […]
Associate Attorneys Katherine Smith and Hilary Hammell named to 2019 Rising Stars List
Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams LLP is proud to announce that associate attorneys Hilary P. Hammell, left, and Katherine L. Smith have been selected to the 2019 Northern California Rising Stars list by Super Lawyers. The distinction is limited to only 2.5% of attorneys in Northern California. Katherine joined the firm as an associate attorney in […]
LVBH Wins $325,000 Jury Verdict Against Lawrence Berkeley Labs
On May 24, 2019, LVBH won a $325,000 jury verdict in Alameda County Superior Court against the UC Regents and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on behalf of Kathy Eidson, a long-time employee of the Lab. Ms. Eidson began working at the Lab in 2001 as an electrician. In 2006, she fell off a ladder […]
US Postal Service Pays $600,000 to Two Female Letter Carriers Who Were Victims of Serial Sexual Harasser
Wendy Musell, working with Legal Aid at Work, filed a sexual harassment case against the United States Postal Service on behalf of two female letter carries who were sexually harassed by a supervisor who had been harassing female employees for over a decade. According to the lawsuit, the supervisor’s sexual behavior was an open secret […]
