Category: Announcements

Following an eight-week trial, a Lewis & Llewellyn team led by Marc Lewis and Becca Furman, along with co-counsel from Casper, Meadows, Schwartz & Cook and the Law Offices of H. Paul Bryant, obtained a settlement of $1.2 million from a Bay Area school district on behalf of several victims of childhood sexual abuse.  The settlement brings an end to a hard fought litigation arising from the alleged sexual abuse of male students by a male teacher.  This matter is one of the firm’s many representations throughout the United States that seek recourse for individuals and families whose lives have been forever changed because of sexual abuse.

A Lewis & Llewellyn team led by Paul Llewellyn and Ryan Erickson recently obtained a settlement of $1.3 million from a Bay Area school district on behalf of a victim of childhood sexual abuse.  The case is one of the firm’s many representations that seek recourse for individuals and families whose lives have been forever changed because of sexual abuse, serious injury, or death.

Lewis & Llewellyn attorney Nick Saenz recently authored an update to the corporate litigation chapter in California Business Litigation, which he co-authored in 2015.  California Business Litigation brings together case analysis, best practice and advice from leaders in the field.  The updated version of California Business Litigation is scheduled to be published in early 2017.

Lewis & Llewellyn is pleased to announce that the Daily Journal has selected Paul Llewellyn as one of California’s top 40 lawyers under 40.  In the selection process, the Daily Journal considered hundreds of nominations and focused on the impact of the lawyer’s work and the impact on the legal community.  With over 60,000 lawyers in California under the age of 40, the Daily Journal noted that the individuals selected represent some of the best legal talent in the world.

Lewis & Llewellyn attorney Evan Burbidge was recently appointed as co-chair of the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Barristers Litigation Section.  The mission of the section is to develop and maintain a strong community among Bay Area litigation attorneys in their first 10 years of practice.  As part of this leadership role, Evan looks forward to fostering stronger personal and professional ties among section members and with the broader legal community.

Lewis & Llewellyn team led by Paul Llewellyn and Ryan Erickson recently obtained a settlement of $1.35 million on behalf of a victim of childhood sexual abuse.  The lawsuit, filed against a Bay Area school district, was brought on behalf of the firm’s client who was sexually abused by a school janitor in 2001 when she was twelve years old.  The settlement, reached on the day trial was to commence, was reported by the Daily Journal as one of California’s highest verdicts or settlements that week.