United Farm Worker of America v.
Foster Poultry Farms (Merced Super.Ct. No. 20CV-03605, Feb. 1, 2021). Obtained Injunction
on behalf of United Farm Workers of America against Foster Poultry Farms requiring COVID-19 safety measures at a 2,500-employee
poultry processing plant.

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In re Romero (L.A. Super.Ct. No. 16STPB03815, March 2, 2018). Obtained a ruling by the
Los Angeles Superior Court that the spouse
of a person in a permanent vegetative state is the person’s presumptive surrogate for
end-of-life decision-making.

Aamer v. Obama (D.C. Cir. 2014) 742 F.3d 1023. Obtained a ruling by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that the federal district courts had habeas corpus jurisdiction over challenges by six hunger-striking Guantánamo Bay detainees to the abusive manner in which they were being force-fed. (During the pendency of subsequent proceedings, the detainees were released from custody, thus mooting
the challenge.)

In re Glass (2014) 58 Cal.4th 500. Unsuccessful effort in the California Supreme Court to defend a ruling by the California State Bar Court that a journalist who had fabricated magazine articles had established his rehabilitation and
current fitness to practice law in California.

Ian J. v. Peter M. (2013) 213 Cal.App.4th 189.
Obtained a ruling by the California Court
of Appeal that, as a matter of constitutional
law, grandparents seeking unsupervised visitation with grandchildren were required to present clear and convincing evidence that visitation was in the grandchildren’s best interests.

In re National Security Agency
Telecommunications Records Litigation (N.D. Cal. 2010) 700 F.Supp.2d 1182. Obtained a ruling by Federal District Judge Vaughn R. Walker that President George W. Bush’s warrantless
wiretapping program violated the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act. (The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals subsequently reversed the
judgment based solely on sovereign immunity.)

In re Marriage Cases (2008) 43 Cal.4th 757.
Participated in same-sex marriage litigation in
the California Supreme Court as counsel for
amicus curiae California State Conference of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.

North Coast Women’s Care Medical Group, Inc.
v. Superior Court (2008) 44 Cal.4th 1145.
Obtained a ruling by the California
Supreme Court that the federal and California constitutional rights to free exercise of
religion and free speech do not guarantee a
right to deny fertility treatment to lesbian
patients. (With Jennifer C. Pizer of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund.)

Elkins v. Superior Court  (2007) 41 Cal.4th 1337.
Appointed by the California Administrative
Office of the Courts to represent the Contra
Costa County Superior Court in litigation
before the California Supreme Court successfully challenging the superior court’s local rule governing the presentation of
evidence in marital dissolution proceedings.