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New Case Filing: Gender Discrimination and Retaliation
Chizen Law, PC recently filed an employment lawsuit in San Mateo County Superior Court against Headspace, Inc. on behalf of a former female Headspace Engineer, alleging gender discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination, among other thing. More information can be found here:
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Dec 22, 2025
New Case Filing: Disability Discrimination and Retaliation
Chizen Law, PC recently filed an employment lawsuit in Contra Costa County Superior Court against Summit Building Services, Inc. on behalf of its former COO, alleging disability discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination, among other thing. More information can be found here:
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Dec 17, 2025
Press Alert: On Transgender Discrimination in Law.com
Press Alert! Steven Chizen was quoted in Law.com regarding discrimination based on gender identity: “'I've definitely seen a rise in gender-related issues, gender expression-related issues,' said Steven Chizen, founder of Chizen Law , a firm in Oakland, California, focused on employee-side employment disputes, who said he’s taken on more pro bono cases involving these issues during the second Trump administration. 'What I've noticed since Trump was reelected [is that] compan
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Oct 16, 2025
New Case Filing: Whistleblower Retaliation and Disability Discrimination against JPMorgan Chase
Chizen Law, PC recently filed an employment lawsuit in San Francisco County Superior Court against JPMorgan Chase alleging whistleblower...
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Aug 31, 2025
2025 Rising Stars Selection
Steven Chizen was recently selected to the list of 2025 Northern California Rising Stars by Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is a rating...
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Jun 27, 2025
Amicus Brief in Support of Law Firm Perkins Coie
Chizen Law, PC is proud to sign on to the Solo and Small Firm Lawyers Amicus Brief in support of Perkins Coie's challenge to a...
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Apr 10, 2025
Press Alert: On Transgender Discrimination in SF Standard
Press Alert! Steven Chizen was quoted in the San Francisco Standard regarding discrimination based on gender identity at a local spa:...
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Mar 11, 2025
New Case Filing: Sex/Gender Discrimination and Retaliation
Steven Chizen recently filed an employment lawsuit in San Diego County Superior Court against Outdoorsy, Inc., a platform for outdoor...
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Mar 10, 2025
Press Alert: On Transgender Discrimination in the San Francisco Chronicle
Pree Alert! Steven Chizen was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle regarding discrimination based on gender identity at a local spa:...
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Mar 7, 2025
Press Alert: Pregnancy Discrimination
Press alert! Steven Chizen was quoted in Fairygodboss.com , an online career community helping women achieve their career goals. He...
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Dec 16, 2024
New Case Filing: Parental Leave Retaliation
Steven Chizen recently filed a lawsuit in Alameda County Superior Court on behalf of a pregnant employee who was terminated for...
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Nov 21, 2024
Press Alert: business.com
Press Alert! Steven Chizen was quoted in business.com : "Steven Chizen, founder of Chizen Law, has seen businesses without strong legal...
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Nov 21, 2024
New Case Filing: Discrimination and Retaliation
Steven Chizen recently filed a lawsuit in Contra Costa County Superior Court on behalf of Aisha Ford, former Senior Managing Director of...
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Oct 10, 2024
Case Filing: Disability Discrimination
Steven Chizen filed a lawsuit in Contra Costa County Superior Court on behalf of an HR Generalist alleging disability discrimination,...
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Aug 15, 2024
Berkeley Law Adjunct Lecturer
UC Berkeley, School of Law, appointed Steven Chizen as Adjunct Lecturer for the Academic Year 2024-25. Steven will teach one section of...
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Aug 5, 2024
2024 Rising Stars Selection
Steven Chizen was recently selected to the list of 2024 Northern California Rising Stars by Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is a rating...
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Jun 26, 2024
Press Alert: Employee Privacy in Bored Panda
Press Alert! Steven Chizen was quoted in Bored Panda regarding employee privacy in the workplace: “Companies pay their employees wages....
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Jun 10, 2024
Piedmont Adult School Class
Steven Chizen will be teaching a course this summer at the Piedmont Adult School. To register and for more information, click here.
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May 14, 2024
Press Alert: January 2024 Layoffs
Press Alert! Steven Chizen was again quoted in Newsweek regarding recent layoff trends: "'There is usually a ripple effect for layoffs,'...
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Feb 4, 2024
Press Alert: Newsweek
Press Alert! Steven Chizen was recently quoted in a Newsweek article discussing 2024's expected job market: "Steven Chizen, a California...
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Dec 28, 2023
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