Obtained recognition and equal access for a student club at Hoover High School in Hoover, Alabama after filing a lawsuit alleging the school had revoked approval based on the club’s views.

Defeated claims that state government’s exclusion of anti-union organization from orientation meetings for new state employees violated the First Amendment and the Equal Protection clause because the employees’ exclusive collective bargaining representative was permitted to attend.

Obtained a writ of mandate invalidating as unconstitutional California’s Proposition 22, an initiative that gig economy companies spent $225 million to pass, which had exempted drivers for transportation and delivery network companies like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash from California’s employment law protections.

Obtained a preliminary injunction against Bank of America, in MDL class action on behalf of hundreds of thousands of unemployment insurance benefits claimants in California who allege that their access to benefits was wrongfully frozen due to the bank’s lax security measures and failure to comply with statutory, contractual, and constitutional obligations, preventing the bank from continuing to deny unauthorized transaction claims or to freeze cardholder accounts based on the results of the bank’s “claim fraud filter,” and further requiring the bank to reopen all claims that it previously denied based on the results of the filter, to give those individuals a prompt opportunity to authenticate their identities, and to issue provisional credit pending investigation to anyone who authenticates their identity if the bank does not complete its investigation within 10 business days.

Representing United Farm Workers union in conjunction with in-house counsel, obtained California Supreme Court decision overturning Court of Appeal decision and upholding the constitutionality of a California law requiring binding interest arbitration to resolve agricultural labor disputes.

Defeated a state constitutional challenge to a California law that provides charter cities with a financial incentive to require contractors on municipal construction projects to pay prevailing wages to their employees and to hire apprentices.

Successfully defended against a constitutional challenge a California statute providing for the binding resolution of disputes between agricultural employers and their union‑represented employees arising from their failure to agree on an initial labor contract, thereby guaranteeing that agricultural workers will obtain an initial contract.

Overturned on state constitutional grounds a city policy requiring public employees to submit to polygraph examinations.

Obtained an injunction under the Contract Clause of the U.S. Constitution against the implementation of a Michigan statute that would have nullified an existing collective bargaining agreement covering thousands of homecare workers.

Obtained a permanent injunction under the First Amendment prohibiting the federal government from revoking or threatening to revoke the prescription drug licenses of California physicians on the basis of their confidential communications with their seriously ill patients regarding medical marijuana.

Obtained a jury verdict following a ten‑week trial upholding the right of the Air Line Pilots Association to engage in free speech activities promoting solidarity among strikers.

Defeated efforts by billboard and alcohol industry to overturn a City of Oakland ordinance prohibiting billboards advertising alcoholic beverages in residential neighborhoods and in proximity to schools and playgrounds.

Obtained reversal on appeal of an employer’s $17.3 million defamation verdict against a union based on a communication that was part of a labor dispute, on the ground that the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury that the plaintiff was required to prove actual malice.

Obtained a dismissal of a class-action product-defamation suit brought by Washington apple growers against the Natural Resources Defense Council for having publicized the public health hazards of the growth regulator Alar.

After obtaining a preliminary injunction under the First Amendment, obtained on appeal a ruling that three Houston ordinances that restrict the right to protest via parades and public gatherings in public parks, and that restrict the use of sound amplification equipment, violate the First Amendment.

Obtained a dismissal of federal labor law, antitrust, RICO, and state common law claims brought against county building trades council, arising from its free speech and petitioning activities.

Obtained a preliminary injunction requiring Florida to provide sample Spanish language ballots to Puerto Rican voters in 32 counties for the November 2018 general election; subsequently obtained a preliminary injunction requiring Florida to provide official Spanish language ballots and Spanish language materials and election assistance in those 32 counties; and finally obtained a settlement with 31 county Supervisors of Elections requiring the provision of Spanish-language ballots, election materials, and assistance in all elections through 2030, in addition to Spanish-language ballots and polling place assistance required across all of Florida by new statewide rules that were adopted in 2020 in direct response to this litigation.

Obtained a preliminary injunction and subsequently summary judgment holding that North Carolina officials violated the National Voter Registration Act by removing thousands of voters from the registration rolls in the weeks leading up to the November 2016 election and ordering them to restore those voters to the rolls.

Struck down an Ohio law that would have disqualified, prior to the November 2012 election, thousands of votes cast by registered voters in the right polling location but the wrong precinct due to poll-worker error.

Helped to defeat the Republican Party’s attempt, during the November 2008 election, to require Ohio election officials to turn over the records of newly registered voters whose voter registration and motor vehicle information did not match, which would have enabled the Party to seek disenfranchisement of up to 600,000 new voters.

Obtained an appellate reversal of California Superior Court decision denying a motion under California’s anti‑SLAPP statute to dismiss a civil lawsuit seeking money damages for a union’s alleged conduct in assisting the General Counsel of the Agricultural Labor Relations Board to prosecute the union’s unfair labor practice charge.

Obtained a permanent injunction under the First Amendment against provisions of two Arizona statutes, SB 1363 and SB 1365, that limit unions’ ability to collect member dues, to participate in political advocacy, and to engage in protected speech activities.

Obtained a dismissal under California’s anti‑SLAPP statute of an oil company’s defamation action against a non‑profit environmental advocacy group.

Overturned on state election law grounds Hawaii’s decision to ignore abstentions in determining whether the required percentage of votes was cast in favor of a ballot measure calling for a new state constitutional convention.

Enforced a California law requiring state initiative campaign advertisements to identify industry campaign contributors.

Obtained a permanent injunction protecting the free speech rights of a tenured professor of veterinary medicine whom the University of California had tried to fire because of his animal rights views.

Obtained the first order ever issued by a California court overturning the California State University’s denial of a whistleblower retaliation complaint and ordering a jury trial on that claim; and subsequently negotiated a nearly $1.8 million settlement for the whistleblower, a tenured professor at Long Beach State University.

Successfully defended a statewide poverty law office against a suit brought by agricultural growers to block its advocacy on behalf of farm workers.

Obtained a dismissal under California’s anti‑SLAPP statute of a complaint alleging that a union had unlawfully supported picketing and litigation activity directed against the employer’s workplace practices.

Obtained a dismissal under California’s anti-SLAPP statute of a defamation action brought against a nonprofit legal aid organization.

Obtained a dismissal under California’s anti‑SLAPP statute of a lawsuit contending that peaceful home visits by representatives of a labor organization constituted “stalking.”

Defeated an antitrust suit brought against various labor unions for engaging in environmental lobbying and litigation.

Obtained a dismissal under California’s anti‑SLAPP statute of a lawsuit seeking to hold the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California, which sponsored a political event, vicariously liable for spontaneous protests outside the event venue.

Obtained a dismissal under California’s anti‑SLAPP law of a lawsuit against the former President of the California Public Utilities Commission, brought by an executive of an energy company regulated by the Commission, for publicly exposing the executive’s attendance at a campaign fundraising event in support of the spouse of a Commissioner.

Defeated a libel action brought by a prison warden against a correctional officers union for statements made in support of litigation initiated by a union officer.

Obtained a dismissal under California’s anti‑SLAPP statute of an “unfair business practices” action brought by a growers’ association against a union for its free speech activities.

Obtained a dismissal under California’s anti-SLAPP statute of defamation and business tort claims brought by retailer of flooring products against environmental organization, arising from environmental organization’s press release announcing its lawsuit against the retailer under Proposition 65’s environmental notice and warning provisions for selling flooring products that emit excessive levels of formaldehyde.

Represented amicus curiae Common Cause, National Election Defense Coalition, and Protect Democracy in a federal court challenge to Georgia’s use of electronic voting equipment that did not generate paper records of voting results, after which Georgia passed legislation converting to voting machines that did generate paper records, allowing for paper audits in the 2020 election.

Defeated an original writ petition filed in the California Supreme Court that sought to block an initiative regulating the dialysis industry from appearing on the statewide general election ballot.

Obtained an injunction requiring election officials to permit early voting in the November 2008 election in predominantly African‑American and Latino communities of Gary, Hammond, and East Chicago, Indiana.

Obtained a stipulation and court order requiring Colorado’s Secretary of State to stop the unlawful purging of registered voters prior to the November 2008 election and to count ballots cast by voters who had previously been improperly purged unless there was clear and convincing evidence that they were ineligible to vote.

Helped to defeat the Ohio Republican Party’s efforts, during the November 2008 election, to require voters to wait 30 days after registering to vote before being able to cast an absentee ballot, which would have deprived thousands of voters of their right to vote absentee.

Invalidated a proposed initiative requiring a new federal constitutional convention to exact a “balanced budget” amendment, on the ground that the initiative violated Article V of the U.S. Constitution.

Overturned on First Amendment and statutory grounds a $10 million judgment against the United Farm Workers for engaging in allegedly improper boycott activity.

Obtained a court order requiring the replacement of pre‑scored punch card voting machines in California prior to the 2004 Presidential election.

Obtained a consent decree requiring the City of Escondido to convert to a district-based system for electing the City Council, in place of a longstanding at-large system that had diluted the voting strength of the Latino community and had prevented them from electing candidates of their choosing.

Successfully defended against a federal court due process challenge the Hawaii electorate’s vote to refuse to hold a new state constitutional convention.

Obtained appellate affirmance of trial court’s dismissal under California’s anti-SLAPP statute of a malicious prosecution action brought by a charter school operator against a teacher’s union for filing and prosecuting an administrative charge before the California Public Employment Relations Board.

Defeated on state constitutional grounds an attempt by agribusiness to remove a comprehensive environmental protection initiative from the California ballot.

Obtained dismissal under California’s anti-SLAPP statute of lawsuit seeking to impose tort liability on union and its officers for its collective bargaining negotiations with public employer.

Successfully defended a local election official’s decision to reject an initiative petition that would have prohibited a city from entering into project labor agreements on any city‑funded construction projects, on the ground that the initiative’s proponents failed to comply with the publication requirements of the Election Code.

Upheld the City of Oakland’s right to delay redistricting on the basis of the 1990 census until the census had been adjusted to correct for the disproportionate undercount of minorities.

Obtained a writ of mandate ordering election officials to place candidates on the ballot despite apparent noncompliance with nomination petition formalities.

Successfully defended the City of Oakland’s wording of the ballot question and analysis for a “just cause” eviction initiative against challenge by landlords.

Obtained, and successfully defended in the Colorado Supreme Court, a preliminary injunction against Colorado Amendment 54, a voter initiative that would have banned public employee unions from making political contributions in state and local elections, on the ground the initiative violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

Obtained a writ of administrative mandate overturning a county Board of Supervisors’ filling of a vacancy on the Board as violating California’s Brown Act due the Board’s use of a secret e-mailed ballot procedure to select candidates to interview for the vacancy.

Negotiated a settlement prohibiting state legislators from paying large retroactive salary increases to select staff in violation of the state Constitution.

Invalidated, on state constitutional grounds, California Budget Act restrictions on the state’s payment of public interest attorneys’ fees.

Obtained an appellate reversal of a six‑figure jury verdict against a union and picketers who had exercised their free speech right to disparage strikebreakers.

Defeated a preliminary injunction motion brought several days before a statewide election to prohibit a union from spending union dues and fees to oppose anti‑worker ballot initiatives.

Obtained, and successfully defended in the Arizona Supreme Court, an injunction removing an anti‑immigrant initiative from the November 2006 Phoenix ballot on the ground that the city law granting initiative supporters the right to supplement signatures after the filing deadline was preempted by state law.

Obtained dismissal under California’s anti-SLAPP statute of state law action seeking to compel a public sector union to repay fair share fees collected prior to the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31.

Original writ petition in the California Supreme Court challenging a misleading and deceptive initiative that would have eliminated public nuisance liability for lead paint manufacturers, after which the initiative was withdrawn.