People

Steve Shaw

Associate

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sshaw@publiclawgroup.com

Experience

Mr. Shaw joined the firm as an associate in 2006 and focuses his practice on the representation of public agencies and non-profit organizations in labor and employment matters. Mr. Shaw frequently handles arbitrations involving employee discipline and contract interpretation disputes, and litigates on behalf of public agencies in state and federal court in cases involving discrimination claims, overtime pay and other employment issues.

In addition to labor and employment, Mr. Shaw has extensive public interest litigation experience, having represented senior citizens in several lawsuits against major insurance companies and related entities for the inappropriate and/or predatory sale of deferred annuities, living trusts and reverse mortgages to seniors. He has significant class action experience, and has represented consumer classes through certification and settlement.

Related Experience

After graduating from law school in 2003, Mr. Shaw practiced civil litigation in a Washington, D.C. law firm, where he represented injured plaintiffs in catastrophic injury and product liability cases. He successfully obtained verdicts and settlements for numerous clients and the families of victims in wrongful death cases.

Mr. Shaw has also practiced law in the Federal Government, having been an attorney-advisor with the U.S. Small Business Administration. During law school, Mr. Shaw was a legal intern with the U.S. Department of Justice, and also worked as a researcher on the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States, where he investigated art, gold and securities looted during World War II and contributed to a report of findings and recommendations presented to President Clinton.

Selected Speaking Engagements

Drafting A Perfect Settlement Agreement, presented at California Public Employers Labor Relations Association Conference, Monterey, California (November 2010)

Living Trust Mills and Annuity Sales to Seniors, presented at Legal Assistance for Seniors 4^th Annual Elder Abuse Conference, Oakland, California (May 2008)

Insurance and Annuity Fraud, presented at Elder Financial Protection Network – Call To Action 2008, San Francisco, California (March 2008)

Elder Financial Abuse, presented at the University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California (September 2006)

Selected Publications

Employee-Friendly Local Employment Laws in California (co-author with Jonathan V. Holtzman), California Employment Law Letter, Vol. 20, No. 10 (August 23, 2010)

 Fairbanks v. Superior Court: California High Court Rules Life Insurance Not Covered By Consumer Protection Statute, American Association for Justice Insurance Law Newsletter, Vol. 15, No. 4 (Summer 2009)

Vasquez v. State of California Clarifies Uncertainties Regarding Attorneys’ Fees: Why Public-Interest Attorneys Should Always Make Pre-Litigation Settlement Demands, Plaintiff Magazine (February 2009)

Not Just Defense Anymore: Public Entities are Plaintiffs, Too (co-author with Ingrid M. Evans), Plaintiff Magazine (October 2008)

 Not Just Defense Anymore: Representing the Interests of Public Entities in Affirmative Litigation, American Association for Justice New Lawyers Division Newsletter: The Sidebar (Summer 2008)

Awards/Honors

Mr. Shaw was named a Northern California “Rising Star” for 2011 by Northern California Super Lawyers and San Francisco Magazine