Experience

Ms. Renne heads the firm's public interest litigation and elder financial abuse practice. She brings together public interest plaintiff coalitions of multi-governmental or governmental and non-governmental agencies or individuals. Ms. Renne pioneered this model when she was San Francisco City Attorney and is known in legal and governmental circles for transforming the traditionally defense-oriented practice of municipal law by pioneering an affirmative litigation program that won significant victories for cities and counties in California. She is well-known and well-respected nationally and often testifies before federal, state, and other governmental bodies. She also is frequently requested to conduct impartial investigations for school, municipal and county governments.

• Some of the cases Ms. Renne has directed include:
  A certified national class (250,000 victims) and national and state putative class actions and individual lawsuits involving elder financial abuse. These suits are brought on behalf of senior citizens against insurance companies, banks and other entities for the sale of inappropriate annuity products to seniors.
• A putative class action on behalf of public agencies against insurance brokers for undisclosed commissions and breach of fiduciary duties. Represented public entities include County of Santa Clara, San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco Community College District, and Tuolumne Joint Powers Authority (comprised of 30 public entity school districts).

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Steve Cikes

Ivan Delventhal
Scott Dickey
Danielle Ducaine

Nikki Hall
Jon Hassel
Allyson Hauck
Jon Holtzman

Camille Pating
Emily Prescott

Louise Renne
Randy Riddle
Geoff Rothman

Charles Sakai
Steven Shaw
Jeff Sloan
Ray Samuels

Scott Kenley
Janice Koch