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Bruce J. Highman - San Francisco, CA
582 MARKET STREETSUITE 1212 San Francisco, CA 94104
The Highman Law Firm
San Francisco Employment Law -- Employee Lawyer
Overview
Bruce J. Highman has been lead counsel on a number of cases that have resulted in published precedent decisions, has participated in numerous trials, and has appeared as a guest lecturer on employment law issues. He is also a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association, the California Employment Lawyers Association, and the Labor and Employment Law Section of the California Lawyers Association.
Mr. Highman received his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1977 and his law degree from Stanford University Law School in 1981. After graduating from law school, he was selected, and served, as a law clerk to a justice of the Alaska Supreme Court in Juneau, Alaska. He entered private practice in 1982.
About Bruce J. Highman
Current Employment Position(s)
- Attorney
Practice Areas
- Employment Law -- Employee
Representative Cases
- Client v. Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Inc., 2021 WL 3140718 (U.S. District Court, N.D. California 2021)
- Client v. StoneMor Partners, L.P., 2015 U.S. Dist. Lexis 135472 (U.S. District Court, N.D. California 2015)
- Client v. StoneMor Partners, L.P., 2014 U.S. Dist. Lexis 47021 (U.S. District Court, N.D. California 2014)
- Client v. Contemporary Services Corporation, 2013 Cal.App. Unpub. Lexis 6081 (California State Court of Appeal, 1st District 2013)
- Client v. Gordon Trucking, 2008 WL 4078747 (U.S. District Court, E.D. California 2008)
- Client v. Ikon Office Solutions, 143 F.Supp.2d 1163 (U.S. District Court, N.D. California 2001)
- Client v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. , 230 B.R. 418 (U.S. District Court, N.D. California 1999)
- Client v. Litton Systems, 841 F.Supp. 956 (U.S. District Court, N.D. California 1994)
- Client v. Western Title Insurance Company, 27 Cal.App.4th 925 (California State Court of Appeal, 6th District 1994)
- Client v. Western Title Insurance Company, 230 Cal.App.3d 1223 (California State Court of Appeal, 6th District 1991)
- Client v. Burns International Security Services, 729 F.Supp. 695 (U.S. District Court, N.D. California 1990)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California, 1981
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1991
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1983
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1987
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1983
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1988
Other Affiliations
- California Employment Lawyers Association
- National Employment Lawyers Association
- Labor and Employment Law Section of California Lawyers Association
Classes and Seminars
- Guest speaker on employment law topics, National Employment Lawyers Association, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Bar Association of San Francisco, Skyline College
Past Positions
- Alaska Supreme Court, Law Clerk, 1981 - 1982
Education
- Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, June, 1981
J.D. - University of California , Berkeley, California, 1977
A.B., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: cum laude
Major: Geography
Office Information
Address
582 MARKET STREETSUITE 1212 San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone
Fax
- (415) 982-5202
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Included on the 2025 Northern California Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2007 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2006 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2005 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2004 Northern California Super Lawyers list
Honors
- Selected as Northern California Super Lawyer each year from 2004 through present
- Selected for America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators for Northern California from 2020 through present
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