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The Highman Law Firm

The Highman Law Firm - San Francisco, CA

Employment Law -- Employee Lawyers in San Francisco, CA

582 MARKET STREET SUITE 1212 San Francisco, CA 94104

  • Free Consultation
  • 1 Super Lawyers®
  • 45 Years 
    Experience

San Francisco Employment Law -- Employee Law Firm

Updated: 02/16/2026

Areas of Practice

  • Employment Law -- Employee

Firm Information

Overview

The Highman Law Firm specializes in employment law. Over 95% of our practice is in this field of law including sex discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, employment contracts, race discrimination, age discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, sexual orientation discrimination, disability discrimination, reiigious discrimination, whistleblower cases, overtime matters, wage and hour claims, severance package issues, lactation rights, and family and medical leave issues among others.

As an experienced law firm, we provide aggressive representation to workers in need of protecting their rights. We enjoy a reputation for providing careful, creative and comprehensive counsel to individuals in a wide array of employment law matters. We pride ourselves on advising our clients of the upside and the downside of their individual situations, on being tenacious, on having won large verdicts and awards, on settling and resolving disputes, on paying attention to detail, on being through, and on applying our experience and knowledge to the case at hand.

We strive to maximize your settlement or award, and to customize and tailor the approach taken, and relief sought, to your unique situation.

We believe that all employees should be free from harassment, discrimination, retaliation and enjoy the protection afforded under the law.


Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

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The Highman Law Firm selected for a Super Lawyers® list

Honors

  • Bruce Highman have been selected to Northern California Super Lawyers each year from 2004 through the present.
  • Bruce Highman has been selected to America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators for Northern California from 2020 through the present

Languages

  • English (Primary)

Previous Law Firm Names

  • Highman, Highman & Ball. Highman & Highman.

Representative Cases

  • Client v. Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Inc.
    • Citation: 2021 WL 3140718
    • Court: U.S. District Court, N.D. California
    • Year: 2021
  • Client v. StoneMor Partners, L.P.
    • Citation: 2015 U.S. Dist Lexis 135472
    • Court: U.S. District Court, N.D. California
    • Year: 2015
  • Client v. StoneMor Partners, L.P.
    • Citation: 2014 U.S. Dist. Lexis 47021
    • Court: U.S. District Court, N.D. California
    • Year: 2014
  • Client v Contemporary Services Corporation
    • Citation: 2013 Cal.App. Unpub. Lexis 6081
    • Court: California State Court of Appeal, 1st District
    • Year: 2013
  • Client v. Gordon Trucking
    • Citation: 2008 WL 4078747
    • Court: U.S. District Court, E.D. California
    • Year: 2008
  • Client v. Ikon Office Solutions
    • Citation: 143 F.Supp.2d 1163
    • Court: U.S. District, N.D. California
    • Year: 2001
  • Client v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
    • Citation: 230 B.R. 418
    • Court: U.S. District Court, N.D. California
    • Year: 1999
  • Client v. Litton Systems
    • Citation: 841 F.Supp. 956
    • Court: U.S. District Court, N.D. California
    • Year: 1994
  • Client v. Western Title Insurance Company
    • Citation: 27 Cal.App.4th 925
    • Court: California State Court of Appeal, 6th District
    • Year: 1994
  • Client v. Western Title Insurance Company
    • Citation: 230 Cal.App.3d 1223
    • Court: California State Court of Appeal, 6th District
    • Year: 1991
  • Client v. Burns International Security Services
    • Citation: 729 F.Supp. 695
    • Court: U.S. District Court, N.D. California
    • Year: 1990
  • Client v. Fire Insurance Exchange
    • Citation: 42 Cal.3d 208
    • Court: California Supreme Court
    • Year: 1986
  • Client v. City of Menlo Park
    • Citation: 787 F.3d 1371
    • Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
    • Year: 1986
  • Client v. Miami Valley Broadcasting Corp.
    • Citation: 656 F.2d 1295
    • Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
    • Year: 1980

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San Francisco, CA

582 MARKET STREET
SUITE 1212
San Francisco, CA 94104

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Phone: 415-569-0770

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Website: http://www.highmanlaw.com

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