APPEALS
Appellate written and oral advocacy is a very unique discipline only an elite few ever master. Marisa Janine-Page is a certified appellate specialist by the State Bar Board of Legal Specialization and admitted to practice in all state and federal appellate courts in California as well as the Supreme Court of the United States. Appellate lawyers scrutinize volumes of trial and pretrial records and transcripts to distill only the most pertinent facts, issues, and law for appellate argument to the court of appeals. Marisa is also a trial attorney, making her uniquely qualified to advise clients at all stages of litigation. She is well-versed in appellate procedure and substantive law, and accomplished in preparing writs, appellate briefs, and appellate motions in both state and federal courts. She handles civil appeals covering all areas of business, civil rights, employment, education, class actions, family, and real estate disputes, as well as public entity and California Environmental Quality Act matters.
EMPLOYMENT
Disputes involving the workplace can be a distressing experience. Marisa Janine-Page has over 25 years in employment law and is ready to assist you with all your labor and employment needs. Whether employee or employer, she is accomplished in the area of employment litigation at the individual, class action, and PAGA representative levels. In addition to litigation, arbitration, and administrative hearings, Marisa supports employers with general day-to-day human resources and employment consulting, including creating customized employee handbooks, composing company policies, advising on hiring procedures, drafting employment agreements, investigating discrimination, sexual harassment, and other employment related claims, and delivering probation warnings and termination notices. She offers her clients full service from interviewing, hiring, onboarding, management, disciplinary, to termination.
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Ms. Janine-Page has developed a series of Best Practices for California Employers and Managers and Zero Tolerance training presentations that meets California’s required sexual harassment prevention training. Training presentations may be booked through Ms. Janine-Page directly.
EDUCATION LAW
Litigation and appeals involving school districts, boards, staff, faculty, and charter schools requires knowledge and experience in all areas of litigation, including employment (discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful termination, constructive termination), personal injury (premises liability, bus accidents, sports injuries, classroom accidents), civil and constitutional rights, contract disputes, Public Records Act requests, the Brown Act, and writs. Marisa Janine-Page has experience in these various areas and in education law specifically.
CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW
Consumer protection law involves complex areas in a landscape of trolling plaintiffs who file hundreds of copycat cases. These cases cover everything from website consumer protection claims (Consumer Privacy Act, Privacy Rights Act, Online Privacy Protection Act, Invasion of Privacy Act, and Unfair Competition Law) to false advertising/unfair business practices, to data breaches, to surcharges. They also target issues like privacy, credit, and fraud. Claims often involved class actions or individual suits against companies, alleging complex federal and state laws. Key practice areas include data privacy and security, product liability, financial fraud (credit/lending), false advertising, ADA laws, antitrust and unfair competition, and social media accountability. Marisa Janine-Page has years of experience litigating both in trial courts and on appeal.
BUSINESS LITIGATION
Business litigation is a complex area of law which includes a variety of contractual, statutory and tort claims. Marisa Janine-Page has a high level of expertise in disputes involving breach of contract, fraud, tortious interference with contract, breach of fiduciary duty, infringement of intellectual property rights, and unfair competition. Marisa collaborates with her clients and counterparts to identify and execute the most advantageous business-oriented solutions, either by pursuing or defending litigation or arbitration proceedings or through alternative methods, such as mediation.
RESTAURANT & SPIRITS
The restaurant industry faces an increasingly complex set of issues in technology, employment, globalization, and privacy. Marisa Janine-Page understands these challenges and is committed to finding the best solutions by understanding the specific business objectives and needs of each client. She assists restaurant owners and distilleries with an array of complex issues germane to the restaurant and spirits industry and utilizes her extensive knowledge to advise her clients.