In 2014, Rachel Lederman and co-counsel obtained a $4.5 million settlement for Scott Olsen, a 24 year old Marines veteran who was shot in the head with an impact munition while peacefully protesting as part of Occupy Oakland. We are litigating to uphold the water protectors' right to oppose the fossil fuel industry's desecration of Indigenous lands and waters.
Alexsis Beach and Rachel Lederman litigate for better housing conditions for tenants in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, and other Bay Area cities, suing slumlords for defects like lack of heat, rodents, leaks and mold; wrongful eviction and displacement; and discrimination. We represent UC Berkeley students and alumni who were serially sexually harassed by a professor.
Alexsis Beach and Rachel Lederman litigate for better housing conditions for tenants in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, and other Bay Area cities, suing slumlords for defects like lack of heat, rodents, leaks and mold; wrongful eviction and displacement; and discrimination. We represent UC Berkeley students and alumni who were serially sexually harassed by a professor.
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About Us and What We Do
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Rachel Lederman and Alexsis C. Beach have been providing high quality, affordable legal services for 30 years. Our mission is to advance social justice by advocating for, and working collaboratively with, those who are disempowered in the legal system.
Rachel Lederman has been challenging law enforcement brutality, racism and misconduct for three decades, and has achieved significant settlements in high profile police misconduct cases that have changed Bay Area police policies.Alexsis Beach and Rachel Lederman fight for the right to affordable, safe and adequate housing through affirmative lawsuits against landlords for bad housing conditions, illegal evictions, harassment, and discrimination.
Rachel Lederman has been challenging law enforcement brutality, racism and misconduct for three decades, and has achieved significant settlements in high profile police misconduct cases that have changed Bay Area police policies.Alexsis Beach and Rachel Lederman fight for the right to affordable, safe and adequate housing through affirmative lawsuits against landlords for bad housing conditions, illegal evictions, harassment, and discrimination.
Who We Are
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I work collaboratively with my clients to ensure that their issues are addressed. I do this by maintaining close communication with my clients, and by working with them step by step to ensure that they understand the legal process and that their claims are efficiently advanced. My goal is for my clients to feel satisfied and that justice was served despite the often frustrating nature of the legal system.
Some of Our Recent Cases
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NAACP, et al. v. City of San Jose: Rachel Lederman, Jim Chanin, R. Michael Flynn, and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights are about to file a major civil rights class action lawsuit addressing San Jose Police violence and racism against Black Lives Matter demonstrators. We will be seeking to change SJPD practices as well as monetary compensation for those who were injured or wrongfully arrested.
Police and Government Misconduct
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Rachel Lederman has been litigating on behalf of persons whose rights have been violated by police and government agents since 1989. See information on some of our current cases here. Rachel's work has had a significant impact on San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley Police First Amendment and crowd event practices, upholding the fundamental right to demonstrate for social change.
Tenants’ Rights
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We believe housing is a human right and fight for the rights of low and middle income tenants.
We represent tenants who have been wrongfully evicted; subjected to substandard conditions such as lack of heat, rodents, toxic mold, defective electricity, unsafe stairs and other hazards; displaced by fires caused by housing defects; rented illegal units; locked out; harassed or abused by landlords; discriminated against; whose security deposits have been illegally withheld or who have been overcharged rent.
We represent tenants who have been wrongfully evicted; subjected to substandard conditions such as lack of heat, rodents, toxic mold, defective electricity, unsafe stairs and other hazards; displaced by fires caused by housing defects; rented illegal units; locked out; harassed or abused by landlords; discriminated against; whose security deposits have been illegally withheld or who have been overcharged rent.
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