Peters and Winnett are named
Consumer Attorneys of the Year

SACRAMENTO (Nov. 17, 2018) – Craig M. Peters of Altair Law in San Francisco and David L. Winnett of The Veen Firm in San Francisco are Consumer Attorneys of California’s 2018 Consumer Attorneys of the Year for holding Mazda accountable for a defective seatback design that left a California woman a partial paraplegic. Taylor Rayfield of Greene Broillet & Wheeler in Santa Monica was also honored Saturday night as CAOC’s Street Fighter of the Year for winning a settlement that compensated more than two dozen victims of a high school wrestling coach who was hired despite being a known sexual predator. Read more

January 10, 2019
A good start on courts
budget, but more needed
Consumer Attorneys of California leaders applauded Gov. Gavin Newsom's first proposed state budget blueprint, in particular extra funding to modernize court operations. But they also urged more trial court funding to ensure justice isn't delayed. Read more 

December 3, 2018
#MeToo bill vetoed by
Brown is reintroduced
Backed by Consumer Attorneys of California, Assembly Members Eloise Gomez Reyes and Laura Friedman have reintroduced a bill that would offer better protection against workplace sexual harassment and assault. Read more

September 30, 2018
Gov. Brown signs bill to
end secret settlements
SB 820, co-sponsored by CAOC, was spawned by the #MeToo movement to protect victims of sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace by targeting secret settlements that allow predators to keep offending. Read more