September 2019
Felicia Medina Participates on Coro’s Panel for Women’s financial equality at work
Founding Partner, Felicia Medina, shares her expertise during CORO’s event, Women Forging the Future: Financial Equality at Work. This is to welcome the Fall 2019 Women in Leadership Cohort.
September 2019
Jennifer Orthwein Addresses Prison Abolition and Restorative Justice at a Santa Clara Law Panel
Jennifer Orthwein, Founding Partner, communicates the importance of prison abolition and the role of restorative justice initiatives within the movement. Restorative Justice: A Path to Prison Abolition, is presented by National Lawyers Guild.
September 2019
DANIEL H. GALINDO’S PRO BONO CLIENT awarded $110,878.00 for wage & hour violations
The California Labor Commissioner issued an award of $110,878 to J.R.* after his employer, a Berkeley landlord, failed to pay him minimum and overtime wages and failed to provide rest breaks for nearly three years. Associate Daniel H. Galindo represented J.R. pro bono at his hearing at the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement of the California Department of Industrial Relations. Read more…
September 2019
JENNIFER ORTHWEIN TO HOST FUNDRAISER FOR FREEDOM FOR ALL AMERICANS LGBTQ CAMPAIGN
On Saturday, Founding Partner Jennifer Orthwein and their partner Meredith are hosting a benefit for Freedom for All Americans and Freedom for All Americans Education Fund, the campaign to secure equal treatment for LGBTQ Americans nationwide. Address available upon registration.
August 2019
Felicia medina SPEAKS ON HOW TO BE AN ALLY PANEL
Founding Partner Felicia Medina joins a powerful and gifted panel of women in upcoming panel, “How to Be An Ally,” which discusses what it means to be an ally in and outside the workplace, and how to cultivate a diverse and inclusive workplace. The conversation is presented by Queen’s Bench Bar Association and moderated by Karen Fleshman, founder of Racy Conversations.
July 2019
FIRM co-sponsors SF Bar’s Latinx Summer Reception
Medina Orthwein co-sponsored this year’s Bar Association of San Francisco’s Latinx Summer Reception for law students, partners, and associates. Founding Partner Felicia Medina and Associates Daniel Galindo and Kevin Love Hubbard were in attendance and made connections with law students seeking mentorship and career advice. At a time when Latinx people and migrants are being targeted, it’s more important than ever that the Latinx community be represented in the legal profession and that we all work to end systemic racism.
July 2019
Felicia medina presents at National Center for lesbian rights’ 2019 anniversary celebration
Medina Orthwein LLP attended the National Center for Lesbian Rights’ 2019 Anniversary Celebration in San Francisco on May 19, 2019, where Founding Partner Felicia Medina spoke to the crowd in her role as Board Co-chair alongside NCLR Legal Director Shannon Minter and fellow Co-Chair Emily Doskow.
May 2019
Jennifer Orthwein Lobbying in Sacramento on Behalf of Trans Prisoners with the Conference of California Bar Associations
Founding Partner Jen Orthwein will be in Sacramento on behalf of Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (BALIF) and the Conference of California Bar Associations (CCBA) lobbying for SB-132, which will require CDCR to treat incarcerated trans folks with dignity and respect by requiring that staff use correct pronouns and house trans people based on their gender identity and/or their perception of health and safety.
February 2019
Join us at BALIF’s inaugural QTPOC leadership brunch
Join us at Hopscotch in Oakland on Sunday, February 10th for Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (BALIF)’s Inaugural QTPOC Leadership Brunch. This event is for individuals who identify as as person of color and a member of the LGBTQI community. We thank our allies in the intersectional racial justice movement for respecting this request and for their love and support!
January 2019
Felicia medina speaking at HarrisMartin’s Women’s Issues in Litigation Conference
Founding Partner Felicia Medina speaking on Equal Pay Class actions: “Pay Equity, Sexual Assault and More”at HarrisMartin’s Women’s Issues in Litigation Conference at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel.
October 2018
MEDINA ORTHWEIN LLP Volunteers at BALIF’s and the SF LGBT Center’s Community Legal Clinic
Free legal clinic hosted by BALIF and the SF LGBT Center. This legal clinic is intended for community members needing pro bono legal advice, options, and an understanding of laws related to one of the following areas of law: Family Law, Immigration Law, Employment Law, Healthcare Law, Will & Trust, and Name/Gender Change (legal documents). We are providing help filling out name and gender marker legal changes and information on how to qualify for a fee waiver.
September 2018
MEDINA ORTHWEIN LLP advocates for lgbtqi rights at the conference of california bar ASSOCIATIONS
Founding partners Felicia Medina and Jennifer Orthwein spent the weekend advocating for the LGBTQI community.
September 2018
MEDINA ORTHWEIN LLP ENDORSES NATIONAL PRISON STRIKE AND PLEDGES SUPPORT
Medina Orthwein LLP is proud to endorse and support the National Prison Strike. The strike, which will take place from August 21 to September 9, 2018, was called in response to the April 15, 2018 violence at the Lee Correctional Institution and the inhumane conditions found in prisons throughout the United States. For more information about the strike and how to get involved, please visit the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee’s website.
August 2018
Felicia Medina honored as a San Francisco Business Times OUTstanding Voices recipient
We are excited to announce that the San Francisco Business Times is honoring Felicia Medina as an OUTStanding Voices recipient. “Because of the efforts of many before me, I’ve been out in the workplace ever since I graduated law school and now I have a queer-owned firm. I will continue to be out in the workplace, that’s not ever going to change,” said Felicia Medina. See more on SF Biz Time’s website.
June 2018
jennifer orthwein RECEIVES the pride freedom award
San Francisco Pride named Founding Partner Jennifer Orthwein as a 2018 Pride Freedom Award recipient for outstanding contributions to advancing civil rights and freedom for LGBTQI people.
April 2018
Jennifer Orthwein on LEGAL AID ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA’s “Reentry Legal Services: Representing Former Prisoners in SSI Advocacy” panel
Jennifer Orthwein will be a panelist on this informative webinar, hosted by the Legal Aid Association of California. The event will focus the mental health-related requirements for disability benefits eligibility, with particular applicability to certain vulnerable populations: prisoners who have been adversely impacted by solitary confinement and transgender prisoners who have been traumatized by their prison experience. The panelists will address special issues that may arise in working with these clients. The program will also describe how legal services providers can go into correctional facilities to prepare pre-release Social Security applications.
February 2018
empowered trans woman online summit
Jennifer Orthwein and Felicia Medina sit with host, Cassie Brighter, for a segment on protecting your rights in the workplace and understanding the internalization of employment discrimination and its effects on the psyche.
October 2017
{S}Heros: #Smashtheglass”: a conference for women in technology
Felicia Medina and Ella Zhang from Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP give keynote speech on creating an equitable work for women in technology at the National Center for Women & Information Technology’s national conference in Ohio.
October 2017
Trailblazing Latina AlumnI of Morrison Foerster
Felicia Medina joined Executive Director of the California Bar Foundation, Sonia Gonzales; Associate General Counsel at Uber Technologies, Angela Padilla; and the Hon. Maria Rivera, Associate Justice of the First District Court of Appeal for a panel on their experience in the legal field and their trajectory from their time at Morrison Foerster to their current roles.
September 2017
FELICIA MEDINA SPEAKS AT BROWN BAG LECTURE “From the streets to the courts: fighting for lgbtq rights”
Legal Aid at Work invited Felicia Medina to be part their brown bag lecture series to discuss innovative legal and grassroots strategies to defend and promote LGBTQ rights.