Representative Matters

Stephen has mediated a broad range of complex civil disputes, including matters in the following areas.

Employment discrimination matters involving claims based on race, gender, age, disability, and sexual harassment.
Wage-and-hour class and representative actions, including PAGA claims against national companies.
Disability discrimination matters involving alleged failures to accommodate and engage in the interactive process.
Retaliation and wrongful termination claims involving private employers and public entities.
Employment contract disputes involving compensation, commissions, and other benefits.
Retaliation action brought by a police sergeant alleging termination for reporting misconduct.

Wrongful conviction actions brought by individuals incarcerated for more than two decades.
Section 1983 actions involving alleged excessive force, police shootings, tasers, police-dog bites, and wrongful arrest.
Civil rights claims arising from deaths and suicides in jails and alleged failures to provide appropriate medical or mental-health care.
Constitutional claims involving prison conditions, administrative segregation, and treatment of transgender and disabled inmates.
Disability-rights matters involving education, public accommodations, architectural access, hearing and vision impairment, service animals, voting, and website accessibility.
National class action concerning accessibility of health-care check-in kiosks.
Class action challenging federal policies governing the process for seeking asylum at the border.

First-party coverage and bad-faith disputes involving property damage, fire, flooding, and other losses.
Coverage disputes arising from underlying personal injury and defamation litigation.
ERISA claims involving long-term disability benefits, including disability arising from long COVID.
Disputes involving termination and interpretation of long-term care and disability insurance policies.
Claims involving pension trust fund contributions.

Commercial lease disputes involving substantial long-term lease obligations, including disputes between major retailers and commercial landlords.
Contract and fraud disputes arising from the sale and operation of businesses.
Contract disputes involving consulting agreements, professional services, and other commercial relationships.
Fraud and breach-of-contract claims involving loans, business acquisitions, and investments.
Disputes between gas station operators and oil companies under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act.
Disputes concerning reimbursement rates for prescription drugs and Medicare-related services.
Pre-litigation contract disputes involving private service providers and public entities.

Copyright disputes involving motion pictures and motion-capture technology.
Trademark, trade-dress, and false-advertising disputes involving consumer products, clothing, and competing businesses.
Trade-secret claims against former employees.
Defamation and media-related disputes involving anti-SLAPP issues.

Appeal from an eight-figure verdict against a public transit agency arising from injuries to a bus passenger.
Wrongful-death and serious-injury claims involving public entities and health-care providers.
Product-liability claims against national retailers.
Claims involving catastrophic injuries arising from transportation and workplace accidents.
Claims involving sexual abuse and organizations alleged to have responsibility for the conduct.
Claims arising from suicides allegedly connected to bullying at schools and online media.

Omnibus mediation of more than 50 cases involving alleged improper HOA foreclosures brought by major lender.
Numerous matters alleging improper mortgage foreclosure.
Housing discrimination claims involving homeowners' associations.
Real-property and development disputes involving land-use decisions and inverse condemnation.
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act matters.
Claims involving alleged financial exploitation and fraudulent transfers of an older person’s investment assets.

Litigation involving alleged environmental impacts resulting from highway construction.
Litigation under the Wilderness Act.
Endangered Species Act cases concerning the environmental effects of fishing practices, logging, and housing construction.
Disputes among governmental and tribal entities involving management of land, water, grazing, and natural resources.