Marco Acosta

Professional Memberships/Licensures: -State Bar of California; -Bar Association of San Francisco; -United States District Court, No. Dist. of Calif. Federal/State Jury Trial Experience:  First Chair Trial counsel in an employment discrimination matter tried to jury verdict, Lugo vs. State of California, Sacramento Superior Court, April, 2008.  Co-Counsel in jail suicide case, USDC Sacramento, 2006, Shaw vs. County of San Joaquin; $750K jury verdict for client.  First chair plaintiff counsel in Brockett v. Forte, battery case tried to Alameda county jury, 2009. Associate Attorney, Grancell, Lebovitz, et al, Novato, Ca. 2009.  Workers compensation defense. General Civil Litigation & Workers’ Compensation:   Litigated matters from pleading through discovery and jury trial on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants, in state and federal courts.  Experienced in all aspects of civil work including pleadings, law & motion, settlement conferences, depositions, mediation, trials.  Workers’ Compensation experience: 10 trials before WCAB; 75+ doctor/applicant depositions; rating under old/new schedules; EAMS & vocational experts; AMA Guides, lien conferences; issues pertaining to AOE/COE, PD, TD, apportionment, 132 (a), S&W, CT/Specific Claims, Coverage, Earnings, Jurisdiction, MSAs, “substantial medical evidence”. Family Law Litigation: Represented clients in nearly every phase of family law including dissolution, child custody, child support, settlement and mediation, restraining orders, domestic violence.  Issues involve community property division, business valuation, negotiation and preparation of marital settlement agreements.  50+ settlement conferences, evidentiary custody hearings, status hearings, TRO hearings.   GOALS: new clients throughout California. Specialties: Workers' Compensation; Family Law: divorce, custody, support