Gordon & Rees LLP

Gordon & Rees LLP is best known as a firm of successful trial attorneys. Our clients know us as that, and more.

Founded in 1974 by Stuart Gordon and Donald Rees as a San Francisco-based litigation firm, Gordon & Rees has developed into a dynamic law firm of more than 320 attorneys in fourteen offices including five in California's major business centers (San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego), and extending to Portland, Las Vegas, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Phoenix, New York City, Long Island and Newark. The firm offers a broad range of legal services, and has the experience and expertise to fully meet the needs of our clients.

Contractors Equip. Maintenance Co., Inc. et. al. v. Bechtel Hanford, Inc. (2008) __ F.3d __, 2008 WL 191663 (9th Cir.) (Applying Washington law)
April 10, 2008
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the Eastern Washington District Court, holding United Coastal Insurance Company ("UCIC"), acting as a supesedeas bond surety, was only obligated to assume the liability of the principal it contracted for and not the liability of the principal's...

Proposed Revisions to FMLA Rules
Mary Goodrich Nix, April 10, 2008
On February 11, 2008, the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") issued proposed revisions to the Family Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"). The FMLA, effective since 1993, provides eligible workers with rights to job protection during absences caused by the birth or adoption of a child or...

Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London v. Totem Agencies Incorporated, et al. __ F.3d __ (9th Cir. 2008); 08 C.D.O.S. 1789
April 9, 2008
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff Lloyds of London ("Lloyds"), holding the doctrine of uberrimae fidei applies to contemporary "vessel pollution insurance," a stand-alone pollution coverage for statutory environmental...