Horace W. Green

Horace Green’s practice focuses on the representation of insurers, third party administrators, and employers in ERISA litigation, in litigation involving life, health, and disability insurance policies, general business litigation, and employment litigation.

Relevant Experience:

• Jury trial experience in life insurance, disability, and bad faith cases

• Bench trial experience in life insurance, professional liability, and ERISA cases

• Appellate experience in life insurance and ERISA cases

• Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating. Mr. Green has been selected as one of Northern California’s Top Rated Lawyers for 2019

Mr. Green has been recognized as a Northern California Super Lawyer for the years 2005, 2009-2021.

Publications

• EMPLOYMENT ALERT - CAL/OSHA REVISES COVID-19 EMPLOYER STANDARDS

• EMPLOYMENT ALERT – UPDATE REGARDING SB 1447

• EMPLOYMENT LAW ALERT: NEW YORK COURT STRIKES DOWN THE ADMINISTRATION’S JOINT EMPLOYER REGULATION

• EMPLOYMENT LAW ALERT: SB 1383 EXPANDS THE CALIFORNIA FAMILY RIGHTS ACT

• EMPLOYMENT ALERT: NEW LAW EXEMPTS ADDITIONAL WORKERS FROM AB 5

• ALERT - DOES YOUR INSURANCE POLICY COVER LOSSES DUE TO THE PANDEMIC?

• Alert - Employment Law Update

• ALERT – DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REVISES REQUIREMENTS FOR EXEMPTIONS FROM MINIMUM WAGE AND OVERTIME PAY REQUIREMENTS

• ALERT: California Senate Passes AB 5 Employee Status Bill

• Handling and Preserving Electronically Stored Information and Litigation

• The Ninth Circuit Rejects The Department Of Labor Guidelines For Determining Whether Unpaid Interns At For Profit Companies Are "Employees"

• Employer's Procedural Modifications to Arbitration Process Renders Arbitration Provision Unenforceable

Professional Memberships

• Member, State Bar of California;

• Admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal;

• Director, East Bay Leadership Council;

• Committee Chair, Employee Benefits Committee, ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, 2003 – 2004;

• Vice Chair, Employee Benefits Committee of the Torts and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, 1998 – 2000, 2005-2006;

• Member, ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, 2001 – 2004;

• Member, California State Bar Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, 1992 – 1995;

• Member, Bar Association of San Francisco;

• Member, DRI;

• Member, California Minority Counsel Program

• Vice Chair, Government and Political Affairs Committee, BOMA