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Labor & Employment

Jul. 18, 2013

Jinny Kim

Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center San Francisco Specialty: disability discrimination


Kim believes in protecting the rights of people with disabilities.


She recently helped settle a lawsuit brought by deaf workers, who accused Home Depot Inc. in 2009 of not providing sign language interpreters for meetings. Home Depot stores also had fire alarms that were solely audible, which did not protect people who cannot hear, the lawsuit alleged. Ortiz et al. v. Home Depot Inc., 09-03485 (N.D. Cal., filed June 2009)


The case was rare, Kim s...

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