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Labor & Employment

Jul. 17, 2013

Lynne C. Hermle

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Menlo Park Specialties: wage and hour, class action litigation


Hermle won a comprehensive defense jury verdict last year for Genentech Inc. in San Mateo County Superior Court in October following a four-week employment discrimination trial.


The plaintiff, former Genentech sales representative Thomas W. Cefalu, had alleged that the biotechnology company failed to accommodate his seizure condition and fired him because of the disability.


"I love jury trials. It's a privilege to be able to do them," Her...

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