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Dec. 7, 2012

Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP known for role in realignment

Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP was at the center of the legal push to reform the state's corrections system. Its efforts contributed to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision resulting in realignment.

By Kevin Lee

Daily Journal Staff Writer

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Even while working at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP, a large corporate law firm, Michael W. Bien knew he wanted to represent prisoners. That desire strengthened when he teamed up with veteran civil rights attorney, Sanford Jay Rosen, in a prison conditions suit filed in federal court in the late 1980s.

Bien and Rosen set up their own law firm in 1990. More than two... (continued)

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