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Stewart Weinberg

Stewart Weinberg is one of the founders of the firm. Mr. Weinberg began representing labor unions in 1962 and joined Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld’s predecessor firm in 1966. Throughout a legal career spanning seven decades (and counting), Mr. Weinberg has been an active trial and appellate lawyer, and his name appears as attorney of record in hundreds of appellate cases. Some of the most notable of those cases deal with the constitutional and statutory rights of public employees, although his practice is not limited to that sector of the labor movement.

In addition to his achievements in the practice of law, Mr. Weinberg is a frequent speaker at conferences of lawyers, judges, and labor organizations. He is also a prolific author in legal publications, frequently publishing articles in The California Public Employee Relations Journal as well as the California Labor and Employment Law Review, where since 2000 he has regularly reported on and analyzed developments in public sector employment law. Mr. Weinberg has also authored chapters in treatises on public employment labor law.

In 2010, Mr. Weinberg was honored as the first union lawyer recipient of the "Trailblazer Award" from the Center for Collaborative Solutions. The following year, he was elected as a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

Mr. Weinberg is a graduate of UC Berkeley School of Law’s class of 1960. Following graduation, Mr. Weinberg served as a research attorney for the California Supreme Court before entering private practice.

Notable Accomplishments at WRR

Here are just a few of Mr. Weinberg’s accomplishments over his half-century of practice for the labor movement:

  • Bekiaris v. Board of Education (1972) 6 Cal.3d 575—Established the right of probationary employees to be free from termination or other discipline because of activities related to the exercise of First Amendment rights.

  • Oakland Unified School District v. Olicker (1972) 25 Cal.App.3d 1098—Reinstated probationary public school teacher who was accused of obscene behavior because she permitted previously non-literate students to write stories on any subject on which they chose to write.

  • Stationary Engineers 39 v. County of Sacramento (1997) 59 Cal.App.4th 1177—County Civil Service Commission applied a policy which illegally elevated the scores of lower ranking permanent County employees over that of employees who had higher examination scores. Employees entitled to retroactive compensation.

Publications and Presentations — October 2007: Presented paper on “Privacy in the Workplace” at the conference of the State Bar of California.

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