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Marian H. Birge | Carlsbad Employment Lawyer

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Ms. Marian Helen Birge

Ms. Marian Helen Birge

Garcia & Birge, APC

Employment, Employment Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Sexual Harassment, Employee Rights, wages and working hours, misclassification and other Labor Code violations, workplace discrimination, retaliation, sex harassment, wrongful termination, pregnancy and medical leave issues, contracts, fraud, business disputes

This firm practices civil litigation, trial, mediation, & alternative dispute resolution.

Experience: 30 years
Language(s): English
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About Marian

Ms. Birge has more than 20 years of experience in civil litigation, representing plaintiffs and defendants. Areas of practice include employment law, discrimination, wrongful termination, disability issues, retaliation, contracts, business disputes, fraud, torts, defamation, and civil rights. She represents clients before administrative agencies, in mediation, through negotiations. Ms. Birge is also an experienced appellate lawyer. Ms. Birge was admitted to the California State Bar and the United States District Court for the Southern District in December 1995, and to United States District Court, Eastern District in June 1999. She received her Juris Doctor degree in 1995 from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, formerly Western State University College of Law, in San Diego, California. Ms. Birge received her mediation training at the National Conflict Resolution Center in San Diego in 2005.

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Experience

Attorney Shareholder

Garcia & Birge, APC

Present

Carlsbad, CA

Admission

Verified California

1995

Education

Thomas Jefferson School of Law

J.D. (Law)

1995

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Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • Member, Board of Directors, North San Diego County Bar Association ()
    2015-2017
  • California State Bar (Employment Law Section)
  • American Inns of Court, Chapter 303, Fiorenzo V. Lopardo ( to )
    2008 / present
  • Panel Member, Appellate Defenders, Inc. ()
    2000-2003
  • San Diego County Bar Association ()
    1995-2005
  • American Bar Association (, )
    1995-2005 / 2009
  • American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America) ()
    2006
Honors / Awards
  • Certificate of Appreciation North County Bar Association
    2008
  • American Jurisprudence Award Lawyers Cooperative Publishing
    1995

Notable Work

Cases

Sample Representation

Professional negligence: The firm represented a defendant construction design firm sued by a San Diego hotel owner/builder. After a six-week jury trial, our client prevailed, and recovered its contractual attorneys fees for $347,820.00. Cosco Fire Protection Inc. v. Siry Investments, L.P., San Diego County Sup. Ct. Case No.: 37-2008-00097567 CU-BC-CTL (consolidated). Plaintiff appealed, and my client prevailed and was awarded additional attorneys fees on the appeal, in Court of Appeal Case No.: D062427 (March 2015).

Publications

Author of publications including: “Voir Dire and Plaintiff’s Opening Statement,” Chapter 14 in Litigating the Workplace Harassment Case, an American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section publication, edited by Marlene Heyser (); and “Preparing for Voir Dire, Voir Dire and Plaintiff’s Opening Statement,”Chapter 15 of Sexual Harassment and Retaliation, A Practical Handbook for Plaintiff and Defense, edited by Roxella T. Cavazos and Sandra R. McCandless, ().

2010 / 2019


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Garcia & Birge, APC Highlights

Employment, Employment Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Employee Rights, wages and working hours; misclassification and other Labor Code violations; workplace discrimination; retaliation; sex harassment; wrongful termination; pregnancy and medical leave issues; contracts; fraud; business disputes

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