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Michael W. Bien

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Co-founding Partner
Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld LLP
rbgg.com

101 Mission Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco , CA 94105
Phone: (415) 433-6830
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Email: mbien@rbgg.com

Northwestern University SOL; Chicago IL



Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
John Armstrong, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor; California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Civil Rights Plaintiff Sep. 22, 2023
Claudia Chavez v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Civil Rights Plaintiff Jan. 7, 2022
Ralph Coleman; Winifred Williams; David J. Heroux; David McKay; Joseph Roy v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of the State of California; Ralph Diaz, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Keely Bosler, Director of the Department of Finance; Stephanie Clendenin, Director of the Department of State Hospitals Civil Rights Plaintiff May 29, 2020
Jesse Hernandez, Cain Aguilar, Ha Cobb, Susan Dilley, Connie Dobbs, Sean Esquivel, Ramona Gist, Martha Gomez, George Greim, Dennis Guyot, Jason Hobbs, Glenda Hunter, Albert Key, Brandon Mefford, Wesley Miller, Richard Murphy, Jeff Nicols, Angel Perez, Sarab Sarabi, Clyde Whitfield, and Robert Yancey, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly Civil Rights Plaintiff May 30, 2015
Estate of Nathan Prasad, deceased, by and through Mary Prasad, Mary Prasad, T.P., a minor, A.P., a minor, and N.S., a minor v. County of Sutter, J. Paul Parker, Sutter County Sheriff’s Department Sheriff, Sutter County Jail Division Commander, David Samson, Sutter County Jail Division Commander, Norman Bidwell, Sutter County Jail Corrections Lieute Civil Rights Plaintiff Dec. 13, 2014
Estate of Rodney Louis Bock, deceased, by and through Cyndie Denny Bock, as Administrator; Kimberly Bock, Kellie Bock, Hillary Bock, Morgan Bock, Laura Lynn Bock, and Estate of Robert Bock v. County of Sutter, County of Yuba, J. Paul Parker, Sutter County Sheriff’s Department Sheriff, Lewis McElfresh, Sutter County Jail Division Commander, Norman B Civil Rights Plaintiff Dec. 6, 2014
John Armstrong, et al. v. Edmund G. Brown Jr., et al. Civil Rights Plaintiff Jun. 29, 2013
Jerry Valdivia, Alfred Yancy and Hossie Welch, on their own behalf and on behalf of the class of all persons similarly situated v. Edmnd G. Brown, Governor of the State of California, et al. Civil Rights Petitioner Oct. 20, 2012
John Armstrong, et al. v. Edmund G. Brown, et al. Civil Rights Plaintiff Feb. 11, 2012
Ralph Coleman, et al. v. Arnold Schwarzenegger, et al. Civil Rights Plaintiff Nov. 7, 2009
Confidential Contracts Plaintiff Feb. 1, 2004
Case Name Topic Role Published
John Armstrong, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor; California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Civil Rights Plaintiff Sep. 22, 2023
Claudia Chavez v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Civil Rights Plaintiff Jan. 7, 2022
Ralph Coleman; Winifred Williams; David J. Heroux; David McKay; Joseph Roy v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of the State of California; Ralph Diaz, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Keely Bosler, Director of the Department of Finance; Stephanie Clendenin, Director of the Department of State Hospitals Civil Rights Plaintiff May 29, 2020
Jesse Hernandez, Cain Aguilar, Ha Cobb, Susan Dilley, Connie Dobbs, Sean Esquivel, Ramona Gist, Martha Gomez, George Greim, Dennis Guyot, Jason Hobbs, Glenda Hunter, Albert Key, Brandon Mefford, Wesley Miller, Richard Murphy, Jeff Nicols, Angel Perez, Sarab Sarabi, Clyde Whitfield, and Robert Yancey, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly Civil Rights Plaintiff May 30, 2015
Estate of Nathan Prasad, deceased, by and through Mary Prasad, Mary Prasad, T.P., a minor, A.P., a minor, and N.S., a minor v. County of Sutter, J. Paul Parker, Sutter County Sheriff’s Department Sheriff, Sutter County Jail Division Commander, David Samson, Sutter County Jail Division Commander, Norman Bidwell, Sutter County Jail Corrections Lieute Civil Rights Plaintiff Dec. 13, 2014
Estate of Rodney Louis Bock, deceased, by and through Cyndie Denny Bock, as Administrator; Kimberly Bock, Kellie Bock, Hillary Bock, Morgan Bock, Laura Lynn Bock, and Estate of Robert Bock v. County of Sutter, County of Yuba, J. Paul Parker, Sutter County Sheriff’s Department Sheriff, Lewis McElfresh, Sutter County Jail Division Commander, Norman B Civil Rights Plaintiff Dec. 6, 2014
John Armstrong, et al. v. Edmund G. Brown Jr., et al. Civil Rights Plaintiff Jun. 29, 2013
Jerry Valdivia, Alfred Yancy and Hossie Welch, on their own behalf and on behalf of the class of all persons similarly situated v. Edmnd G. Brown, Governor of the State of California, et al. Civil Rights Petitioner Oct. 20, 2012
John Armstrong, et al. v. Edmund G. Brown, et al. Civil Rights Plaintiff Feb. 11, 2012
Ralph Coleman, et al. v. Arnold Schwarzenegger, et al. Civil Rights Plaintiff Nov. 7, 2009
Confidential Contracts Plaintiff Feb. 1, 2004