Genie Harrison In The Media

Employment attorney Genie Harrison discusses a famous case for a black firefighter that caused racial division in Los Angeles.

Genie is a guest on this podcast with Benjy Smith and Louis Benowitz at Law Flip. In this podcast, Genie discusses the Me Too Movement, her own survivor story, how she grew her law practice and her involvement in the Harvey Weinstein legal battle.

Genie was a guest on “The Daily.” In this (audio only) podcast with New York Times journalist Jodi Kantor titled: The Harvey Weinstein Case, Part 2. Genie discusses our client, Jane Doe, and the difficult decisions victims have to make when deciding what action to take against their perpetrators.

Ms. Harrison frequently offers her expertise to other attorneys and the media. In 2019, she became a monthly columnist for Ms. Magazine.

Here is a partial list of articles by and about Genie Harrison:

• 7/22 — The Advocate — “It’s Not Over ‘Til It”s Over” — State Bar initiatives to allow non-lawyers to practice law still pose existential threats
• 12/21 — The Advocate — “Ends Are Not Bad Things” — We can see the future of CAALA through the lens of last year’s accomplishments
• 11/21 — The Advocate — “Paraprofessionals To Provide ‘Access to Justice,’ But for Whom?” — Insurers and other large corporations are funding this effort nationwide, with a plan to crush the lawyers who oppose their interests
• 10/21 — The Advocate — “3,374” — A look back at the people and programs that made CAALA Vegas 2021 a huge success
• 09/21 — The Advocate — “State Bar Seems Determined To Open The Practice of Law to Non-Lawyers”
• 07/21 — The Advocate — “Resilience” — Volunteer settlement officers with ten years’ litigation experience are needed for LASC’s new virtual MSC program
• 06/21 — The Advocate — “LA Superior And CAALA Take Positive Steps Owing To The Pandemic” — A terrible, tragic year has led to some important advances
• 05/21 — The Advocate — “The Road Back To Normalcy At LA Superior Court” — Plans for the New Civil Jury Trial and virtual MSC take shape
• 04/21 — The Advocate — “Google Law, PC” — The State Bar plans to bring non-lawyers into the practice of law. It’s time for you to become involved
• 03/21 — The Advocate —  “Now For Some Good News” — CAALA Vegas is a go for September, with the expectation that everyone who wants to be vaccinated can do so before Labor Day
• 02/21 — The Advocate — “We Are Here Because of Lies” — And where do we go from here?
• 01/21 — The Advocate — “If The Cause Is Just, I’m All In” — I’m a civil rights attorney. I don’t do PI cases
• 10/18 — Daily Journal — “Bill is critical component of sea change in women’s rights”
• 10/18 — The Advocate — “Me too” and “not me too” evidence in employment litigation: Proving that an employee harassed or the employer discriminated against similarly situated individuals other than the plaintiff. By Genie Harrison, Mary Olszewska and Amber Phillips
• 09/18 — Daily Journal —  “More Time for #MeToo Victims”
• 08/18 — The Advocate — “Tips For Mediating #MeToo Cases” — Learn and embrace HerStory, let her show you by reenactment exactly what happened
• 04/18 — “Attorney Privilege Is Alive And Well” by Genie Harrison for Law 360
• 01/18 — The Advocate — “Using Closing Argument To Support Your ‘Plaintiff Jurors’ in Deliberation” — Your best chance to win is to empower the jurors who are already with you to persuade the rest of the jury that your argument has merit
• 06/17 — “When Your Boss Isn’t Decent Enough to Say, ‘You’re Fired’” —  Genie Harrison’s Analysis of FBI Director James Comey’s Firing for Law360.com.
• 06/17 — “Uber won’t name and shame the alleged harassers it fired, and it doesn’t have to” by Tracey Lien, LA Times
• 06/17 — “Comey Hearing Parallels What Fired Employees Face in Court” by Genie Harrison for Law360.com.
• 08/17 — “California Employer Questions After Charlottesville” by Genie Harrison for Law 360.
• 09/17 — “The Truth About Rolling Back Obama-Era Title IX Guidelines” by Genie Harrison for Law 360.
• 04/16 — The Advocate — “Effective Use Of The California Family Rights Act & Pregnancy Disability Leave Laws” — Pregnancy Disability Leave applies during and after pregnancy, under limited circumstances
• 07/15 — The Advocate — “Try More Cases” — Trying more cases increases the value of the cases you settle, and when you win it is p-o-w-e-r-f-u-l
• 02/12 — The Advocate – “On Being the Best Trial Lawyer One Can Be”
• 01/11 — AAJ article — “Will Consumer and Employment Class Actions Survive SCOTUS?”
• 10/07 – Los Angeles Times story on Genie Harrison: “Bears, Bullies and Victimizers Beware”
• 12/05 – Los Angeles Employment Lawyer – Barrett S. Litt and Genie Harrison, “Statutory Damages in Class Actions”