By: Elise D. Rice This summer, the California Supreme Court, had the occasion to elucidate the meaning of the term “employer” used in the Fair Employment and Housing...
News & Articles
The California Supreme Court Issues Favorable Decision Finding Outreach is Reimbursable to Federally Qualified Health Center
By George E. Murphy George E. Murphy, of counsel with Quinn Covarrubias, filed a Petition for Review in the California Supreme Court seeking a reversal of the Court of...
Protecting the Homestead: Taking Advantage of a Key Exemption under California Law
Written By: Michael J. Mendez The California Constitution provides that “the Legislature shall protect, by law, from forced sale a certain portion of the homestead and...
Super Lawyers – Stephanie L. Quinn & Mariel Covarrubias
We are happy to announce that Stephanie L. Quinn has been included in the 2023 Super Lawyers List for Personal Injury Defense and Mariel Covarrubias has been selected...
California’s Proposition 12 Can Now Be Used To Control Out-Of-State Manufacturers
Written By: Kristen Green The Supreme Court of the United States has released a number of arguably controversial opinions during its 2022 to 2023 sessions. One of them...
Ethical Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in the Legal Profession
Mata v. Avianca (Case No. 1:22-cv-01461), a case where plaintiff’s counsel cited nonexistent cases in opposition to a motion to dismiss after using generative...
November is National Adoption Month!
We could not let the month of November end without a post dedicated to National Adoption Month and to report on a recent victory for one of our clients. We represented...
Defense Verdict
On March 14, 2022, after a 12 day jury trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Stephanie Quinn and Mariel Covarrubias received a defense verdict in a Federal...
Successful Court Trial for Quinn Covarrubias
On September 12, 2022, Stephanie L. Quinn and Monica A. Silver of Quinn Covarrubias achieved a victory on behalf of Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) in a...
Summary Judgement & Dismissal Obtained
Mariel Covarrubias of Quinn Covarrubias obtained a dismissal in a railroad trespasser case in San Bernardino County, California. The wrongful death case was brought by...
Civil Power Theft Case – Successful Court Trial
On January 19, 2023, Stephanie L. Quinn and Monica A. Silver of Quinn Covarrubias received a judgment in favor of their client, Sacramento Municipal Utility District...
Summary Judgement Win in Employment Case
Quinn Covarrubias achieved a victory in an employment law case on behalf of a public entity client and one of its managers. The suit alleged that the plaintiff was...
Announcement
We are excited to announce that Murphy Campbell Alliston & Quinn is now Quinn Covarrubias! Shareholders Stephanie L. Quinn and Mariel Covarrubias, who both have a long history with the firm, are thrilled to take the firm into the future as a 100 percent women owned law firm!
Virtual Trial – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – by Stephanie L. Quinn
Just when I thought the pandemic was over and we were getting back to “normal”, I started my first virtual jury trial. This, after three in person COVID trials, two...
Federal Appellate Court Gives California’s Local Governments the Green Light to Sue Fossil Fuel Companies in State Court
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal recently ruled that six lawsuits brought by cities and counties in California are to be remanded, or returned, to state court from...