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We Protect Your Rights

If your rights have been violated or if you have been injured by the fault of a public entity, you deserve competent, smart, fierce legal representation. Rest assured that potential defendants in any of these types of cases will be well-supported to fight allegations of wrongdoing against them, but our civil rights and personal injury attorneys at Burris Nisenbaum Curry & Lacy are prepared. We have the resources, skill, and experience to successfully file claims and lawsuits. With two convenient office locations strategically placed in Oakland (Northern California) and Los Angeles (Southern California), we are here to help you while pursuing justice for all.

Northern California Office Airport Corporate Centre 7677 Oakport Street, Suite 1120
Oakland, CA 94621
Ph: (510) 839-5200
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Southern California Office 9701 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1000
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Ph: (310) 601-7070
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Committed To Protecting The Rights Of The People.

The Law Offices of John L. Burris is committed to justice for all. Our firm serves as a voice for victims of discrimination, abuse of power, and negligence. Mr. Burris is one of the top lawyers in California. We give hope to the disenfranchised who have little expectation of justice by giving them access to quality legal representation in the San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles metropolitan areas

Case Results

Reginald Oliver v. City of Oakland

Oakland Police keep fabricating evidence and lying about minorities to arrest and prosecute them for supposed “gang” crimes, in violation of a settlement that prohibits …

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Named plaintiff Reginald Oliver claims the Oakland PD continues violating the Constitution, in defiance of the settlement in Delphine Allen e al. v. City of Oakland, USDC No. C-00-4599 TEH, also known as "The Riders" litigation. Read Full Course
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Jane Smith v. City of Oakland

Racial profiling of Asian women by police officer resulting in a class action complaint for damages, declaratory and injunctive relief

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Finding evidence about defendant's post-conviction parole violation unfairly prejudicial "since the jury could have construed that parole violation as character evidence in violation of Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b)" Read Full Course
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Rodney King v. City of Los Angeles

Rodney King has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to have Judge John G. Davies disqualified from presiding at the trial of …

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Rodney King waited too long to file a malpractice suit against the first of 27 lawyers who represented him in connection with the infamous beating he suffered from Los Angeles police in 1991, this district’s Court of Appeal ruled yesterday. The ruling by Div. Two affirmed Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ann Kough’s grant of summary judgment to Steven Lerman. King earlier this year dismissed his appeal of Kough’s ruling in favor of two other lawyers sued in the case, Federico Sayre and John Burris. Read Full Course
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Civil rights lawyer John Burris confronts police narratives

Written by Janie Har, AP researcher Rhonda Shafner also contributed to this report. To read on AP News click here OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Before …

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