Authors: Guy T. Saperstein
ISBN-13: 9781893163478, ISBN-10: 1893163474
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Berkeley Hills Books
Date Published: January 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
"I Never Thought I Would Lose a Case," says Guy T. Saperstein, recalling his life fighting for the underdog and for social change in his autobiography Civil Warrior: Memoirs of a Civil Rights Attorney. He very rarely did. In his more than 25 years of pioneering civil rights law, Saperstein's firm successfully prosecuted the largest race, sex and age-discrimination lawsuits in American history. His firm defeated Denny's Restaurants in the infamous race discrimination case. His biggest case -- a 23-year sex discrimination lawsuit against State Farm Insurance -- ended when, State Farm finally admitted, "We were like Robert Duran in the ring with Sugar Ray Leonard, and we said, 'No mas!'" Saperstein is well known for his colorful, take-no-prisoners style in and out of court. Civil Warrior reflects that bold style, making intricate points of law accessible, and revealing how justice really works in America today.
Introduction | ix | |
1. | Growing Up in Chicago and North Hollywood | 1 |
2. | Berkeley in the Sixties | 27 |
3. | My Law School Years | 55 |
4. | My Reggie Fellowship | 77 |
5. | Private Law Firm: The Early Years | 109 |
6. | Development of My Employment Law Practice | 155 |
7. | Taking on Two Insurance Giants | 209 |
8. | The Battle with State Farm Continues | 263 |
9. | The State Farm Claim Procedure War | 295 |
10. | More Battles with Racism, Sexism, and Kirbyism | 357 |
11. | Denny's Slams African-Americans and Shocks America | 377 |
12. | Moving On | 391 |
Acknowledgments | 411 |