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Ellyn Moscowitz

Assistant Professor and Director of Advocacy Skills

Assistant Professor Ellyn Moscowitz is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer specializing in labor/employment and class action litigation. She was a partner at Van Bourg, Weinberg, Roger and Rosenfeld before starting her own firm, The Law Offices of Ellyn Moscowitz, which represented building and construction trade unions and engaged in wage-and-hour class action cases. Moscowitz taught previously at Chapman University School of Law and as an adjunct at Golden Gate University School of Law. She has extensive appellate court experience. She also serves as a mediator for the U.S. District Courts in the Northern District of California. She teaches Litigation Skills and Appellate Advocacy, and coordinates the appellate advocacy competitions.

Education
  • BS, San Francisco State University
  • JD, Golden Gate University
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      "High Court to Weigh Attorney Fees for Wage and Hour Litigation"Daily Journal03/05/12
      Books
      • California Paralegal Practice Series: Workers' Compensation (Bancroft-Whitney, 1994). (Co-authored with Hon. Alan Eskenazi and Hon. Steven Siemers.)
      • Legal Research and Writing for Paralegals (Anderson Publishing, 1993).
      Law Review and Journal Articles
      • "Salting the Mines: The Legal Political Implications of Paid Union Organizers on the Job," 16 Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal 1 (1999). (Co-authored with Victor J. Van Bourg.)
      • "Outside the 'Compensation Bargain’: Protecting the Rights of Disabled Workers to File Suite for Disability Discrimination," 37 Santa Clara Law Review 687 (1997).
      • "Carve-outs and the Privatization of Workers' Compensation in Collective Bargaining Agreements," 46 Syracuse Law Review 3 (1995). (Co-authored with Victor J. Van Bourg.)
      • "The Fair Responsibility Act of 1986: How Fair Is It?" 13 Whittier Law Review 909 (1992).
      Book Contributions
      • "Lessons in the Courtroom," in Orange County Lawyer , 32-37 (1997).
      • "The Role of the Plaintiff's Attorney in Asbestos Litigation: Chapter 1, Asbestos Abatement," in Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Vol. 5 edited by George A. Peters and Barbara J. Peters (Garland STM Press, 1991). (Co-authored with Steven Kazan.)
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