Attorney Philip Kay, a U.C. Berkeley graduate with a degree in history, worked as a fireman for the San Francisco Fire Department before becoming an attorney. This prior work experience helped him to understand the importance of helping people, even when it means personal risk. Thus, it is not surprising that since 1981, Mr. Kay has worked exclusively on behalf of plaintiffs, those who seek justice, often from persons and companies with vastly greater resources. Since 1990, Mr. Kay has worked exclusively on behalf of civil rights plaintiffs. His practice focuses solely on employment and civil rights cases, including sexual harassment, racial discrimination, and whistleblower cases. He has the largest sexual harassment verdict in the nation and the three largest sexual harassment verdicts in the California, including the published case Weeks v. Baker & McKenzie where a legal secretary won a jury verdict of $7.1 million. His most recent jury verdict was in Marcisz, et al v. Ultrastar, which resulted in a verdict of $6.85 million (trial Judge John Meyer later substituted his judgment for that of the jury and ordered a new trial on damages and the case is now on appeal). Prior to that Mr. Kay tried the case of Yarborough v. PeopleSoft where he won $5.45 million for a whistleblower who was terminated in violation of public policy because she complained that PeopleSoft submitted false reports to the federal government. Immediately before the PeopleSoft trial, Mr. Kay tried the case of Gober v. Ralphs and obtained an award of 30.6 million dollars, the largest sex harassment verdict in the history of the country, on behalf of six employees of Ralphs Grocery Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the supermarket giant, The Kroger Company. The judge in the Gober trial, Michael Anello, also substituted his own judgment for that of the jury and ordered a third trial and the case is currently pending in the Court of Appeal.

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