Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta

What Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta does

Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta (SYBM) is a plaintiff-side civil rights law firm founded in 1994 and headquartered in Oakland, California. The firm operates as a partnership owned by its four name partners — Daniel M. Siegel, Alan Yee, Jane Brunner, and Sonya Z. Mehta — with a small bench of approximately 6-10 legal professionals including senior associate EmilyRose Johns, associate Chan Kim, and of counsel Anne Weills. SYBM serves individuals, employees, university faculty, labor unions, and community organizations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, with selective matters extending statewide and beyond.

The firm's practice spans six core areas: civil rights (including race and national origin discrimination, gender discrimination, sexual harassment, and police misconduct), employment and labor law (including whistleblower protection, wage and hour disputes, and union governance), sports law (with a focus on Title IX claims by coaches and athletes), personal injury and wrongful death, education law, and business law. Its differentiators are concentrated in record-setting Title IX verdicts — the firm has secured three of the highest reported verdicts under Title IX, including a $19.1M jury verdict in Stacy Johnson-Klein v. Fresno State and a $5.85M verdict in Lindy Vivas v. Fresno State — alongside $1M+ to $3M outcomes in whistleblower retaliation, police misconduct, and Equal Pay Act cases. The firm represents the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) as a core strategic partner.

SYBM generates revenue through traditional professional-services billing, including hourly rates, contingency fees on personal injury and employment cases, and fixed-fee arrangements. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated per matter. The firm forgoes technology platforms, AI tooling, and proprietary software, relying instead on earned media (regular coverage in Oaklandside, KTVU, San Jose Spotlight, Daily Journal, and national outlets), community and union referral networks, and the political and public profiles of its partners (who hold positions on Oakland's school board, city council, and community college board) to drive client acquisition. The firm has no external institutional owners, no parent company, and no disclosed funding rounds.

Name

Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta

Legal name

Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta

Website

https://siegelyee.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta is an Oakland-based plaintiff-side law firm representing individuals, faculty, unions, and community organizations in civil rights, employment, Title IX, police misconduct, and personal injury cases across the San Francisco Bay Area. The firm is known for record-setting Title IX verdicts and advocacy for progressive causes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plaintiff-Side Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111), Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Litigation & Dispute Resolution (BPAHAAAB), Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Civil rights law
• Employment discrimination law
• Personal injury law
• Labor union law
• Title IX legal services

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Fee Revenue: Traditional law firm billing for legal representation of individuals, unions, and organizations in civil rights, employment, personal injury, and other matters. Services provided on contingency fee, hourly rate, and fixed-fee bases depending on case type.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta is a plaintiff-side law firm that represents individuals, community organizations, businesses, and labor unions in civil rights, employment and labor, sports law (including Title IX), personal injury and wrongful death, education law, and selected business and estate planning matters throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The firm takes cases on contingency, hourly, and fixed-fee bases depending on matter type, and is known for securing multi-million-dollar verdicts in high-profile discrimination and civil rights litigation.

Product overview

Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta is a law firm offering civil rights, employment and labor law, sports law, personal injury, education law, and business legal services. The firm represents individuals, community organizations, businesses, and labor unions throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Their practice areas include race and national origin discrimination, gender discrimination and sexual harassment, whistleblower protection, university and college employment, union representation, police violence, personal injury and wrongful death, wage and hour disputes, and wills, trusts, probate, and estate planning.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civil Rights Law Plaintiff-side representation in civil rights matters, including race and national origin discrimination, police violence, and constitutional violations, for individuals and community organizations in the Bay Area.
• Employment and Labor Law Plaintiff-side representation of employees in workplace discrimination, wrongful termination, wage disputes, whistleblower retaliation, and union matters throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Sports Law / Title IX Representation Representation of coaches, athletes, and sports professionals in discrimination, Title IX sex discrimination, and employment disputes with universities and athletic organizations.
• Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Representation of wrongfully injured or killed clients in auto accidents, unsafe property cases, and other personal injury matters, with over 30 years of experience in the Bay Area.
• Education Law / University and College Faculty Representation Representation of university and college faculty members in tenure and promotion cases, discipline proceedings, harassment, retaliation, and severance negotiations.
• Union Representation Labor law representation of progressive unions — including union governance, arbitration, NLRB and PERB proceedings, internal elections, and federal court litigation on behalf of unions.
• Police Violence and Excessive Force Representation Civil rights representation for individuals and families who are victims of police violence, excessive force, and wrongful death at the hands of law enforcement.
• Wage and Hour Representation Representation of individuals and groups of employees in administrative wage and hour claims, including class actions, regarding rest breaks, meal breaks, overtime, and independent-contractor misclassification.
• Wills, Trusts, Probate, and Estate Planning Estate planning and probate services for individuals, including will creation, trust management, and probate litigation, led by partner Alan Yee with decades of experience.

Quantifiable outcome

• Three of the highest reported verdicts in Title IX cases in the country
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirm's labor law practice represents NUHW, a progressive healthcare workers union. Firm provided successful defense in a federal lawsuit that would have destroyed the new union if it had been successful. The firm advocates for NUHW in arbitration, NLRB and PERB proceedings, and litigates in state and federal court on behalf of the union.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• The Dolan Law Firm: San Francisco-based plaintiff personal injury, employment, and civil rights firm. Comparable practice mix and Bay Area footprint, with a somewhat broader plaintiff-side portfolio including consumer and elder abuse matters.

Direct peers

• Minami Tamaki LLP: San Francisco Bay Area plaintiff-side firm handling employment, civil rights, consumer, and personal injury cases. Comparable in size, location, and practice mix to SYBM, frequently competing for similar Northern California matters.
• Swigart Law Group, APC: San Diego-based plaintiff employment firm specializing in FEHA, discrimination, and whistleblower cases. Comparable in plaintiff-side employment focus, though based in Southern California.
• Lewis, Feinberg, Lee & Jackson, P.C. Oakland-based plaintiff-side labor and employment firm with established union-side practice. Comparable to SYBM in mission, geographic base, and client mix (unions, individual employees, civil rights matters).
• John Burris Law Offices: Oakland-based plaintiff civil rights law firm specializing in police misconduct, excessive force, and wrongful death cases. Directly comparable to SYBM given joint representation of Oscar Grant's family and adjacent Bay Area police accountability practice.
• Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein: San Francisco-based nationally recognized plaintiff-side firm with strong employment discrimination, civil rights, and class action practices. Direct competitor for high-stakes plaintiff employment and civil rights matters in Northern California.
• Altshuler Berzon LLP: San Francisco-based plaintiff-side law firm specializing in labor, employment, and constitutional law. Competes with SYBM for union-side labor and employment matters and shares a progressive, mission-aligned orientation.
• Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP: Pasadena-based plaintiff employment, civil rights, and disability rights firm. Comparable in plaintiff-side orientation and bar organization involvement (CAALA), though based in Southern California.
• Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe, LLP: San Francisco-based plaintiff employment law firm specializing in whistleblower, discrimination, and class action cases. Directly comparable to SYBM's employment and whistleblower practices.
• Leonard Carder LLP: San Francisco-based union-side labor and employment firm. Direct competitor for union representation work and labor law matters, including NUHW-adjacent engagements.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/siegel-yee-brunner-&-mehta

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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