Bay Area attorney honored for landmark verdict, record $8.25 million jury award in 'Parking while Black' civil rights case
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Bay Area attorney honored for landmark verdict, record $8.25 million jury award in 'Parking while Black' civil rights case
"Brian Gearinger showed up for coffee on a recent morning rocking a scarlet pullover from Denison University in Ohio, where he majored in political science and started four years at offensive tackle for the Big Red football team. If you have 20 minutes to spare, ask him about the throwback, single-wing offense run by then-Denison head coach Keith Piper, who guided the team to an undefeated regular season in 1985, Gearinger's senior year."
"After driving all night from Las Vegas to get the older daughter to her statistics exam at Berkeley Community College, they stopped at a Starbucks in Castro Valley. While parked, they were approached by deputies from the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, who were searching for suspects in a series of recent car break-ins. The suspects had been described as Black males, which didn't stop one of the deputies from asking the mother, Aasylei Loggervale, for her identification."
Brian Gearinger attended Denison University, majored in political science and started four years at offensive tackle for the Big Red football team. He played in a throwback single-wing offense that required mobile, versatile linemen who pulled on every play. He went to the University of Michigan Law School and then pursued a multi-decade legal career, including nine years in corporate law and six years as a San Francisco deputy city attorney. He opened a solo practice in Santa Rosa in 2008. In 2019 he took on Loggervale v. Alameda County, representing a Black mother and her two daughters who were stopped by deputies at a Castro Valley Starbucks.
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