The Oakland Law Collaborative consists of three separate small law firms and one nonprofit organization who share resources in doing social justice legal work. 

Our practice areas include Workers’ Rights and Employment Litigation;  Police Misconduct and Civil Rights;  Deportation Defense and Immigration, including asylum, U-Visas, deferred action and family petitions;  Criminal Defense including post-conviction relief;  Personal Injury including bike and car accidents; Housing Rights including affirmative tenants’ rights litigation on housing conditions and discrimination;  Family Law, including LGBTQIA2S+ and other traditional and nontraditional families; and Bankruptcy.

Law Office of Aliya Karmali provides thorough and compassionate immigration services, particularly to those who are undocumented, low-income, or mono-lingual Spanish speakers, zealously defending people in deportation proceedings, affirmative relief petitions, and related appellate representation. 

Flynn Law Office: R. Michael Flynn is an attorney with many years of experience representing workers who have suffered from wage theft or other illegal employer practices, immigrants facing deportation or applying for visas, individuals harmed by police misconduct, and more. 

Alexsis Beach, Attorney has been working for 35 years for and with tenants, LGBTQIA2S+ and traditional families, accident victims, and consumers filing bankruptcy. She provides affordable and aggressive advocacy to obtain justice for her clients.

The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and its project the Center for Protest Law & Litigation have their West Coast office at Oaklaw, staffed by senior counsel Rachel Lederman. We defend democracy by protecting protest and enforcing constitutional rights.