The Oakland Law Collaborative consists of five separate, small law firms and one nonprofit legal organization who support each other 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; Nonprofit Law and ongoing legal compliance, Community Business Transactions for cooperatives and other small businesses; Housing Rights including affirmative tenants’ rights litigation on housing conditions and discrimination; Land Trusts and Land Justice advocacy and compliance; Family Law, including LGBTQIA2S+ and other traditional and nontraditional families; Consumer Bankruptcy; and Education Law, including Special Education and school-based harassment, discrimination and bullying.
We seek to provide compassionate and relevant legal representation to members of marginalized community groups, including undocumented residents of Oakland, low-income workers, people in detention and custody, and survivors of State violence.
While offering quality legal services, we aspire to create a collaborative workspace that is connected to the communities to which we belong, and supports our individual and collective development as activists and organizers working within the legal system.
In our workplace, and in our work, we want to recognize and dismantle forms of institutional and interpersonal oppression. To this end, we strive to address racism, sexism, classism, homophobia and transphobia, ableism and Islamophobia within our collaborative, as well as our broader communities, and society at large.
Law Office of Aliya Karmali: Aliya Karmali provides thorough and compassionate immigration services to the Bay Area community, particularly those who are undocumented, low-income, or mono-lingual Spanish speakers. Her goal is to zealously defend people in deportation proceedings, affirmative relief petitions, and related appellate representation. Read more
Geghamyan Law Office: Hasmik Geghamyan provides quality and affordable legal assistance and advocacy in the areas of civil rights and community business transactions. She believes that a cross-functional, integrated model of policy, organizing and law can be effectively used to bring about social and economic justice. Read more
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 other people who need quality and honest legal representation. Read more
Alexsis Beach, Attorney has been working for and with tenants, LGBTQIA2S+ and traditional families, accident victims, and consumers seeking bankruptcy protection for 35 years. She provides affordable and aggressive advocacy to obtain justice for her clients. Read more
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. Read more
Chen Law Office: Lillian Chen represents students and families in the Bay Area to advocate for their right to special education, including when threatened with expulsion, as well as their right to an education free from harassment, discrimination, and bullying. Her mission is to empower young people and their caregivers to obtain justice from the institutions meant to serve them. Read more
Mayra I. Delgadillo was born and raised in Oakland. Mayra is passionate about social justice and helping the immigrant community. She is currently a Paralegal working alongside the Law Office of Aliya Karmali. Mayra has over 7 years of legal experience and worked in different fields of law including immigration, family law, civil, and criminal defense. She has been a proud member of Oaklaw since 2019.