Employment litigation
Wrongful termination, retaliation, discrimination, wage and hour, and Private Attorneys General Act claims, in court, in arbitration and before the National Labor Relations Board.
Litigation and counsel, built for the record.
Bakline Law Firm PC represents employees, nonprofits and businesses in California and the Pacific Northwest, before courts, arbitrators and the agencies that regulate them. The firm is based in Davis, California.
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
§ 1Practice
Practice areas
The firm takes a limited number of matters so that each one is prepared as if it will be tried.
Civil litigation
Business, real property and contract disputes, trust and estate litigation, and personal injury, from pre-suit demand through trial and appeal.
Environmental and administrative law
Agency proceedings, regulatory compliance and enforcement, and administrative appeals before state boards and commissions.
Land use and CEQA
Entitlements, California Environmental Quality Act review and litigation, and real estate matters for owners and project sponsors.
Nonprofit and governance counsel
General counsel work for nonprofit organizations: board governance, fiscal sponsorship, tax exemption and program partnerships.
Pro bono
The firm carries a substantial pro bono docket, including reentry legal services delivered through the Rebound Institute.
§ 2Attorney
Brandon A. Kline, Principal
Brandon Kline founded the firm, originally as Kline Law Group, to bring large-firm preparation to clients who rarely get it. He practices employment and civil litigation alongside environmental, administrative and land use law.
He previously served as a Deputy Attorney General with the California Department of Justice. He holds an adjunct professor appointment at the UC Davis School of Law and was named a Presidential Leadership Scholar in 2016.
§ 3Contact
Office and contact
Davis, California
2020 Fifth Street No. 4427Davis, CA 95616
Mail: P.O. Box 1557, Davis, CA 95617
- Telephone
- (530) 564-6454
- Fax
- (530) 231-0140
- info@bak.lawyer
Please do not send confidential information until the firm has confirmed in writing that it represents you. Contacting the firm does not create an attorney-client relationship.