Ryan J. Vlasak

Attorney

Location: Oakland and San Francisco, California
Phone: 415-835-6777
Email: Email Me

Mr. Vlasak focuses his practice on catastrophic injury, wrongful death, tenant, employment, and corporate unfair business practices litigation, always for plaintiffs. In the past 15 years, Ryan has achieved numerous 7 and 8-figure results for California plaintiffs in cases against large corporations and insurance companies involving fire, brain injury, lead and CO poisoning, wrongful eviction, and wrongful termination.

Always looking for a new challenge, Mr. Vlasak takes each case on its own terms and enjoys working closely with clients, experts, and juries to achieve superior results.

In his spare time, Ryan is an avid mountaineer and alpinist. He has climbed all 15 mountains above 14,000 ft in California.

Areas of Practice

Litigation Percentage

100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

California, 2006
U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2006
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 2009
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2006

Education

Negotiation and Leadership, Executive Program, Harvard University, 2016
Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, J.D. – 2005
University of Pennsylvania, M.A. – 2001
Claremont Graduate University, M.A. – 1999

Published Works

“Multiple Occurrence Policy Limits Demands”, Advocate, Journal of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, September 2018
“Defining Supervisor Control and Causation in Wrongful Discharge Litigation”, Inside the Minds: Wrongful Discharge Litigation Strategies, Aspatore (Thomas Reuters), 2013
“Harris v. City of Santa Monica: Mixed Motives in Wrongful Termination Cases”, San Francisco Attorney, Fall, 2013
Contributor: “Working While Muslim: Religious Discrimination in the Workplace”, Plaintiff magazine, April 2012
“The Constitutionality of Proposition M: Larson v. City and County of San Francisco”, Big News for Smaller Firms: The Magazine of the Solo and Small Firm Section of the State Bar of California, Volume 17, Issue 2, 2011
“A Decision Procedure for Making and Evaluating CCP section 998 Offers to Compromise”, Forum, Consumer Attorneys of California, January/February 2011
“New Bridge Tolls Create New Carpool Driver Liability”, Oakland Tribune, My Word, August 21, 2010

Representative Cases

Evander, et al. v. Veritas Investments, et al. (SFSC, CGC-18-570435)
Stoops, et al. v. Veritas Investments, et al. (SFSC, CGC-18-566646)
McGlynn, et al. v. Veritas Investments, et al. (SFSC, CGC-18-566137)
Torres v. CA Employment Development Department, et al. (SFSC, CGC-17-560478)
Maxwell v. PG&E, City of Oakland, et al. (Ghost Ship warehouse fire) (ACSC, RG-17-853077)
Artiga v. Lou, et al. (Mission Market fire) (SFSC, CGC-16-555295)
Dews, et al. v. Driftwood Healthcare Center (ACSC, RG-15-767945)
Garay v. Penthouse Club, et al. (SFSC, CGC-15-545795)
Bueno, et al. v. Lou, et al. (Mission Market fire) (SFSC, CGC-15-546213)
Kamara v. Obegolu and Eden Medical Center (ACSC, RG-15-756253)
Sims v. Bridge West Oakland Housing Inc., et al. (ACSC, RG-12-635936)
Robinson v. Liu, et al. (ACSC, RG-11-564923)
Dibella v. Cose, et al. (ACSC, RG-11-604471)
Boswell, et al. v. Davis Paul Management Group, et al. (SFSC, CGC-09-484986)

Classes/Seminars Taught

“Topics in Jury Selection,” San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association CLE, January 28, 2023
“San Francisco Fire Alarm Certification Requirements”, San Francisco Apartment Association, April 16, 2018
“Preventing Catastrophic Tenant Injuries”, San Francisco Apartment Association, July 21, 2014
“Employment Discrimination Claims Under FEHA”, AIDS Legal Referral Panel MCLE, November 16, 2011
“Practicing Plaintiff’s Litigation”, UC Hastings College of the Law, October 27, 2010

Honors and Awards

Northern California Super Lawyer, 2014 to 2024
2010 Attorney of the Year, ALRP
Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from Nancy Pelosi, 2010
Member, Top 40 Under 40, National Trial Lawyers
Best Attorneys of America, Lifetime Charter Member
America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators, Member

Professional Associations and Memberships

Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers (ACCTLA), Board of Governors – 2024 to present
American Bar Association, Member
American Association for Justice, Member
San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Member
AIDS Legal Referral Panel, San Francisco, Panel Attorney
Consumer Attorneys of California, Member
Brain Injury Association of California, Member
Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, AAJ, Member
Brain Injury Association of America, Preferred Attorneys Member

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