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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-47423994-1', 'fortunecity.ws'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <center> <br> <div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ad.broadcaststation.net/ads/show_ad.php?width=728&height=90"></script> </div> </center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="08478783.jpg"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="798" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 33 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="0a282410.jpg" border=0 width="130" height="65" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL S. SORGEN<FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Korinna BT" > </FONT> </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="600"><div> 240 Stockton Street, 9th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Tel: (415) 956-1360 Fax: (415) 956-6342 Email: msorgen@sorgen.net</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=20% BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="08478783.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index_m.htm#home" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="index"><U>Home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index_m.htm#practice_areas" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="index"><U>Practice Areas</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Attorney Bios"><U>Attorneys</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Representative Cases"><U>Representative</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Representative Cases"><U>Cases</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New Client Questionnaire"><U>New Client Questionnnaire</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Employment"><U>Employment</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us "><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="08982823.jpg"> <bR> <bR> <div> <A NAME="home"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="121" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 126 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0a352770.jpg" border=0 width="82" height="119" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Our mission <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Charter BT" >at the Law Offices of Michael S. Sorgen is to combine legal expertise with a passion for justice and to provide our clients with high quality and affordable representation.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Our firm specializes<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Charter BT" > in civil rights, education, and employment litigation with an emphasis on the public sector.</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Korinna BT" >Practice Areas</FONT> <A NAME="practice_areas"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <div> Our firm handles civil rights, employment, education, appeals, civil writs, administrative proceedings, and civil litigation at all levels of federal and state judicial systems. Our employment cases include discrimination under both state and federal laws prohibiting race, gender, religion, age, disability, nationality and sexual orientation based discrimination. We also handle a wide variety of other employment related matters with an emphasis on the public sector, including whistle blower, defamation, privacy and personal injury claims law. </div> <div> We are one of the few law practices with broad expertise in education including academic, discipline, licensing and consumer issues, and in the general rights of students, teachers, and other persons engaged in educational endeavors at all levels, pre-school to post doctorate, public and private sector. </div> <div> In the general civil rights area, we represent plaintiffs charging police and other governmental misconduct, violation of constitutional rights, international human rights, and other statutes implementing civil rights protection.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <U>Disclaimer</U>: The materials on this web site have been prepared for informational purposes only and are not legal advice. 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