Mary Schomberg Ostrem

Associate

621 Capitol Mall
18th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

Areas of Law:

Litigation

Admitted to Practice in:

California

Experience

Assisted in matter regarding a contractor's duty to warn the purchaser of construction equipment about potential dangers resulting from misuse of the equipment and/or a duty to specifically instruct the contractor on proper use of the equipment.

Assisted in real property matter involving the termination of easements on client's residential land.

Researched and analyzed options for granting leave under the Fair Employment and Housing Act as applicable to a small business.

Assisted in matter involving a major hospital's ADA compliance, and analyzed issues surrounding class action certification.

Assisted with issues for an employment discrimination and retaliation case against the United States Postal Service involving the ADEA, Title VII and the Rehabilitation Act.

Performed extensive policy research and created an exhaustive timeline of events surrounding the adoption of sex education policy in a California suburb.

General
Former Civil Law Clerk for the United States Attorney's Office, Civil Division Defensive Unit for the Eastern District of California.

EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall) (J.D., 2007)
University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 2004)
London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom (Education Abroad Program, 2002)

PUBLICATIONS

Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, Former Executive Editor and Co-Senior Articles Editor

Berkeley Political Review, Former Staff Writer and Copy Editor