Jayme Walker
About Jayme Walker
Jayme L. Walker represents plaintiffs in employment matters, sexual harassment and assault, negligent supervision in schools, catastrophic personal injuries, wrongful deaths, and civil rights abuses. She has tried cases to verdict in both state and federal court and has recovered millions in settlements. She served as 2021 President of the Alameda Contra Costa County Trial Lawyers Association and received its 2023 Member of the Year award. Named a California Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2014 to 2023 and a Super Lawyer starting in 2024, she has also been recognized by U.S. News and World Report as a Best Women Lawyer One to Watch. Her firm was named by the Recorder as one of the Top 10 Leading Plaintiffs Bay Area Employment Law Groups. She earned her J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law.
Notable case results
(part of $22.5 million total) for a criminal defense attorney and family members maliciously accused of murder by police and prosecutors in retaliation for courtroom wins; Estate of Frank Carson et al. v. County of Stanislaus
For the wrongful death of Jacob Bauer due to excessive force by Pleasanton police officers who restrained a mentally ill man in a prone position causing asphyxiation; Bauer v. City of Pleasanton (2021)
For nurses wrongfully terminated for patient safety complaints and race discrimination
Total resolution (verdict plus fees) for a 19-year-old wrongfully arrested and accused of gang murder; Morse v. County of Merced (2018)
For a family whose husband and father was killed in a bicycle accident due to Oakland roadway conditions
For a police officer who accused her supervisor of sexual assault; Jane Doe v. City of Brentwood
For a police captain who blew the whistle on the Vallejo Police Department's badge-bending scandal; Whitney v. City of Vallejo
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
