Bird Marella Volunteers at Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

On Saturday, April 25, fifteen Bird Marella volunteers consisting of attorneys, staff, and their friends and family volunteered time and service to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank’s 7th Annual Food From The Bar Campaign.

Bird Marella Succeeds In Overturning Twenty-Year Sentence

Bird Marella attorneys Benjamin Gluck and Michael Freedman were retained post-sentencing to appeal a twenty-year term of imprisonment. Gluck and Freedman successfully convinced the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that the trial judge had committed sentencing error and the Ninth Circuit reversed the sentence.

Bird Marella Wins California Labor Pro Bono Case

Bird Marella attorney Michael Freedman won an award of $99,307.16 in back wages and commissions for his client following a multi-day hearing before the California Labor Commissioner.

Irony In New Hydrocodone Prescription Rules

The DEA increased the restrictions on prescribing hydrocodone combinations, moving them from Schedule III Narcotics to Schedule II in a change that has been in the making for some time. One of the new regulations prevents patients from simply refilling prescriptions and instead requires patients to visit their doctors again ...