Pamela Y. Price, Attorney at Law - Oakland, CA

Trailblazing Civil Rights and Employment Advocacy in Oakland

For more than three decades, Pamela Y. Price, Attorney at Law has stood as a beacon of justice and courageous legal advocacy in Northern California. Located at 4400 Keller Avenue in Oakland, the practice represents employees, executives, whistleblowers, and entrepreneurs who require tenacious courtroom representation. Firm founder Pamela Yvette Price established her private practice in 1991 following degrees from Yale University and UC Berkeley School of Law. With an unwavering commitment to equal justice, she has secured millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for individuals confronting institutional mistreatment and corporate wrongdoing.

When employees face unlawful discharge or retaliatory discipline, they urgently need to hire an employment lawyer who possesses both trial mastery and deep familiarity with state and federal labor statutes. The office combines decades of litigation experience with focused client attention, guiding workers through challenging administrative filings and high-stakes trials in Alameda County and federal courts across California.

Focused Employment Law and Worker Protection

As distinguished employment and labor lawyers, Pamela Price and her team hold employers accountable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act. Key practice areas include:

• Workplace Discrimination: Defending employees against unlawful bias based on race, sex, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, or religion. As dedicated workplace discrimination lawyers, the firm builds comprehensive evidentiary records to expose systemic disparities and unequal treatment.
• Wrongful Termination: Representing professionals dismissed in violation of public policy, contractual agreements, or statutory whistleblower protections. Clients seeking wrongful termination lawyers receive aggressive representation from initial demand to trial.
• Harassment in the Workplace: Protecting victims of hostile work environments, pervasive intimidation, and quid pro quo misconduct. Serving as assertive harassment lawyers, the firm seeks complete accountability and maximum financial recovery for emotional and career damages.
• Wage and Hour Violations: Representing employees who have experienced minimum wage underpayment, denied overtime, unprovided meal and rest breaks, or misclassification as independent contractors.

Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Record

Pamela Price is among the few private civil rights attorneys to have successfully briefed and argued a pivotal employment discrimination case before the Supreme Court of the United States. In the landmark case of National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Morgan (2002), she established critical national precedent defining the continuing violation doctrine under Title VII, ensuring that victims of ongoing racial harassment and hostile work environments can hold employers accountable for cumulative wrongful acts. Her legal achievements have earned her repeated selection as a California Super Lawyer from 2004 to 2020 and the Champion of Justice Award from the National Lawyers Guild.

Business Formation and Transactional Advisory

In addition to employee advocacy, the firm provides guidance for emerging ventures and small business owners throughout the East Bay. Assisting clients as knowledgeable business formation lawyers, the practice guides founders through entity selection, drafting operating agreements, and establishing robust corporate governance structures to minimize future liability and promote commercial longevity.

Contact Pamela Y. Price, Attorney at Law in Oakland

If you have suffered an injustice in the workplace or need an employment discrimination attorney to review a severance package or file a formal complaint, prompt legal counsel is essential. Contact Pamela Y. Price, Attorney at Law today to schedule a confidential legal consultation and protect your rights.