Law Offices of SILVER & TAUBE - Sunnyvale, CA

Championing Employee Rights and Disability Benefits in Sunnyvale, California

When serious medical conditions prevent you from working, or when your workplace rights are violated by an employer, confronting corporate entities and powerful insurance carriers can feel insurmountable. Located on Pauline Drive in Sunnyvale, the Law Offices of SILVER and TAUBE provides fierce, principled, and veteran legal advocacy to workers throughout Silicon Valley and Northern California. Principal attorney Ruth Silver Taube has practiced law since 1993, earning widespread acclaim as one of California's foremost authorities on employee benefits, ERISA claims, and workplace justice. Combining tireless courtroom tenacity with deep legal scholarship, the firm levels the playing field for individuals fighting for the benefits and respect they deserve.

Dedicated ERISA Long-Term Disability and Benefits Litigation

Group disability insurance policies provided by employers are governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), an intricate federal framework designed with strict procedural deadlines and heavy advantages for insurance corporations. Major insurers routinely deny valid long-term disability claims based on selective medical reviews and biased vocational assessments. Whether you are filing an administrative appeal or preparing for federal court litigation, the firm delivers aggressive representation across core employment and benefits areas:

• ERISA long-term disability appeals: Compiling conclusive medical evidence, physician statements, and vocational evaluations to overturn wrongful claim denials by major disability insurance carriers.
• Federal court ERISA litigation: Taking wrongful disability benefit denials into United States District Courts to enforce policyholder rights and recover withheld monthly income.
• Wrongful termination claims: Holding employers legally responsible for firing employees in violation of public policy, medical leave protections, or statutory whistleblower laws.
• Workplace discrimination and harassment: Defending employees targeted due to disability, medical condition, pregnancy, age, race, gender, or sexual orientation.
• Wage and hour violations: Asserting worker claims regarding unpaid overtime, meal and rest break denials, improper wage deductions, and worker misclassification.
• Retaliation and whistleblower protection: Shielding workers from adverse workplace actions after reporting unsafe working conditions, fraud, or labor violations.

Renowned Legal Leadership and Civil Rights Dedication

Attorney Ruth Silver Taube is celebrated throughout California as a trailblazer for workers' rights and social justice. In addition to her private practice, she has served as the supervising attorney of the Workers' Rights Clinic at Santa Clara University School of Law, coordinator of the Santa Clara County Wage Theft Coalition, and legal services chair of the South Bay Coalition to End Human Trafficking. Her tireless advocacy has been recognized with the California State Bar Pro Bono Award, the Santa Clara County Bar Association Pro Bono Award, and the NAACP Freedom Fighter Award. The firm takes on significant claims on a contingency-fee basis, ensuring that financial constraints never stand in the way of justice.

Connect with Law Offices of SILVER and TAUBE Today

If your long-term disability benefits have been denied or your employment rights have been compromised, acting swiftly is essential to preserve crucial appeal deadlines under federal and California law. Missing an administrative ERISA deadline can permanently extinguish your right to recover benefits. Contact the Law Offices of SILVER and TAUBE in Sunnyvale today to schedule a confidential legal consultation and explore your legal remedies with a respected employee rights advocate.