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Curriculum Vitae

Marco Acosta,
Attorney at Law
The Acosta Firm, a Professional Law Corp.
P. O. Box 2183
Mill Valley, CA 94942
201 Spear st. #1100
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-676-9461 Fax: 415-426-3509
?attorneymarco@gmail.com
www.attorneymarcoacosta.com

SUMMARY:? 9 years as attorney, workers’ compensation, including 5 years work. Comp. defense; 200+ doctor/applicant depositions, 20+ work. Comp. trials; 3 civil litigation trials to jury verdict; bilingual-spanish; 10 years as vocational counselor, Santa Barbara-SF-Salinas areas. Current Practice: Work Comp/soc. sec disability/Immigration/contract work.

Federal/State Jury Trial Experience: First Chair Trial counsel in an employment discrimination matter tried to jury verdict, Lugo vs. State of California, Sacramento Superior Court, April, 2008. Co-Counsel in jail suicide case, USDC Sacramento, 2006, Shaw vs. County of San Joaquin; $750K jury verdict for client. First chair plaintiff counsel in Brockett v. Forte, battery case tried to Alameda county jury, 2009.

Private practice, 2005-present, San Francisco, CA. Represent injured workers; Immigration cases at EOIR/USCIS Master&Individual Hearings. Asylum & Removal Defense.

Associate Attorney, Grancell, Lebovitz, et al, Novato, Ca. 2009. Workers compensation defense.

Contract Attorney, The Nielsen Firm, 2012- Workers Comp. Represent injured workers.

General Civil Litigation & Workers’ Compensation: Litigated matters from pleading through discovery and jury trial on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants, in state and federal courts. Experienced in all aspects of civil work including pleadings, law & motion, settlement conferences, depositions, mediation, trials.

Workers’ Compensation experience: 50+ trials before WCAB; 500+ doctor/applicant depositions.
Licensed in State/Federal courts.

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