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Sep 15, 2023 Tina Kuang
GMSR Associate And Former Appellate Fellow Tina Kuang On Her Rare Opportunity To Start Her Career As An Appellate Lawyer

GMSR associate Tina Kuang was the firm’s first Appellate Fellow.  Now working as an associate, Tina reflects back on her time at the firm working as a fellow: Why did you decide to do the fellowship? I worked as a GMSR law clerk during law

Sep 19, 2022 Tina Kuang
Congratulations to Tina Kuang—newly promoted to Associate at GMSR

Tina began her legal career as GMSR’s first Appellate Fellow.  Tina graduated from Loyola Law School.  She gained extensive appellate experience during her time there, including externing for Justice John L. Segal at the California Court of Appeal, briefing and arguing a Ninth Circuit immigration appeal,

Jul 19, 2022 Stefan C. Love, Tina Kuang
GMSR Files Amicus Brief, Pro Bono, On Behalf Of Former Immigration Judges And Board Of Immigration Appeals Members

As part of GMSR’s long-standing commitment to social justice and equality, GMSR provides pro bono appellate services to individuals and to community organizations on issues of concern. Recently, GMSR filed an amicus brief in Arias Jovel v. Garland, a Ninth Circuit appeal involving a California

Celebrating Women – Women’s History Month
Sep 15, 2021 Tina Kuang
GMSR Launches Appellate Fellowship Program

Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland welcomes Tina Kuang as its first Appellate Fellow. GMSR’s new Appellate Fellowship program offers recent law school graduates an opportunity to explore an interest in appellate advocacy and to begin developing an appellate practice early in their careers. Tina comes

Too Many Remedies or Not Enough: Balancing Wage Theft and Other Public Policy Concerns in Voris v. Lampert, 54 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 881 (2021)

In a five to two decision, the California Supreme Court in Voris v. Lampert, 446 P.3d 284 (Cal. 2019) held there could be no tort conversion claim based on the nonpayment of wages.  In doing so, the majority opinion distinguished the conversion of unpaid wages

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As part of GMSR’s long-standing commitment to social justice and equality, GMSR provides pro bono appellate services to individuals and to community organizations on issues of concern.

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