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Paul Loya is the firm’s senior partner in the Pleasanton office of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo. Mr. Loya represents employers as legal counsel and as labor management negotiator. He has successfully litigated employee termination cases in federal and state courts and has handled appeals through the California and U.S. Supreme Courts. Mr. Loya represents schools and colleges in all matters, including litigation, PERB proceedings, general law matters, business matters, and dismissal cases. He was named by Law and Politics Magazine as one of northern California’s Superlawyers and has been listed as one of the top litigators in the San Francisco Bay Area (Top Lawyers in the Bay Area Bay Area Lawyer Magazine July/August 2006). Mr. Loya has lectured at University of California, University of Southern California, and various associations. He also conducts workshops and teaches for various employer groups. Mr. Loya has presented workshops to national and state school and college groups. He has authored numerous articles on school law and collective bargaining. Mr. Loya has handled complex litigation, including trial and appellate advocacy involving matters from employee dismissals, federal civil rights trials, and student discrimination cases to tax, assessment and environmental impact cases. Mr. Loya was lead counsel in the only precedent-setting case where a California tenured teacher was fired solely for incompetency. He is a contributing author of California Public Sector Labor Relations, a Matthew Bender publication. He currently serves on the Attorneys’ Advisory Committee to the CSBA Legal Alliance and is an active member of the California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. | 