Owner

Alan B. Bayer

I didn't set out to become an employment lawyer. It happened the way most meaningful things do — gradually, through the kinds of clients and cases that make you realize you're exactly where you're supposed to be. What I found was a practice area where the stakes are genuinely personal: people's livelihoods, their dignity, their sense of what's fair.

People's stories matter. The facts drive the liability, but it is the personalities — the human texture of a dispute — that drive the resolution and the jury. Understanding why the case is important to the client, not just what happened, is what makes advocacy real.

I am, by nature, a problem solver. I seek the resolution, not just the fight. Litigation is costly, time-consuming, and emotionally entrapping — and a good outcome achieved without unnecessary conflict is worth more than a victory that leaves everyone worse off. That's what eventually drew me to mediation. Not as a retreat from advocacy, but as its natural extension.

I have litigated employment cases for over two decades — for plaintiffs, for businesses, and as a personal litigant through trial and appeal. I know how to fight. I also know when it is beneficial to move on.

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Alan has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star for Northern California in Employment Litigation (2009–2011), and as a Super Lawyer (2012–2014, 2020–2026). He has served as an Adjunct Professor at UC College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings) and at Golden Gate University School of Law.

Education

Golden Gate University, 

School of Law

Juris Doctor, 2001

Ithaca College
B.A., Politics, 1994

Bar Admissions

• California
• United States Supreme Court