Marian Helen Birge

Garcia & Birge, A Professional Corporation is a comprehensive Employment Law firm committed to making a difference in the lives of our clients. Practice areas include: ● Wage and Hour -- minimum wage, overtime, breaks, personal attendants, mischaracterization ● Discrimination – race, national origin, age, disability, sex, pregnancy, gender identity/expression, religion, veteran status ● Harassment - Sex and Class-Based ● Workplace Retaliation ● Wrongful Termination ● Caregivers and Domestic Workers ● Disability Accommodation ● Severance Agreements, Contracts Marian Birge has extensive experience representing clients in litigation, before administrative agencies, in mediation, and through negotiations. The firm places a principal focus on employment law, and Ms. Birge’s experience includes litigation of business disputes and fraud claims. Ms. Birge is an experienced appellate lawyer, and a trained mediator. She has served as a member of the Board of Directors and as a Vice President of the North San Diego County Bar Association, and as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California. Ms. Birge was admitted to the California State Bar and the United States District Court for the Southern District in December 1995, and to United States District Court, Eastern District in June 1999. Sample Publications: Author, "Voir Dire and Plaintiff’s Opening Statement – Plaintiff’s Perspective", Chapter 15 of "Sexual Harassment and Retaliation, A Practical Handbook for Plaintiff and Defense", a publication of the American Bar Association (2019), Cavazos and McCandless, Editors. Co-Author "Voir Dire and Plaintiff’s Opening Statement,” Chapter 14 in "Litigating the Workplace Harassment Case", an American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section publication, edited by Marlene Heyser, First Edition (2010).