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FIRM NEWS
May 2025
As Chair of CELA's Worker Outreach Committee, Glicel Sumagaysay is organizing a volunteer opportunity with Legal Aid at Work for CELA members to provide 1-hour pro bono consultations with workers.
April 2025
As Co-Director of FBANC Legal Clinics, Glicel Sumagaysay is co-organizing a volunteer opportunity with APILO for FBANC members to assist Filipino Americans in completing immigration paperwork.
March 2025
As Chair of CELA's Worker Outreach Committee, Glicel Sumagaysay is co-hosting Timothy Newman of TechEquity at its next meeting. He'll discuss how tech affects workers, the workplace and employment attorneys' work.
March 2025
Glicel Sumagaysay is excited to speak at the FBANC Liwanag Conference on "AI in Employment Law and the Workplace". Thank you to Mika Domingo and Armbien Sabillo for the opportunity.
February 2025
Glicel Sumagaysay is excited to present to Armijo High School students about her career as an attorney and tips for pre-law students. Thank you to Mark Cayabyab at UC Davis for the opportunity.
January 2025
Owner Glicel Sumagaysay is grateful for her selection to the 2025 Northern California Super Lawyers list, an honor reserved for those who exhibit excellence in practice. Only 5% of attorneys in Northern California receive this distinction. She is honored by the selection and thanks those who nominated her!
November 2024
Owner Glicel Sumagaysay is grateful for the opportunity to speak on a panel at this year's CELA Conference for the CELA Leadership Conservatory: "Differing Leadership Styles". Thank you to Christina Krasomil for the opportunity and to co-panelists Jennifer Kramer, Lauren Teukolsky and Hugo Gamez.
November 2024
Owner Glicel Sumagaysay is grateful for the opportunity to speak on a panel at this year's CELA Conference: "Lawyers at a Cross-roads: Resisting the Dark Side". Thank you to Adrianne De Castro for the opportunity and to co-panelists Meenoo Chabazi, Chantal Payton and Janeth Arias.
October 2024
Earlier in the year, Glicel Sumagaysay joined Asian Pacific American Bar Association (APABA) Solano County. She currently serves as its Secretary. APABA Solano held its annual dinner which honored several Jesse Bethel High School students with scholarships aimed towards their legal career aspirations.
June 2024
Glicel Sumagaysay began a second term as the Legal Clinics Co-Chair of the Filipino Bar Association of Northern California (FBANC).
August 2024
Recently, Glicel Sumagaysay joined Asian Pacific American Bar Association (APABA) Solano County as a board member. APABA Solano held its annual backpack and school supplies drive BBQ to benefit students of Solano County.
March 2024
Along with two other members of the California Employment Lawyers Association's (CELA) Worker Outreach Committee, Attorney/Owner Glicel Sumagaysay presented a Know Your Rights webinar on Workers Rights as part of the Filipino Bar Association of Northern California's (FBANC) Multi-Practice Know Your Rights Presentation via Zoom.
As FBANC's Co-Director of Legal Clinics, she helped put on the Multi-Practice Know Your Rights Presentation, which featured five other areas of law and multiple attorneys.
November 2023
Owner/Attorney Glicel Sumagaysay is proud to be named Chair of the California Employment Lawyers Association's Worker Outreach Committee. The committee prepares Know Your Rights and other programs and resources to educate workers about their employment rights. The Worker Outreach Committee happily collaborates with other organizations in doing this to reach the most workers from all over California.
October 2023
Owner/Attorney Glicel Sumagaysay co-authored with Joan Herrington, DLAC - Disaster Legal Assistance Collaborative article read into video, "Disability Leave Rights When Disaster Strikes".
May 2023
Attorney/Owner Glicel Sumagaysay is grateful to be an incoming Director for the Filipino Bar Association of Northern California (FBANC). She will focus on producing clinics at which filipino community groups and other attendees can obtain free legal help.
The FBANC 43 Board will be installed at FBANC's annual Gala on June 9, 2023 at The Pearl. If you are interested in supporting FBANC's efforts this year, which includes providing over $30,000 in scholarships to law students, please consider sponsoring the event and/or attending the Gala.
December 1, 2022
Along with attorneys from the personal injury and family law fields, an administrative judge, and a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practitioner, Attorney/Owner Glicel Sumagaysay created and presented on a panel entitled "The Importance of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession: A Discussion from Various Perspectives." Among other things, the panelists evaluated recent data on the racial and gender make-up of attorneys in the country as well as in California. Additionally, the panelists discussed key terminology when discussing DEI as well as practical ways in which legal professionals could support diversity in their everyday life, their practice, their firms, and the legal profession. The program can be viewed here.
November 2021
Owner/Attorney Glicel Sumagaysay is proud to be named Vice Chair of the California Employment Lawyers Association's Worker Outreach Committee. The committee prepares Know Your Rights programs to educate workers about their employment rights. We are eager to serve and provide critical information to workers so they feel empowered to stand up for themselves.
October 2021
As part of the 2021 annual California Employment Lawyers Association conference, Glicel Sumagaysay recorded a CELA TALK on "Tips for Productivity."
July 1, 2021
In her role as a member of the Alameda County Bar Association's Labor and Employment Executive Committee, Glicel Sumagaysay helped produce and moderated a panel on "Litigating Race Discrimination Cases". Among other things, the panelists from both the plaintiff and defense sides discussed how litigating race discrimination cases has changed, if at all, since the murder of George Floyd.
June 2021
Glicel Sumagaysay joined the Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers' Alliance (APAWLA) and its Civic Engagement Committee. The committee presents "Thinking Out Loud" sessions, as well as other panels and programs which discuss issues that affect AAPI women attorneys and communities. The committee also evaluates and takes action with respect to proposed laws and cases to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court involving gender inequality and inequity.
December 2020
Alameda County Bar Association Continuing Education Program Moderator
Attorney/Owner Glicel Sumagaysay is excited to moderate the upcoming program Employment Law Developments in the Age of COVID-19. The program will feature panelists who will discuss requirements and best practices for managing employees during the pandemic.
August 2020
Alameda County Bar Association Employment Law Symposium September 25, 2020
As Chair of the Labor and Employment Section Executive Committee, Attorney/Owner Glicel Sumagaysay is working with the Committee to develop mandatory continuing legal education programs for its annual Employment Law Symposium. This year's Symposium will focus on COVID-19's impact on our employment law practices, such as the Claims and Legislative Issues that Arise from COVID-19; Video Trials and Arbitrations; Technical and Ethical Issues Related to the Litigating Cases in the Pandemic, and Agency COVID-19 Complaints: Processing and Investigation. We are confident the esteemed panelists will present useful and educational information to our fellow employment lawyer members.
February 2020
New Location and Phone Number
We have moved! Our firm is now located at 1990 N. California Blvd., Suite 870, Walnut Creek, California 94596. Our new phone number is (888) 201-8282. We hope to be more accessible to our clients.
January 2020
Alameda County Bar Association's Labor and Employment Section Chair
Owner/Attorney Glicel Sumagaysay is the Chair for the committee of attorneys who work together with the Bar Association to prepare continuing legal education programs the Labor and Employment Section presents.