Ryan J. Vlasak
Partner
Mr. Vlasak focuses his practice on civil litigation for plaintiffs, including habitability and wrongful eviction suits for tenants, as well as consumer, employment and personal injury actions. Mr. Vlasak earned his Juris Doctor degree from Temple University Law School in Philadelphia, where he was Staff Editor of Temple International and Comparative Law Journal.
Prior to his career as an attorney, Mr. Vlasak was an Adjunct Professor and taught courses including philosophy, ethics, and logic. Before practicing Plaintiff's litigation at Bracamontes & Vlasak, Mr. Vlasak gained experience at a Bay Area insurance defense firm.
Areas of Practice
- Plaintiff Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Employment
- Landlord-Tenant
- Consumer Protection
- Civil Rights
- Wrongful Termination
- Breach of Contract
- Unfair Business Practices
- Bad Faith
- Elder Abuse
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- California, 2006
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2006
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 2009
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2006
Education
- Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- J.D. - 2005
- University of Pennsylvania
- M.A. - 2001
- Claremont Graduate University
- M.A. - 1999
Published Works
- "Hanif/Nishihama Reductions After Greer v. Buzgheia" (Co-Author), ADC Defense Comment , Vol. 22, No. 2/Summer, 2007
- "New Bridge Tolls Create New Carpool Driver Liability", Oakland Tribune, My Word, August 21, 2010
- "A Decision Procedure for Making and Evaluating CCP section 998 Offers to Compromise", Forum, Consumer Attorneys of California, January/February, 2011
- "The Constitutionality of Proposition M: Larson v. City and County of San Francisco", The Bar Association of San Francisco Bulletin, Volume 6/Number 5, 2011
Classes/Seminars
- "Practicing Plaintiff's Litigation", UC Hastings College of the Law , October 27, 2010
- "Employment Discrimination Claims Under FEHA", AIDS Legal Referral Panel MCLE, November 16, 2011
Honors and Awards
- 2010 Attorney of the Year, ALRP
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association, Member
- American Association for Justice, Member
- Bar Association of San Francisco, Member
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- AIDS Legal Referral Panel, San Francisco, Panel Attorney
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Member
