About Us/ Acerca de Nosotros

R. Michael Flynn is the Principal Attorney at the Flynn Law Office (“FLO”), an employment, immigration, and civil & human rights law firm dedicated to representing workers, im/migrants, and victims or survivors of violence or other injustice at the hands of the police state or other systems of oppression. He has been practicing law since 2008, a graduate of Golden Gate University Law School, and a 2004 graduate of Humboldt State University (Environmental Science/ Spanish). He is fluent in Spanish, and enjoys learning other languages. As a white person from Oklahoma who has resided in California for most of his life (primarily Oakland), he strives to be a better white ally and accomplice in dismantling systems white supremacy and patriarchy. He has (in the past) served as the Anti-Racism Committee Co-Chair for the National Lawyers Guild at the Bay Area and National level, and currently is a co-chair of the California Employment Lawyers Association Racial Justice Task Force. He previously served as President of the National Lawyers Guild Chapter of the San Francisco Bay Area.

R. Michael Flynn es el Abogado Principal de Despacho Legal Flynn (“FLO”), un bufete de ley de empleo, inmigración y derechos civiles y humanos dedicado a representar a trabajadores, im/migrantes, y víctimas o sobrevivientes de violencia u otra injusticia a manos del estado policial u otros sistemas de opresión. Ha estado ejerciendo derecho desde 2008, un graduado de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Golden Gate, y graduado en 2004 de la Universidad Estatal de Humboldt (Ciencias Ambientales/Español). Habla español con fluidez y le gusta aprender otros idiomas. Como una persona blanca de Oklahoma que ha residido en California durante la mayor parte de su vida (principalmente Oakland), se esfuerza por ser un mejor aliado blanco y cómplice en el desmantelamiento de sistemas de supremacía blanca y patriarcado. Él (en el pasado) ha servido como co-chair del Comité Contra el Racismo para el Sindicato Nacional de Abogados a nivel del Área de la Bahía y nacional, y actualmente es co-chair del Grupo de Trabajo de Justicia Racial de la Asociación de Abogados de Empleo de California. Anteriormente se desempeñó como Presidente del Capítulo del Gremio Nacional de Abogados del Área de la Bahía de San Francisco.

Saskia M. Ledezma, J.D.

Saskia M. Ledezma has worked with FLO since 2020, and worked in various areas –

both criminal and civil during and after her studies at the University of San Francisco School of Law. Before law school, Saskia graduated from UC Berkeley, cum laude, and worked in public health and justice arenas. 

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La licenciada Saskia M. Ledezma ha trabajado con FLO desde el año 2020, y ha trabajado en diversas áreas tanto criminal como civil durante sus estudios y después en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de San Francisco. Antes de sus estudios de derecho, Saskia se graduó de la Universidad de Berkeley, cum laude, y trabajó a nivel público en el ámbito de la salud y la justicia.

Experience Includes: 

Legal Assistant, International Hague Convention Child Custody Matters, 2017, 2019 - 2020

Federal Enforcement Intern, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 2019

Vice President, La Raza Law Students Association, 2018 – 2019

Peer Tutor – Contract Law, USF School of Law, 2018 

Legal Intern, Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office, 2018

Program Representative: Women’s Law Association, 2016 – 2017

Volunteer, La Raza Centro Legal Housing and Employment Clinics, 2010

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Su Experiencia Incluye:

Asistente Legal, Asuntos de Custodia de Niños de la Convención Internacional de La Haya, 2017, 2019 - 2020

Becaria de Observancia Federal, Comisión de Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de los Estados Unidos, 2019

Vicepresidenta de la Asociación de Estudiantes de Derecho de La Raza, 2018 - 2019

Tutora de estudiantes - Derecho de Contratos, Facultad de Derecho de USF, 2018

Becaria Legal, Oficina del Fiscal del Distrito del Condado de Contra Costa, 2018

Representante de Programa: Asociación de Derecho a la Mujer, 2016 - 2017

Voluntaria, talleres legales de vivienda y empleo para La Raza Centro Legal, 2010

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Jessica Juarez has joined the firm as Of Counsel. She is an employment and catastrophic personal injury attorney. 

Ms.  Juarez attended UC Berkeley where she graduated early to work at the International Labor Organization, an agency of the United Nations. She  thereafter attended graduate school at Columbia University where she  received her Master's degree in International Affairs. After working at  the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and the National Center for Youth  Law, she attended UC Hastings where she received her Juris Doctorate.  She is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish.  

Jessica  takes a personalized, human rights approach in the litigation she takes  on. She has represented workers of all kinds and has most enjoyed  working with children and young adults who have suffered serious  personal injury. She has litigated against public and private employers.  Her mission in her legal advocacy work is to not only to assist the  worker or injured party and their families, but to make an impact in the  future of how the company moves forward to preventing additional  workplace violations. 

Jessica  currently serves as co-chair of the Equity Committee for the Bar  Association of San Francisco with Leiann Laiks and is a member of the  California Employment Lawyers Association. 

When she is not busy on her cases, Jessica enjoys sailing the Bay and hiking with her sidekick, Tibu.