Rand Stephens
Rand L Stephens & Richard N. Koss
Attorney Rand L. Stephens has practiced law in the San Francisco Bay Area for nearly three decades, and has focused on labor and employment relations matters since 1987. He has extensive experience representing both employees and employers in civil litigation, arbitration and mediation.
Originally from Washington State, Mr. Stephens earned his law degree from San Francisco Law School in 1984. While in law school, he was recipient of the Moot Court First Place Overall Award from the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, the Jake Erlich Scholarship and the Cohn Endowment Scholarship. Mr. Stephens now teaches the course “Discrimination in Employment” at his alma mater.
In private practice, Mr. Stephens has handled all types of employment law cases, involving issues such as:
- Age discrimination
- Disability discrimination
- Sex discrimination
- Pregnancy discrimination
- Race discrimination
- Whistleblowing
- Workplace retaliation
- Wrongful termination
- Employment contracts
- General employment practices
He represented the whistleblower in the high-profile Alaska Airlines crash case, Liotine v. Alaska Airlines.
Mr. Stephens is a certified mediator, serving on the Alternative Dispute Resolution Panels for Contra Costa County and Alameda County Superior Courts. He also sits as a Judge Pro Tem in Contra Costa County Superior Court, Mt. Diablo Municipal Court and Delta Municipal Court.