Bethany Caracuzzo, Associate

Bethany joined Hersh & Hersh as an associate in 2001. She works on a wide range of civil cases, including medical and legal malpractice, products liability, and employment claims. 

• Researched and briefed many pre-trial motions, drafted and issued tentative rulings, and conducted ex parte hearings between counsel as a Research Attorney for the Superior Court of Alameda County. Focused on (FEHA) employment claims, construction law, and Tort Claims Act.

• Member of the San Francisco Bar Association and the Alameda County Bar Association.

• Admitted to the California Bar in 1997. Admitted to practice before the California Supreme Court and the Northern District Court of the United States District Court. Also admitted to the Massachusetts Bar.

Education

• Juris doctorate from California Western School of Law (1996)
  Honors: Wiley W. Manuel Pro Bono Service Award for AIDS Foundation work; Academic Achievement Award, 1996

• Bachelor of Arts from Boston College (1994)
  Major: Political Science/International Relations.
   

Personal Statement

I came to Hersh & Hersh because I believe in the work that we do to protect the rights of individuals. On a daily basis, we have the opportunity to work to right the wrongs that have been committed against those who have been injured, victimized, or treated unfairly. I was impressed and continue to be inspired by the passion, social conscience, and commitment to justice that all of the partners and others at the firm bring to their work.

Cowardice asks the question – is it safe?

Expediency asks the question – is it possible?

Vanity asks the question – is it popular?

But conscience asks the question – is it right?

And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular; but one must take it because it is right.

-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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