Links
The Venardi Elam Firm, LLP provides the following resources and links for the benefit of individuals in the Bay Area seeking legal information regarding personal injury and employment discrimination. For more information or to speak with an experienced attorney, contact the Venardi Elam Firm today.
California Legal Resources
- California Courts: www.courtinfo.ca.gov
- Superior Court of Alameda County: www.alameda.courts.ca.gov
- Superior Court of Contra Costa County: www.cc-courts.org
- Superior Court of Marin County: www.co.marin.ca.us
- Superior Court of San Francisco County: www.sfsuperiorcourt.org
- Superior Court of San Mateo County: www.sanmateocourt.org
- United States District Court, Northern District of California: www.cand.uscourts.gov
- United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit: www.ca9.uscourts.gov
- State Bar of California: www.calbar.ca.gov
Personal Injury Resources
The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction: www.cpsc.gov
California's Department of Industrial Relations was established to improve working conditions for California's wage earners, and to advance opportunities for profitable employment in California: www.dir.ca.gov
The role of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (FED OSHA) is to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women through enforcement of federal standards for occupational safety and health: www.osha.gov
To provide better service in alerting the American people to unsafe, hazardous, or defective products, six federal agencies with vastly different jurisdictions have joined together to create www.recalls.gov -- a "one stop shop" for U.S. Government recalls: www.recalls.gov
The California Department of Motor Vehicles registers vehicles and licenses their drivers, investigates consumer complaints, maintains driving records of licensed drivers, and licenses and regulates traffic and driving schools and vehicle manufacturers, distributors, and dealers: www.dmv.ca.gov
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) operates with the mission to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce vehicle-related crashes: www.nhtsa.dot.gov
The Insurance Information Institute attempts to improve public understanding of what insurance does and how it works: www.iii.org
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is dedicated to saving lives and reducing injuries on the roads: www.aaafoundation.org
Kelley Blue Book can help you determine the value of your vehicle: www.kbb.com
Spinal Cord Injuries Resources
The American Paraplegia Society advances spinal cord medicine through state-of-the-art education, dissemination of information, and promotion of research and advocacy: physicians.ascipro.org
The American Spinal Injury Association fosters research aimed at preventing spinal cord injury, improving care, reducing consequent disability, and finding a cure for both acute and chronic SCI: www.asia-spinalinjury.org
In addition to seeking a cure for paralysis, the Mike Utley Foundation encourages adoption of a rehabilitative lifestyle for the spinal cord injured and promotes awareness of spinal cord injuries: www.mikeutley.org
The National Spinal Cord Injury Association is dedicated to improving the quality of life for individuals and the families of those living with spinal cord injury and disease (SCI/D): www.spinalcord.org
The Spinal Cord Society has been providing cure research and treatment of spinal cord injury paralysis and related problems since 1978: www.scsus.org
Employment Law Resources
The mission of California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing is to protect Californians from employment, housing, and public accommodation discrimination, and hate violence: www.dfeh.ca.gov
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is the federal agency responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, or genetic information: www.eeoc.gov
The United States Department of Justice maintains an informational homepage for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): www.ada.gov
