Gregory George Paul
Professional Work History
Greg has devoted his practice to litigation in state and federal courts since 1999 in the areas of employment law and employee benefits under ERISA. Greg is admitted in California (2004), Maryland (2000), Pennsylvania (1999), Texas (2006), West Virginia (1999), and multiple federal court jurisdictions including the Supreme Court of the United States.
2021 to present Paul Law Offices, San Francisco, CA
2009-2020 Morgan & Paul, PLLC, Pittsburgh, PA
1999-2008 Peirce, Raimond & Coulter, P.C.
While in law school, Greg worked for Legislative Research, Inc. in Sacramento and as the Chief Law Clerk/Certified Student Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California. He graduated from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 1998 on the Dean’s List and with a Certificate of Internal Studies in Salzburg, Austria. He also was selected for law review for the Transnational Lawyer. Greg is a 2007 graduate of Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming.
During his undergraduate studies at Carnegie-Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh, Greg became interested in labor-relations. He has continued with his interest in oral histories by attending the 2017 Advanced Summer Institute at the University of California’s Oral History Center in Berkeley, California.
In addition to litigating cases, Greg has been a speaker at the following employment law conferences: CELA Trial College (2024 and 2025); SCBA: The Legalities of Employee Leave of Absence and Insurance Benefits (2021); PBI-Employment Law West: When is Social Discourse too Course for Work (2018); Hypothetically Speaking: A Discussion of FMLA and ADA Challenges (2017); Current Consideration Regarding Non-Compete Agreements (2016); Disability Claims under the ADA, FMLA and ERISA (2015); ADA and Regulatory Hot Buttons (2014), The ADA: Two Decades Later (2013), and Game On: The New ADA (2012), Pittsburgh, PA; National Employment Lawyers Association: Breaking Down the Barriers in the Workplace, Oakland, CA (2010); NBI: Litigating ERISA Cases, Pittsburgh, PA (2008); ADA: Fighting for Fairness, Atlanta, GA (2006) and Chicago, IL (2008).
Greg is a certified neutral in Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) and Mediation having completed the required training for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He completed a Professional Mediation Certificate in Employment Law from the Industrial Labor Relations Institute at Cornell University in 2022.
Dispute Resolution Experience
In December of 2007, Greg completed a 40-hour Mediation Training Course sponsored by the Federal Bar Association to serve as a mediator in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh. More recently in 2022, Greg completed the 40-hour training course to serve as a mediator and early neutral evaluator for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco. He continues to serve as a mediator in the federal courts's ADR program and in the Los Angeles Superior Court's Resolve Settlement Officer program.
Cornell University Dispute Resolution Training (Course titles and dates taken)
Professional Mediation Certificate in Employment Law (2022)
Other Dispute Resolution Training
Pepperdine University Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution
Professional Associations
Bar Association of San Francisco
The Mediation Society of San Francisco
Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County
National Employment Lawyers Association
California Employment Lawyers Association
Western Pennsylvania Employment Lawyers Association
Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
Education
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D. (1998) University of Pittsburgh (1995)
Fee Policy
$5,000.00 ($2,500 per party per day)