D.C. Boutique Gupta Wessler Adds a San Francisco Office

The plaintiff-side boutique Gupta Wessler is taking its consumer protection practice to the west coast, opening a San Francisco office to complement its D.C. headquarters.

Made public Tuesday, that initiative comes just two weeks after the firm expanded its home office by establishing a civil rights and class action practice targeted to take on big tech companies. In September, the firm won a U.S. appeals court ruling reviving a lawsuit pressed by restaurant workers and a hotelier accusing President Donald Trump of receiving emoluments in violation of the Constitution.

Jennifer Bennett, formerly at the consumer and worker protection firm ...