Vivian Countryman is Senior Counsel in GRSM's San Francisco office. She is a member of the Employment Law group and represents private entities in employment matters relating to wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, and retaliation claims. In her first year at GRSM, Vivian second chaired a jury trial involving claims of harassment and whistleblower retaliation and obtained a defense verdict. 

Prior to joining GRSM, Vivian accumulated over 15 years of experience in defending and counseling business clients in a variety of complex areas including personal injury, products liability, premises liability, trade libel, false advertising, commercial law, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, insurance bad faith, and breach of contract.

Admissions

  • California

Memberships

  • Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada, Member, 2005 – Present

Education

  • J.D., University of California at Los Angeles, 2003
  • B.A., Psychology and minors in Political Science and Human Development, University of California at Davis, 1999

Honors

  • Super Lawyers® Northern California Rising Stars, Legal Malpractice, 2014
  • San Francisco magazine, August 2014
  • The Top Women Attorneys in Northern California, San Francisco magazine, December 2014

Languages

  • Vietnamese