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Yearly Archives: 2015

By PORAC | March 1, 2015 | Posted in PORAC LDF News

Seba Probation Corrections Officer Reinstated with Back Pay After Desperate Termination Attempt

RUSSELL PERRY Associate ZACHERY LOPES Associate Rains Lucia Stern, PC San Bernardino County Probation Corrections Officer (PCO) Harold Guinn has been reinstated to his position after a 10-month contentious legal fight with the County. PCO Guinn fought the Probation Department’s desperate and vindictive attempt to terminate him without completing a […]

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By PORAC | February 1, 2015 | Posted in PORAC LDF News

Attorneys’ Fees Awarded in a Precedent-Setting Disciplinary Decision

SARAH BURDICK Associate Attorney Rains Lucia Stern, PC A neutral arbitrator has recently made an unprecedented award in an Oakland POA discipline case. The arbitrator awarded full back pay for a served five-day suspension, plus interest and attorneys’ fees, and fully overturned all sustained allegations in an appeal action against […]

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By PORAC | January 2, 2015 | Posted in PORAC LDF News

Terminated Galt Sergeant Reinstated and Awarded More than $70,000 in Back Pay

SEAN D. HOWELL Senior Associate Attorney Mastagni Holstedt, APC Sergeant Michael Tassano of the Galt Police Department was reinstated and awarded back pay by the Galt City Council after an advisory arbitration award reversing Chief William Bowen’s decision to terminate the sergeant’s 11-year exemplary career. He returned to work on […]

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