GARY M. MESSING Partner LINA BALCIUNAS COCKRELL Senior Counsel Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP Finality is an often-overlooked element of public employee discipline. A collective bargaining agreement or agency’s personnel rules typically provide a deadline for the employee to appeal a disciplinary action, but little or no specific reference as […]
MICHAEL P. STONE, ESQ. Founder and Principal Partner Stone Busailah, LLP To police defendants: “Having a good defense to litigation against you means that you are probably going to trial; having immunity means you don’t even belong in court.” — Michael P. Stone Now, more than ever, claims that police […]
Andrew Dawson Founding Partner Dawson & Riley, LLP After facing a criminal complaint brought forward by his own department that was soundly rejected by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office and then only to suffer through a lengthy administrative investigation that was started by a lieutenant, an El Monte […]
ROBERT RABE Associate Stone Busailah, LLP In this case (Kon v. City of Los Angeles, B290929, Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, filed June 1, 2020), the Court of Appeal had to decide whether a person can sue police in civil court for excessive force after he had been convicted […]
ROBERT RABE Associate Stone Busailah, LLP The death of a suspect during an arrest takes an emotional toll on the arresting officers, and the recent climate of our nation has led to an increased chance that officers will be denied qualified immunity. The following case (Martinez, et al. v. […]
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