SAMANTHA SWANSON Attorney Adams, Ferrone, and Ferrone California peace officers face many difficult challenges throughout the course of their careers, but one of the hardest that they will ever have to face is the fight against unwarranted discipline by their department. We have seen several agencies forego adhering to the […]
Category: PORAC LDF News
MAURICE E. SINSLEY, ESQ. Associate Attorney Stone Busailah, LLP On July 30, 2020, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in the latest challenge to the Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA). In Alameda County Deputy Sheriff’s Association, et al., v. Alameda County Employees’ Retirement Association, […]
TIMOTHY K. TALBOT Principal Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC On July 30, 2020, the California Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated decision in Alameda County Deputy Sheriff’s Association, et al., v. Alameda County Employees’ Retirement Association, et al., reviewing the California Rule with respect to public […]
GARY GOYETTE RACHEL SIMONS Attorneys Goyette & Associates Being named as an individual defendant in a civil lawsuit is probably not the first thing any officer, deputy, sergeant or lieutenant working in law enforcement thinks will ever happen to them as part of their work. Having to deal with […]
NICOLE PIFARI Attorney Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC For nearly two years, I tried to tell San Mateo prosecutors they needed to drop the case against San Francisco Deputy Linton Martin for the so-called crime they accused him of. I told them he acted in self-defense. I […]