JUSTIN E. BUFFINGTON Partner Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC Kensington Police Sergeant Keith Barrow, like any other law enforcement officer, never imagined in his wildest dreams that he would be disciplined, much less subjected to a double demotion, for allowing a subordinate to engage in a perfectly […]
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GREGG ADAM Partner Messing Adam & Jasmine One of the historically key factors in any “just cause” disciplinary action is the employer’s obligation to establish that the employee had prior notice of the policy allegedly violated and the employer’s expectations about the employee’s compliance with that policy. That burden on […]
ALISON BERRY WILKINSON Principal Attorney Berry Wilkinson Law Group We all know the old adage “Honesty is the best policy.” Now more than ever, police officers must make that their mantra, as it has become increasingly apparent that there is no quicker road to termination than telling a lie. The […]
ERIN M. DERVIN Senior Associate Mastagni Holstedt, APC On August 23, 2017, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen dismissed charges he filed against Correctional Deputy Thanh “Timmy” Tri. Deputy Tri had been accused of using unreasonable force during an interaction with an inmate in the Santa Clara County Jail […]
SARAH P. BURDICK Senior Associate Attorney Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC A neutral arbitrator recently awarded full back pay and overturned a demotion after finding that the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department hid investigative evidence from an employee prior to the client’s Skelly conference. The arbitrator ordered full […]