DAVID E. MASTAGNI Partner Mastagni Holstedt, APC In a decision that will benefit public safety employees throughout the country, a district court has approved a backpay settlement for firefighters. On April 28, 2022, the court published its ruling on the motion to dismiss in Padilla v. City of Richmond (N.D. […]
ALISON BERRY WILKINSON Principal Attorney Berry Wilkinson Law Group (Of Counsel, Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP) SCOTT P. THORNE Associate Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP Almost a year after Officers Eric McKinley, James Fisher and Cameron Leahy encountered an incoherent man with open alcohol containers in a small city park, […]
DAVID E. MASTAGNI Partner Mastagni Holstedt, APC In 2014, Larry Thompson was living with his wife and newborn daughter. Thompson’s sister-in-law suffered from a mental illness and reported to 9-1-1 that Thompson was abusing his child. Officers showed up to Thompson’s home without a warrant, arrested him and charged him […]
HARRY S. STERN Managing Principal Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC To paraphrase (slightly) General George Patton, “A good plan executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” That is a fitting summation of the case of Sonoma County Deputy Sheriff Charlie Blount, who, despite […]
KIMBERLY RILEY Partner ANDREW M. DAWSON Partner Dawson & Riley, LLP Once again, California City’s continued mismanagement has been called into question. This time, the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) ordered the reinstatement of three police employees — a police detective, police officer and reserve police officer/jailer — based on […]