HARRY S. STERN Principal Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC Your PORAC Legal Defense Fund stands ready to support you in ways that you may not have even known you might need. Oakland Police Officer Marcell Patterson’s extraordinary situation is a shocking case in point. Marcell was an […]
MICHAEL A. McGILL Partner Ferrone Law Group On Monday, January 30, 2023, attorney Michael McGill obtained a favorable opinion from the Fourth District Appellate Court in the matter of Casson v. Orange County Employees Retirement System. The opinion is published, meaning it is binding precedent, because it impacts all public […]
BIJAN DARVISH Attorney Law Office of Bijan Darvish, APC In March, after a five-year battle, a California Court of Appeal held that the City of California City violated the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act (POBRA) and was now barred from taking any punitive action against two former […]
MICHAEL A. MORGUESS Senior Associate Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC A new ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has made it yet more challenging for peace officers to avoid criminal and civil liability for violating the Fourth Amendment when responding to mental health calls. This […]
WILLIAM C. BAIRD Associate Mastagni Holstedt, APC In disciplinary matters, peace officers often find themselves navigating a process where the deck appears stacked against them from the start. When employers rush to judgment, critical missteps can undermine fairness and due process, leaving officers to fight uphill battles to clear their […]