SUSAN JERICH SUSAN R. JERICH Attorney Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC An 18-year veteran police officer of the City of Orange Police Department is back to work after being fired for 19 counts of misconduct, most of them involving alleged dishonesty. The staggering number of serious allegations […]
GARY MESSING Founding Partner GREGG ADAM Founding Partner YONATAN MOSKOWITZ Attorney Messing Adams & Jasmine LLP As followers of PORAC’s updates know, the future of public employee pensions in California is being vigorously contested in the courts. On December 5, the California Supreme Court heard arguments in CAL FIRE, Local […]
KEVIN WIEMER Associate Attorney Mastagni Holstedt, A.P.C. Monterey County Deputy Max Crowell was acquitted halfway through his trial. The not-guilty verdict came on the one-year anniversary of his arraignment. The case was highly contested, with over 20 motions filed and argued by Deputy Crowell’s attorney, Kevin Wiemer of Mastagni Holstedt, […]
This is a summary of the annual report for the Legal Defense Fund of the Peace Officers Research Association of California, (Employer ID No. 23—7077256, Plan No. 501) for the year ended December 31, 2017. The annual report has been filed with EBSA as required under the Employee Retirement Income […]
GARY MESSING Founding Partner JIM HENDERSON Attorney Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP A police officer completing paperwork doesn’t finish up until 25 minutes after the end of the shift. While the department has a written policy to pay overtime, the “unwritten policy” discourages “small overtime claims.” So the officer doesn’t […]