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 […]
FRED ROWBOTHAM Chairman On behalf of the Legal Defense Fund Board of Trustees, I hope to see you at this year’s PORAC Conference in my hometown of San Diego. Through the hard work of your PORAC Legal Defense Fund trustees and staff, this year we passed another significant milestone: There […]
RICHARD PAUL FISHER Managing Partner, Writs and Appellate Law Division Goyette & Associates, Inc. The constitutional duty of prosecutors to reveal exculpatory material to criminal defense attorneys under Brady v. Maryland is a duty that is largely unrelated to peace officers’ interests in their confidential personnel files. As such, the […]