WILLIAM J. HADDEN Partner Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC The readership of this magazine needs no sales pitch on the general benefits of LDF coverage. However, for those unfamiliar with the benefits of the non-scope rider option available to members in Plan I, the facts of the […]
Pursuant to Article VII of the Plan Document and to Article VI, Section 3 of the Trust Agreement, the Board of Trustees of the PORAC Legal Defense Fund hereby amends the Plan Document as follows: The last sentence of Section (q) of the Summary Plan Description is amended by deleting […]
FRED ROWBOTHAM Chairman Since being elected as a PORAC LDF trustee in 2010, I have been impressed with the caliber of trustees, past and present, whom I have had the pleasure to serve with. Almost without exception, the level of professionalism and caring with which they discharge their duties is […]
JOSHUA A. OLANDER Associate Attorney Mastagni Holstedt, APC Modoc County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Deputy Daniel Nessling was vindicated on all charges after the District Attorney was forced to dismiss on the first day of trial. Deputy Nessling’s vindication came after 2 1/2 years of unwarranted scrutiny by the Modoc County […]
JASON H. JASMINE Founding Partner Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP Most peace officers are aware that in the 1963 case of Brady v. Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court created an affirmative obligation for prosecutors to disclose to the defense all known exculpatory information. Failure to do so violates the criminal […]