ANDREW M. DAWSON Partner Dawson & Riley, LLP Chief Scott Pickwith’s decision to terminate a La Verne police officer for unsubstantiated dishonesty allegations was overturned. With the assistance of Dawson & Riley, LLP, the appellant was able to convince the hearing officer that his termination must be overturned, since there […]
ROBERT L. BAUMANN Associate Attorney Adams, Ferrone & Ferrone, APC Officer John Nelson, a 15-year veteran of the Murrieta Police Department and 22-year public safety veteran, was formally charged with a felony for allegedly making a false statement in order to obtain workers’ compensation benefits. Drawing on an extensive knowledge […]
MICHAEL P. STONE Partner Stone Busailah, LLP Understanding Why Video Evidence Is Deceptive and Misleading, and Often Undercuts the Value of Eyewitness Testimony A court trial this week in yet another fatal officer-involved shooting case in Los Angeles featured a familiar conflict in the evidence: officer eyewitness testimony versus news […]
KIMBERLY D. RILEY Partner Dawson & Riley, LLP The Monterey Park Police Department imposed a 40-hour suspension against the appellant for allegations related to an off-duty incident; however, it failed to notify the appellant within 30 days of its final decision on when he would serve the suspension. With the […]
GREGG ADAM Partner Messing Adam & Jasmine, LLP The attacks on your pension benefits keep coming. Just as Chuck Reed’s Measure B pension disaster was mercifully put to an end by San Jose voters in the November 8 election, and as the courts began dissecting Carl DeMaio’s parallel efforts in […]