FRED ROWBOTHAM, Chairman As we closed out the year, the annual PORAC Conference did not disappoint. This venue tends to attract the largest number of members, and it did once again. Unfortunately, it also limits the number of training sessions that are offered. The training offered this year did, however, […]
ALISON BERRY WILKINSON Principal Attorney Berry Wilkinson Law Group 2016 was the year of the text. Case after case dropped on my desk where casual, colorful, private commentary suddenly became public, causing employers to take disciplinary action. The penalties ranged from termination for the ugliest and most offensive of exchanges, […]
JULIA FOX Senior Associate Rains Lucia Stern, PC Jason Daniels will never forget October 18, 2013. That was the day he found himself lured into the Humboldt County Jail, had his shoulder twisted up behind him, and was handcuffed and then Mirandized. It was also the day he reached out […]
SEAN D. CURRIN Senior Associate Mastagni Holstedt, APC Officer Michael Lewis, a 13-year veteran of the BART Police Department, was exonerated of any wrongdoing related to allegations of use of force, reporting use of force, and failure to activate his video camera. Though the BART P.D.’s bias against its own […]
(As amended through September 18, 2016) 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 existing language of Subsection (a) (Employment Practices) of […]