STEVEN W. WELTY, ESQ. Senior Associate Attorney Mastagni Holstedt, APC An arbitration panel reversed the City of South Lake Tahoe’s decision to terminate Police Officer John Spaeth and awarded back pay and benefits. Officer Spaeth and Mastagni Holstedt, APC, attorney Steven W. Welty disproved allegations of dishonesty, excessive force, and […]
BILL HADDEN Partner Silver, Hadden, Silver & Levine Once again, an arbitrator has overturned a lengthy disciplinary pay reduction previously imposed by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, finding it without any just cause. On May 17, 2014, Arbitrator Michael Prihar revoked in its entirety the 120-hour reduction given to Sergeant […]
RUSSELL PERRY Associate ZACHERY LOPES Associate Rains Lucia Stern, PC San Bernardino County Probation Corrections Officer (PCO) Harold Guinn has been reinstated to his position after a 10-month contentious legal fight with the County. PCO Guinn fought the Probation Department’s desperate and vindictive attempt to terminate him without completing a […]
(As amended through April 28, 2014) 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 first sentence of Section 5 of Article II […]
BRENDON P. PARENTI Associate Attorney Mastagni Holstedt, APC When the Sonoma Civil Service Commission reinstated Juvenile Correctional Counselor II John Palmini on September 4, 2014, it was the end of a nearly year-long ordeal for Palmini, caused by a careless investigation based on wild theories and accusations by the Sonoma […]