FRED ROWBOTHAM LDF Chairman One of the important duties vested with the Board of Trustees is that each year, after hearing from our highly experienced professional staff, we must evaluate rates for the coming year. This is somewhat of a balancing act. We want to collect enough money to cover […]
BILL HADDEN Partner Silver, Hadden, Silver & Levine It was about 7:30 p.m. on the night of December 16, 2011. It was a cool but clear evening, with no precipitation. Kern County Deputy John Swearengin was sitting in the parking lot of a church in the Oildale area of Bakersfield […]
SAAC S. STEVENS Associate Mastagni Holstedt, APC The Monterey County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association (MCDSA) obtained an important arbitration securing its members’ right to take paid leave to work overtime at supplemental law enforcement events. Arbitrator Andrea Knapp ruled that the County of Monterey was obligated to pay MCDSA members overtime […]
MICHAEL RAINS Principal Rains Lucia Stern, PC For Part I of this article, please see the September 2014 issue of the PORAC Law Enforcement News The Federal Civil Rights Actions (Continued) Second issue: Did former BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle “intend to harm” Oscar Grant III on January 1, 2009? The […]
FRED ROWBOTHAM LDF Chairman As chairman of your Legal Defense Fund, I am proud to announce that after a long 10 months, we have resolved the pending litigation with Lackie, Dammeier, McGill & Ethir (LDME). The resolution came after the investment of countless hours by LDF Trustees, LDF’s Trust Counsel, […]