$2.1 million settlement was reached in 2010 for the four daugters of a man killed by store security guards after he had shoplifted a few dollars worth of merchandise. Security guards chased the man into the parking lot where they tackled him and pil…
Negotiated a substantial settlement for the 81-year-old mother of a man, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and who ran from a plainclothes officer who shot him in the back. The officer was acquitted after being charged with 2nd degree mu…
$1.5 Million recovery for the parents and baby daughter of a 20 year old man shot in the back by an Oakland police sergeant, with two previous shootings. Several witnesses saw the officer shoot the young man in the back when the man had nothing in h…
Won substantial monetary settlements for numerous victims of the Oakland Police Department’s use of “less lethal” munitions and intentional police motorcycle collisions against peace demonstrators and journalists at the Port of Oakland on April 7, …
Obtained substantial compensation for an African-American bricklayer who was severely beaten in a racist attack by sheriff’s deputies.
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Won a large verdict with punitive damages for a woman who was assaulted and then falsely accused of a crime by a deputy sheriff.
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Obtained substantial settlements for several women who were harrassed and terminated from their jobs with a sheriff department because they did not support the Sheriff’s reelection campaign…
Successfully represented man severely injured when he was struck on the head with a blackjack by a deputy sheriff….
The parents and young son of 32-year-old Sean Arlt brought this case seeking justice and reforms from the Santa Cruz Police Department that mismanaged his psychotic episode, unnecessarily shooting and taking the life of this gentle and beloved man. …
Three-year-old Kayleigh Slusher died from preventable child abuse and neglect at the hands of her mother and mother’s boyfriend, who are serving life sentences for her murder. This lawsuit brought accountability, along with significant reforms, to t…