Law firm, Ventura

Accountability, on the record.

Police misconduct, personal injury and general practice across Florence and Hayward. We get the record, and we make it count.

Practice

What we take on

An illustrative case

From the stop to the record

  1. 11:42 PM

    The stop

    A driver is pulled over on Oleander Avenue in Florence. No reason is given. He is cuffed, held on the curb for forty minutes and released without a citation.

    • 11:42 PMStopped on Oleander Avenue, Florence. No reason given
    • 12:22 AMReleased from the curb without a citation
  2. Day 1

    The record

    He opens a ticket that night. By morning we have requested the bodycam, pulled the MDT entries for the stop and taken a statement from the witness at the gas station across the street.

    Exhibit A
    A traffic stop on Oleander Avenue, Florence, at night
    • Day 1Ticket opened
    • Day 1Bodycam requested
    • Day 1MDT entries pulled
    • Day 1Witness statement taken
  3. Day 2

    The claim

    The footage shows no lawful basis for the detainment. We file a formal complaint with FCPD and a claim for unlawful detention, with the timestamps attached.

    • Day 2Complaint filed with FCPD
    • Day 2Claim for unlawful detention filed
  4. Day 5

    The resolution

    The department sustains the complaint. The detainment is struck from his record and he is compensated. The officer's name is now on a file of its own.

    • Day 5Complaint sustained. Detainment struck
    • Day 5Client compensated

How we work

Three rules we keep

A client meeting in the firm's conference room
  1. 01

    The record decides

    We build every case on footage, logs and statements. Not on who shouts loudest.

  2. 02

    Every badge answers

    FCPD, the Sheriff's Office, VHP or the SBI. The law binds all of them the same way.

  3. 03

    Straight answers

    If we can help, we say how. If we cannot, we say so the same day.

Jurisdiction

Where we practice

All of Ventura, under law modeled on California's. Florence and Hayward each have their own police; the highway patrol and the SBI cover both.

Showing all of Ventura.

Map traced from the in-game map. Positions approximate.

  • Florence City Hall, Civic, Florence
  • SBI HQ, Law enforcement, Florence
  • Hayward County Sheriff's Office HQ, Law enforcement, Hayward
  • Hayward County Jail Staff Entrance, Law enforcement, Hayward
  • Ventura Highway Patrol HQ, Law enforcement, Hayward
  • Florence Walmart, Business, Florence
  • Gas station, Fuel, Florence
  • Ventura Realty, Services, Florence
  • Palma Home Furniture, Business, Florence
  • Florence Bank, Business, Florence
  • Kai's Certified Autos, Business, Florence
  • Gas station, Fuel, Florence
  • Kowalski's Lanes, Business, Hayward
  • Hawthorne Strike Point Armory, Business, Hayward
  • Hawthorne Dominos, Business, Hayward
  • Hawthorne Subway, Business, Hayward
  • Hawthorne McDonald's, Business, Hayward
  • Gerald's Insurance Services, Services, Hayward
  • Cuesick's Donuts, Business, Hayward
  • Hawthorne Post Office, Civic, Hayward
  • Gas station, Fuel, Hayward
  • Hawthorne City Fire Department Station, Services, Hayward
  • Hawthorne Hospital, Medical, Hayward
  • Hawthorne Safeway, Business, Hayward
  • Hawthorne Bank, Business, Hayward
  • Davids Car Dealer, Business, Hayward
  • FCPD

    Florence City Police Department

    The city of Florence.

  • HCSO

    Hayward County Sheriff's Office

    Hayward, including the county jail.

  • VHP

    Ventura Highway Patrol

    All of Ventura. State troopers with full jurisdiction.

  • SBI

    All of Ventura. The state's investigative bureau.

Careers

Practice with us

We are building a firm that the city takes seriously. That starts with the people in it: careful, prepared and steady under pressure.

Open roles

  • 01Associate Attorney
  • 02Law Clerk
  • 03Paralegal
  • 04Investigator
  • 05Intake Coordinator