Two Things to Carry in Arizona Everyone who lives in Arizona should “carry” two things. Water and UIM/UM insurance coverage. With either of these, it is better to have them and never need them than need them and not have them. Water requires no explanation, but UIM/UM coverages do. What does UIM (underinsured motorist) coverage […]
Our attorneys have handled many significant cases and practiced before numerous tribunals including the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the United States District Courts, The United States Court of Claims, the Arizona Supreme Court, the Arizona Court of Appeals, and Superior Courts throughout the State. Click […]
Monthly AZ POST meeting for June, 2013. Three members represented by the FOP attorney as final action cases. Over the past few months, we worked out mutually agreeable Consent Agreements with POST for each of these cases. However, as you know, AZPOST does not have to adopt the Consent Agreements and can reject and increase […]
U.S. Supreme Court Rulings Favor Employers On June 24, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions toughening standards for workers bringing discrimination or retaliation claims involving workplace harassment. In one case, Vance v. Ball State University, et al., a catering worker sued Ball State alleging she had endured racial harassment by a woman she […]
Did you know that your brain is 80% water? Or that Friday, January 4, 2013 was National Trivia Day? Or that August is the most dangerous month to drive? From time to time, we come across random facts that deserve sharing. Number 3 above is one of those. Over the years of representing police officers […]
A state court judge has barred the city of San Jose, California, from imposing voter-approved pension cuts on current municipal workers in a ruling with implications for cash-strapped local governments across the United States. As public employee unions and many U.S. cities lock horns over cuts in retirement costs blamed for municipal budget crises, Superior […]
Our firm has had the privilege of representing law enforcement officers and their families and friends for the past eighteen years. Part of what we do is represent people who have been injured and are legally entitled to financial compensation for their medical bills, lost income, and pain and suffering. In the past 10 years, […]
Good news for all retired members of the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System! As you may recall, several members of the Fraternal Order of Police asked the membership to financially support their challenge of the unconstitutional changes to your retirement benefits. Thousands of FOP members voluntarily stepped up to write checks to help defray the […]
Our last report noted that, while another status conference in this matter had been set for January 22, 2018, we expected to receive a proposed form of judgment from Ben Cooper for review. In early November, we did receive a proposed form of judgment and over the next few weeks, several proposed forms of judgment […]
We are devastated to hear of the passing of a fellow brother, Officer Xu Meng from the FOP Chicago Lodge 7. Tuesday June 9th, 2020, Officer Meng and his wife were found unresponsive in their Condo in the Albany Park Neighborhood of Chicago after they missed picking their son up and reporting for duty. Unfortunately […]
