Recently Goyette & Associates represented a registered nurse who is a member of the California Correctional Supervisors Association and is employed by the Department of Mental Health. She received a Letter of Reprimand because she ...

Written by Gary G. Goyette, Esq. For some employers, having their hourly, non-exempt employees work ‘off-the-clock’ (or "OTC" time) for no pay during periods of time prior to or following scheduled work shifts is a ...

In this case, a city police officer was terminated for allegations of untruthfulness related to a use of force incident where he and fellow officers were required to use force to arrest a fleeing felon ...

A woman filed a complaint against a sheriff’s deputy for various allegations of misconduct while off duty. The woman and the deputy are next door neighbors and have a fairly typical neighbor feud going between ...

RN Guardian’s Panel Attorneys, Goyette & Associates’ have  recently represented a number of Nurses who have either withdrawn or been removed from the Board of Registered Nursing’s Diversion Program. G&A attorneys have actually begun advising ...

THE NEED FOR EMT/ PARAMEDIC LICENSE DEFENSE Over the last decade, approximately 400 complaints per year have been filed with the California Emergency Medical Services Authority against EMT and Paramedic Licenses.  https://www.emsa.ca.gov/personnel/files/complaint_violation.mht Based on similarly ...

Written by Joy C. Rosenquist, Esq.                 Jury trials are at the very foundation of American democracy.  However, for every 100 cases that are filed in court, statistics say that only about 5 of them ...

After an officer involved shooting there are generally two investigations which are conducted.  An internal department or administrative investigation and an investigation conducted by the District Attorney Office or other outside agency to determine any ...

For nearly a year the California State Personnel Board (SPB) has been conducting an intensive overhaul of the format of the disciplinary appeals process. Those efforts finally came to fruition and were implemented in September ...

Federal authorities aggressively pursue federal criminal investigations and prosecutions against a class of person described as "celebrity" subjects. The term "celebrity" is misleading: it does not necessarily only apply to movie stars and rock stars. ...