Representing People Fighting for Justice

We represent people in serious injury or death cases involving Civil Rights, Police Shootings and Misconduct, Jail Suicide and Death, Catastrophic Injury, and general Wrongful Death.

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Haddad & Sherwin LLP

Representing People Fighting for Justice

We represent people in serious injury or death cases involving Civil Rights, Police Shootings and Misconduct, Jail Suicide and Death, Catastrophic Injury, and general Wrongful Death.

Haddad & Sherwin LLP Are Named

Northern California “Super Lawyers”

– San Francisco Magazine

Representing People Fighting for Justice

We represent people in serious injury or death cases involving Civil Rights, Police Shootings and Misconduct, Jail Suicide and Death, Catastrophic Injury, and general Wrongful Death.

RESULTS

 
  • $12.75 Million for Distraught Inmate’s Slow-Motion Suicide

    In the largest settlement ever against Wellpath, a national for-profit correctional care company, Haddad & Sherwin LLP won a $12.75 million settlement for Katherine Johnson, the sister of Randall Johnson who died in the Shasta County Jail in 2018.  Wellpath agreed to pay $11.1 million towards the settlement, only five days before trial against them

  • $12 Million for Combat Veteran’s Wrongful Death in Police Shooting

    On February 4th, 2020, Shasta County Sheriff’s Sergeant Jose Gonzalez shot and killed Thomas Barbosa, a 41-year-old combat veteran with severe PTSD. Barbosa was experiencing hallucinations, which prompted his wife to dial 9-1-1 for emergency medical assistance. Due to Barbosa’s history with mental health problems, the Shasta County deputies had his wife leave the home

  • $11.5 Million for Inmate Rendered Quadriplegic

    In a groundbreaking case against Stanislaus County and its private, for-profit jail medical provider, Haddad & Sherwin LLP obtained an $11.5 million settlement for a former inmate who walked into the jail able-bodied, and was carried out on a stretcher — paralyzed from the neck down. Our client, who wishes his name to remain private,

  • $11 Million Settlement for the Mario Gonzalez Case

    OAKLAND, CA (December 15, 2023) — Civil rights law firm Haddad & Sherwin LLP announced today that it has won an $11 million settlement for their client, the now seven-year-old son of Mario Gonzalez, against the City of Alameda and three police officers involved in Mario Gonzalez’s restraint-asphyxia death on April 19, 2021.  The involved

  • $8.3 Million for Jail Death — Largest Wrongful Death Civil Rights Settlement in California State History

    After over four years of litigation and finishing the first week of a 10 week trial, Alameda County and Corizon Health, Inc., a national for-profit jail health care corporation, have ended a wrongful death civil rights case by agreeing to pay $8.3 mi...

California Civil Rights Attorneys
Oakland / San Francisco / Bay Area

The partners at Haddad & Sherwin LLP are experienced Civil Rights – Trial Lawyers, and national leaders among civil rights attorneys. They represent people in cases involving wrongful death and serious injury, police and jail misconduct, police shootings and killings, jail death and jail suicide, and restraint/positional asphyxia by police.

Highly rated by their peers, Haddad & Sherwin LLP has won numerous large jury verdicts and settlements for their seriously injured clients. Take a look at their results, reforms, and attorney profiles for more information.

Meet Our Team

Haddad & Sherwin Team

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Our offices are located in downtown Oakland, California. We handle cases throughout the Bay Area and Northern California, and are admitted to practice law in California and Michigan.

Looking for Representation? These are some of the types of cases Haddad & Sherwin LLP accepts: