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Police Shooting Attorneys

We have achieved exceptional results in numerous police shooting and other wrongful death cases – some of the most difficult and legally complex cases.

Police shootings are major problem affecting everyone, especially African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, and the mentally ill. Police shootings have caused needless death and suffering for many years. Police shootings seem to be happening more often now due to the prevalence of police body cameras, surveillance video cameras, and cell phone videos. But the excessive force lawyers at Haddad & Sherwin LLP do not need video to win their police shooting cases. We have been winning police shooting cases for decades.

The experience, creativity, and aggressive representation of the police shooting attorneys at Haddad & Sherwin LLP have allowed us to obtain justice for many families who have lost loved ones to police shootings. Our victories usually include compensation for families plus reforms – new police department policies and training to prevent similar tragedies in the future.

Our society gives law enforcement officers awesome powers to restrict liberty, use force, and even take life in certain circumstances. We honor those law enforcement officers who serve our community with fairness and professionalism. We will also continue to hold accountable those officers who abuse their power to shoot, kill, or injure others unlawfully.

Contact a Police Shooting Attorney in Oakland

Contact us today to get a free consultation with an experienced, police shooting attorney in Oakland. We handle cases throughout Northern and Central California, from the Bay Area to Monterey to Fresno to Sacramento to Lake Tahoe to Redding to Yreka to Crescent City to Eureka to Santa Rosa, San Francisco, San Jose, Alameda County, and more. View all areas served >

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  • CASE 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

    • $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,

    • $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...

    • $7.3 Million Settlement for Police Choke Hold Killing

      This local case involved Pittsburg police officers’ use of a carotid hold and choke hold, and other highly injurious force, on video, while Beto Martinez can be heard saying, “I can’t breathe!” much like the more publicized cases of George Floyd and Eric Garner. On the afternoon of July 26, 2016, City of Pittsburg, California,

    • $7 Million for Sacramento Freeway Shooting

      Justice has prevailed in another case of an unjustified police shooting. Civil rights firm Haddad & Sherwin LLP have won a settlement of $7 million for their client, the mother of Daniel Shaham (31), against the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and then-Officer Paul Shadwell. This remains one of the largest settlements in CHP history and

  • See more of our most notable case results here.