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- Category: Blog
- How Excessive Force by Police Leads to Tragic Consequences
- Why Hire a Civil Rights Attorney? Haddad & Sherwin LLP Makes a Difference
- Haddad and Sherwin Highlighted in Plaintiff Magazine for their Role as a Civil Rights Law Firm
- Haddad & Sherwin to Move Forward with COVID-19 Related Jail Death Cases
- Federal Suit Filed for Man Left to Die in Jail
- Federal Judges Rule State of California Responsible After Botched Inmate Transfer Exposes Many to COVID
- Mario Gonzalez Died of Restraint Asphyxia, Says Second Autopsy
- Officers Who Pinned Mario Gonzalez Will Not Be Charged With His Death
- Julia Sherwin Interviewed on Report Disavowing “Excited Delirium”
- Julia Sherwin Dismantles Junk Science Theory of “Excited Delirium”
- Haddad & Sherwin File Wrongful Death Suit On Behalf of Mario Gonzalez’s Son
- Bane Act Amendments Expand Civil Rights Liability
- Attorneys Michael Haddad & Julia Sherwin Featured in Super Lawyers
- Family of prison officer who died of the coronavirus sues San Quentin
- COVID: Family of San Quentin guard sues California prison system over his death
- PRESS RELEASE: Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed Against California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for COVID-19 Death of San Quentin Sergeant Gilbert Polanco
- Mario Gonzalez Dies After Being Kneeled On By Police: Sound Familiar?
- How Qualified Immunity Protects Police, Prevents Justice, & Needs Reform
- Julia Sherwin Discusses the Death of Mario Gonzalez on CNN
- Haddad & Sherwin Request Federal Investigation Into the Death of Mario Gonzalez
- Mario Gonzalez’ Death Compared to George Floyd
- Mario Arenales Gonzalez Body Camera Video Shows Police Restraint
- Mario Arenales Gonzalez Dies After Officers in CA Pin Him to Ground for 5 Minutes
- PRESS RELEASE: Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed Against California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for Covid-19 Death of San Quentin Inmate Daniel Ruiz
- New York Attorney General Promotes Junk Science Excited Delirium Theory
- Why “Excited Delirium” is a Baseless Defense for Police Misconduct
- Napa County Sergeant Shoots and Kills Unarmed Man
- DA Drops San Francisco Police Brutality Case Against Deputies Who Tortured Our Client
- First Claim Filed for COVID-19 Death of San Quentin Prisoner
- The Lawlessness of Law Enforcement Starts at the Top
- President Promotes Unconstitutional Deadly Force
- Please, Please, I Can’t Breathe!
- Haddad & Sherwin LLP Win Second and Third Largest California Civil Rights Settlements in 2017
- Lawsuit says Napa police and county social workers contributed to Kayleigh Slusher’s death
- PRESS RELEASE: Haddad & Sherwin File Civil Rights Lawsuit for Stanislav Petrov, Victim of Brutal, Videotaped Beating by Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputies
- California’s Million Dollar Settlements 2015
- Race Is Not the Answer
- Press Release on Civil Rights Lawsuit against Shasta County, its SWAT Team, Sutter County, and Sutter County Sheriff Officers
- PRESS RELEASE: Haddad & Sherwin File Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Vacaville Police Department Over Death of Kendall Walker
- Another ‘Friendly Fire’ Tragedy
- Police Misconduct Statistics vs. Officer Safety
- Tulare County settles jail suicide lawsuit; Mario Lopez’s family to receive $1M
- Category: Reforms
- Category: Results
- $12 Million for Combat Veteran’s Wrongful Death in Police Shooting
- $11 Million Settlement for the Mario Gonzalez Case
- $12.75 Million for Distraught Inmate’s Slow-Motion Suicide
- $7 Million for Sacramento Freeway Shooting
- Haddad & Sherwin Settle Kris Jackson Suit for $4.5 Million
- $750,000 For Man Brutally Beaten by Vallejo Police
- $7.3 Million Settlement for Police Choke Hold Killing
- $5.7 Million for Family of Man Shot by Vallejo Police Officer
- Jail Death Attorneys in CA Win $5.1 Million Partial-Settlement from Death of Mentally Ill Inmate
- $11.5 Million for Inmate Rendered Quadriplegic
- $2.5 Million Settlement for Police Shooting of Boy Hallucinating on LSD
- $2.1 Million Settlement for Man Killed by Security Guards’ Improper Restraint
- $995,000 Settlement for Man Mistakenly Killed By Police
- $1.5 Million Recovery for Parents and Daughter of Man Shot in Back by Police
- Settlement Protecting the Free Speech Rights of Public School Teachers
- Jury Verdict Won for Accent-Based Employment Discrimination
- Settlements for Numerous Victims of Police ‘Less-Lethal’ Force
- $625,000 Settlement for Man Severely Beaten by Deputies
- $461,000 Verdict with Punitive Damages Against Sheriff Department
- Settlements from Sheriff Department
- $450,000 Settlement for Man Beaten with Blackjack by Deputy
- Confidential Settlement for African American Man Suffering Racial Harassment
- $1.6 Million Plus Reforms for Family of Mentally Ill Man, Mishandled and Killed By Police
- $5 Million Plus Police and CPS Reforms for Child Abuse Death of 3-year-old Girl
- $975,000 Wrongful Death Settlement
- $2.7 Million Settlement in Environmental Justice Case
- $75,000 for 16 year old Girl Sexually Harrassed on Her First Job
- $350,000 Sexual Harassment Settlement from National Hotel Chain
- $115,000 for Vet Injured by Livermore Officer
- $6.7 Million Settlement for Innocent Mother, Permanently Injured By Police Home Invasion
- $290,000 for man Tased and falsely arrested by Salinas SWAT
- $340,000 Wrongful Death Police Misconduct Shooting, Homeless Man, No Witnesses
- $1.1 Million Verdict for Man Attacked by Police Canine
- Police Brutality Lawyers Win $5.5 Million for Man Severely Beaten by Deputies
- $1.3 Million for Police Shooting of Mentally Ill Man with Hammer
- $2.2 Million Plus Policy and Training Changes after Fresno Police Shoot Man in Back
- $290,000 for Young Man Tased, Then Falsely Charged with Resisting Arrest
- $400,000 for Young Man Whose Knee was Broken by Chico Police
- $220,000 for 63-year-old Man, Body Slammed by Off-Duty Officer in Road Rage Incident
- $1.3 Million for Preventable Suicide of Young Man in Jail
- $50,000 Verdict for Dog Walker Who Was Tased by Park Ranger
- $499,000 for Federal Law Enforcement Officer whose Home Was Illegally Raided by Santa Clara Police
- $8.3 Million for Jail Death — Largest Wrongful Death Civil Rights Settlement in California State History
- $218,000 Jury Verdict for Diabetic Mr. Universe
- $2.6 Million Settlement for Family of Man Killed in Botched SWAT Raid
- $1.2 Million Wrongful Death, Police Shooting, Jury Verdict
- Wrongfully Arrested San Francisco Cops Awarded $575,000 in a Jury Verdict
- $3.5 Million Wrongful Death, Police Shooting Recovery
- San Francisco Police Department Misconduct Case
- Achieved a Sweeping Overhaul of the Oakland Police Department’s Crowd Control Policies
- $160,000 Settlement Plus New Written Procedures After Sheriff’s Deputies Tase and Beat Severely Disabled Young Woman
- $2.15 Million Settlement for Death of Disabled Woman Killed by Police
- $1.6 Million Settlement for Mother of Mentally Ill Young Man, Deprived of Care, Who Committed Suicide in the Siskiyou County Jail
- $1 Million for Mother and Sons of Mentally Ill Man Allowed to Hang Himself in the Tulare County Jail
- Over $5.85 Million Paid for 44 African-American Men Strip Searched on the Street under Oakland’s Unconstitutional Policy
- $1.5 Million Settlement for Parents of Mentally Ill Man Killed by Richmond Police
- $245,000 Verdict for Two Men Strip Searched in Public by Oakland Officers
- $412,500 Settlement for Plumber after Cop Broke His Arm
- $4.35 Million Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice Settlement
- $340,000 Judgment for African Twins Held at Gunpoint
- $360,000 Settlement for Schizophrenic Man Injured by Police; No Witnesses
