Keeping you informed. A few noteworthy news items about the law and the people it impacts.
Porter Scott attorney Martin Jensen and Jeffrey Nordlander obtained a multi-million dollar verdict on their clients’ cross-complaint and secured a defense verdict on the plaintiff’s affirmative complaint. The dispute centered on the fallout from a …
read morePorter Scott, based on its experience with complex corporate and real and personal property legal disputes, continues to secure results in representing a non-profit hierarchical organization. Porter Scott attorney Martin Jensen and Thomas Riordan obtained …
read moreLindsay Goulding and Tomi Aina obtained summary judgment on behalf of three defendant retailers on a premises liability case. A customer was shopping in one of the defendant’s retail stores, when he slipped and fell …
read morePorter Scott is very proud to welcome to the California State Bar our four newest attorneys: Susan Holland, MaryJo Smart, Larissa Celaya, and Lauren Orozco! Congratulations on passing the recent California Bar Exam!
read moreCongrats to Porter Scott attorneys Lauren Orozco (provisional license) and Amanda Iler on having their article, “COVID-19 Employment Laws,” published in the Public Cemetery Alliance, November 2020 News & Notes publication. This information is helpful …
read morePorter Scott is excited to announce the addition of its newest shareholder, David Norton. David is a Wisconsin native and a graduate of McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento. He began his legal career with Porter …
read moreCongrats to our summer law clerk (and eventual Attorney-in-Waiting), Megan Robertson on having her article, “Drug Testing in the workplace, Can you test?” appear in the Fall 2020 update of the Public Cemetery Alliance Newsletter. …
read moreShareholders Stephen Horan and William Camy obtained summary judgment on behalf of the County of Butte and its Sheriff’s Department against Plaintiffs’ civil rights and wrongful death claims arising out of an incident in Chico. …
read moreShareholders Steve Horan, Will Camy, and Associate Matt Gross obtained summary judgment on behalf of the County of Butte against Plaintiff’s alleged Retaliation/PAGA claims brought pursuant to Labor Code Sections 98.6 and 1102.5. The Court …
read moreThere is a wonderful article about our partner Nancy Sheehan in this month's Sacramento Lawyer Magazine (Winter 2020). www.sacbar.org/ The firm still misses Nancy every day.
read moreShareholders Carl Fessenden and Will Camy obtained summary judgment on behalf of the County of Sacramento on an alleged dangerous condition of public property case. A bicyclist was struck and killed by hit-and-run motorist on …
read moreShareholder Chad Tapp and associate Joceline Herman won a Motion for Summary Judgment involving a statute of limitations defense on behalf of a law firm client. Attorneys Tapp and Herman were also successful in obtaining …
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