Keeping you informed. A few noteworthy news items about the law and the people it impacts.
Porter Scott is pleased to announce that Colleen R. Howard has been elected a shareholder of the firm effective January 1, 2016. Colleen represents public and private clients in a variety of legal matters including premises …
read moreDavid A. Melton and Ashley M. Wisniewski won summary judgment on behalf of a local insurance broker. Summary judgment was granted by the United States District Court arising out of a cross-claim on an adversary …
read morePorter Scott is proud to be one of the founding firms on the Diversity Fellowship Program committee, a program of the Sacramento County Bar Association. Shareholder David Melton was quoted in a feature story about …
read moreDavid Burkett obtains defense verdict in jury trial on behalf of local public utility. A former Sacramento Municipal Utility District employee resigned after thirty years of employment and sued for race discrimination, race harassment and retaliation. …
read moreLast night January 24th, 2017, our managing partner, Carl Calnero, has been sworn in as ABOTA's Sacramento Valley Chapter president. The photo below is of Carl and former ABOTA president Jesse Rivera. Congratulations! The primary purpose …
read moreWe are very pleased to announce that Nancy was named as the 2014 Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. ABOTA is a national peer-reviewed …
read moreTerry Cassidy and Nancy Sheehan were selected as two of the Sacramento Business Journal’s 2014 Best of the Bar. Norm Prior, Chad Tapp, and Marty Jensen were also nominated for this honor. The competitive selection …
read moreThis case was brought by a former Sacramento Municipal Utility District employee who was terminated for misconduct. He claimed he was subjected to racial harassment, discrimination and retaliation. The court granted summary adjudication of the …
read morePorter Scott recently partnered with the Glenn County District Attorney’s Office as part of an effort to alleviate the County’s backlogged criminal caseload. This partnership results in a win-win situation- the District Attorney’s Office receives …
read moreAmanda Iler, a law clerk with the firm's employment litigation section, finished in second place in the National Civil Trial Competition along with three teammates from McGeorge School of Law. Consistent with our belief that …
read moreDavid Melton and Michael Christensen obtained a defense verdict from a jury this week on behalf of a national retailer on a slip and fall case. The jury found the retailer was not negligent in …
read moreNine attorneys from Porter Scott have been selected to the 2013 California Super Lawyers list. This is an exclusive list, recognizing no more then 5 percent of the total lawyers in California. Congratulations to Russell …
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