Continuing Community Support:
Through direct financial support and contributions of time by firm attorneys, continuing support is provided to the following public and private organizations:
* Loaves and Fishes, a homeless shelter offering meals, housing, and educational programs for children and adults
* IMPACT Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center
* William D. Silkworth Memorial Fund Treatment Center
* Legal Services of Northern California
* California Attorneys for Criminal Justice
* Sacramento Barristers Club
* Parents United
* Constitutional Rights Foundation
* University of California, Davis School of Law Trial Advocacy Program
* The Citizenship and Law Related Education Center
Continuing Education:
Experience and expertise of attorneys within the firm is recognized both within and outside of the legal community. Formal courses and continuing education seminars have been presented to criminal defense attorneys at statewide workshops and international conferences. Outside of the legal profession, continuing education courses have been taught to groups ranging from public school teachers to law enforcement detectives seeking specialty certification. National media appearances have included "The Today Show," "20-20" and "60 Minutes." Included within the foregoing are:
* Sacramento City College, law enforcement training center
* National Child Abuse Defense & Resource Center
* California Attorneys for Criminal Justice
* State Bar of California -- Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)
* California Trial Lawyers Association
* California Teachers Association
* Sacramento County Indigent Criminal Defense Panel
Group Legal Services:
* California Teachers Association
* California School Employees Association
Dues paying members of the California Teachers Association and of the California School Employees Association may consult with the firm's attorneys, at no personal expense to the union member, with reference to any job related allegation of criminal conduct. All initial contacts with the firm must be through a local union representative. Members of the California Teachers Association should ask their local representative for a Group Legal Services referral form to be signed by both the union representative and teacher. Members of the California School Employees Association should request referral to the firm by their local union representative with authority of CSEA counsel in San Jose.
In some cases, where legal assistance is sought prior to the filing of criminal charges against a union member, the CTA and/or CSEA will itself fund a portion of the attorney fees necessary to resolve the union member's problem. That determination is made upon an individual basis by the respective employee organization.
