Right to Meet and Confer Upheld for Chico POA
After a 13 month battle in Superior Court, G&A attorney John McCaslin’s and labor representative Steve Allen’s efforts prevailed against the City of Chico on behalf of our Client, Chico Police Officer’s Association. Chico POA President, Terry Moore expressed his gratitude to G&A – especially to John and Steve in ...Read More
G&A Trial Team Keeps Winning Streak Alive
Paul Goyette and his trial team have put their expert trial skills to good use and have pieced together an extraordinary winning streak in high profile criminal defense cases dating back to 1995. An El Dorado county jury took only 45 minutes to find Christopher Gold Not Guilty of four ...Read More
JURY FINDS LIEUTENANT NOT GUILTY OF FELONY ASSAULT CHARGES
It took an El Dorado County jury just 45 minutes to acquit Lt. Chris Gold of two felony and two misdemeanor charges related to an off duty altercation he was involved in with his former father in law. The background of this case includes an ugly divorce and child custody ...Read More
Paul Goyette Gets Another Win in People vs. Gold
Taken from the closing arguments: “What was this case about? 1.It’s About Perception, or rather Misperception 2.It’s About Self Defense But it’s really about: What adds up and what makes sense.” We’ll elaborate in the next few days, it’s a great story with a successful win that pertains to all ...Read More
Superior Court Sides with G&A on 12 Day Suspension Overturned
Goyette and Associates has defeated the Department of Corrections’ attempt to impose discipline on a Correctional Lieutenant employed at Pelican Bay, for innocent conduct that occurred in 2005. The Department of Corrections attempted to institute 12 days suspension on a Lieutenant for a violation of a purported rule, which did ...Read More
Correctional Sgt cleared of misconduct nearly 1 year after death in custody.
The old adage “the wheels of justice grind slowly” is so often the case when dealing with internal affairs investigations in any law enforcement agencies across the state. This is especially true when dealing with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation as the bureaucracy between state agencies can often ...Read More
1 Week Suspension and Pay Reduction For Late Reports
Police Officer with Hayward PD was recently served with a notice of a 1 week suspension without pay in addition to a 1 pay step reduction for an entire year. The allegations giving rise to this discipline pertained to eleven departmental reports that were alleged to have been turned in ...Read More
Termination Reduced to Voluntary Demotion with Same Pay
On November 10, 2009 an employee at the High Desert State Prison received some of the worst news anyone in today’s economy can receive; she was terminated effective immediately. She contacted Goyette and Associates to help her in this time of crisis and her case was assigned to attorney Dan ...Read More
Carefully Evaluating Evidence is Key to Skelly Success
Correctional Officer with San Joaquin County was recently given notice of a 3 day suspension without pay for allegations of sustained misconduct involving failure to appear for a subpoena. However, after the details were carefully examined by Goyette attorney Dan Thompson, he argued at the Skelly hearing that there was ...Read More