G&A Win: Modesto PD to Remove a Letter of Reprimand from Officer’s Personnel File

The Stanislaus County Superior Court has granted the Petition for Writ of Mandate filed by Goyette & Associates, Inc. on behalf of a Modesto Police Officer. The Writ of Mandate will direct the City of Modesto and Modesto Police Department to remove a letter of reprimand and related documents from ...Read More

Testimonial From One of Our Return Association Clients

Hello Jennifer,  Rafael and I communicated by email before the holidays.  If memory serves me, we were going to give [our current representative]  until after the first to respond to our request for the return of our records.  To date I have not heard from them. Regarding [your poetntial associaition],  We ...Read More

Press on Ceres Detective Unjustly Fired Over Brady Issue

Goyette & Associates’ lead Civil Litigation attorney Joy R. Rosenquist’s client Mark Neri was mentioned in the Modesto Bee this weekend. to read the article follow this link: http://www.modbee.com/2343/story/969932.html ...Read More

Clients Absolved by Yolo DA and AG in April Shooting

Once again Goyette & Associates Labor Attorneys were instrumental in  affectively representing the interests of our valued clients. Lauro Paredes was the G&A attorney who responded to an officer involved shooting in Woodland last April. Due in no small part to careful counsel and an immediate response from Mr. Paredes, ...Read More

G&A Responds to Sac State Officer Invloved Shooting Last Week

Sacramento State Police Officers were placed in an incredibly difficult situation and reacted with great compassion and restraint. On October 21, 2009, a tragedy occurred at A.R.C. Dormitory. Officers rushed to the scene to check on the safety of a young student who was severely hurting himself. When officers arrived ...Read More

CalPERS Long Term Care (LTC) Insurance Update

The CalPERS LTC Fund is in serious financial trouble.  The LTC Board has determined that swift action to improve the fiscal health of the Long Term Care Program is imperative.  Two actions will take place immediately, the first being that there will be no open enrollment program, nor will any ...Read More

GOVERNMENT MUST BEGIN TO DISMANTLE ITS MASSIVE BUREAUCRACY

The response of government to its spending habits during this Great Recession is disappointing to say the least. The State of California and local government entities throughout California are grappling with history budget shortfalls. Quarter after quarter financial experts report to these government entities that their tax revenues are falling ...Read More

Reversal of Demotion for a Correctional Sgt.

Special Assistant Inspector General, Jeanne Wolfe, who was monitoring the case on behalf of the Bureau of Independent Review, congratulated attorney Thompson and told him that he had “done a good job”. ...Read More

Two Proposed Suspensions Reduced

• Juvenile Institution Officer was served with notice of a 5 day suspension without pay for neglect of duty and other employee conduct violations. Goyette and Associates Attorney, Alia Khan represented the Officer at the Skelly hearing. Immediately following, the 5 day suspension was reduced to a 2 day suspension. ...Read More

Paul Goyette and a Bunch of Cops in Vegas

Paul Goyette will once again be one of the featured speakers at the PORAC conference scheduled for August 26th in Las Vegas, Nevada. ...Read More