San Diego Attorney Awarded Top Honors for Groundbreaking Work in Civil Rights...
On November 2, 2007, the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association awarded a San Diego attorney top honors in electing him as the "Top Gun - Trial Attorney of The Year" in the area of civil rights. The...
View ArticleOrange County Judge Orders Social Services to Pay Mom $1.6 Million in...
On October 31, 2007 Orange County Superior Court Judge, Ronald Bauer (Dept. CX-103) awarded Deanna Fogarty-Hardwick over $1.6 million in attorney's fees to help defray the cost of litigation against...
View ArticleLos Angeles County Settles Civil Rights Case Arising From Alleged Misconduct...
The County of Los Angeles settled a civil rights action brought by the grandparents of two minors for the warrantless removal of the children from their home in violation of the family's...
View ArticleOrange County and Costa Mesa Agree to Conduct a Review of Policies Relating...
The County of Orange and the City of Costa Mesa recently settled a civil rights action brought by the mother and grandmother of a minor alleging the infant was removed from the family's home, without...
View ArticleCalifornia Court of Appeal Affirms Mom's $4.9 Million Award Against Social...
RE: Fogarty-Hardwick v. County of Orange, et al. Superior Court of California, County of Orange Case No. 01CC02379 (Trial before Hon. Ronald L. Bauer, Dept. CX103) In 2007 an Orange County jury...
View ArticleCalifornia - Orange County Must Pay Mom $9.5 Million Due to the Misconduct of...
Fogarty-Hardwick v. County of Orange, et al.; Superior Court of California, County of Orange; Case No. 01CC02379 (Trial before Hon. Ronald L. Bauer, Dept. CX103). After a decade of litigation, Orange...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Denies Orange County's (California) Request to Overturn a...
Today the United State Supreme Court denied Orange County’s petition for certiorari filed in October 2010. The petition challenged a 2007 jury verdict of $4.9 million against Orange County and two of...
View ArticleClass Action Lawsuit Filed Against Orange County (CA) Child Protective...
Today, the Law Office of Shawn A. McMillan has filed a class action lawsuit against Orange County Child Protective Services alleging that the agency has seized more than 5,000 children without...
View ArticleLos Angeles Jury Awards Mother $3.1 Million for the Unwarranted Seizure of...
The Law Office of Shawn A. McMillan, A.P.C. announces that last Friday, after seven years of litigation, a Los Angeles County jury has found the Department of Children and Family Services guilty of...
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