Mitch was lead trial counsel for the City of San Diego in a sexual assault case against a police officer. Ultimately, the case was settled in 2014 after aggressive and wide-ranging discovery and dispositive motions. …
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DJ Allen v. Chula Vista, Case No. 37-2008-00069534-CU-PO-SC
Mitch successfully obtained a trial defense verdict for three Chula Vista Police Officers in 2009. This was a civil rights case, tried before the Honorable Timothy Taylor, in which it was claimed the officers used…
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Stansfield v. City of El Cajon, Case No. GIC826266
Mitch participated in the 2006 successful defense of the City of El Cajon and its police department from Federal Court claims of excessive use of Mitch successfully defended the force in a police shooting incident….
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Rochon v. Marstell, Case No. 99cv0499, Rhead v. Carlsbad, Case No. 01cv0629
Mitch successfully defended the City of Carlsbad in 2003 and 2005, and several of its police officers, in multiple Federal Court trials in cases alleging excessive force and false arrest. (Rochon v. Marstell, Case No….
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Brown v. Okun, Case No. N73644
Mitch successfully defended the City of Encinitas at trial against an inverse condemnation lawsuit filed by three bluff-top homeowners following a late 1990’s much-publicized landslide and bluff failure along Neptune Avenue. The trial proceeded against…
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