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Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Lawyers- GEOFFREY S. SHELDON

Geoffrey S. Sheldon

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Liebert Cassidy Whitmore

As chair of the firm’s Public Safety practice, partner Geoffrey Sheldon is a top advisor to police chiefs, fire chiefs and public safety departments throughout California, guiding them through complex internal affairs investigations and discipline matters to help departments maintain the highest quality personnel (which is an especially important task in this time of heightened tensions between safety departments and the communities they serve). Sheldon is advising police agencies throughout California on new laws requiring the disclosure of police records in cases of officer shootings and misconduct, and how to respond to requests for records. Sheldon is a recognized expert on the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act and the Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act, and has an impressive track record of success in representing public employers in trial court and appellate litigation, as well as in prosecuting disciplinary actions involving police officers, firefighters and civilian employees accused of workplace misconduct.

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