Sexual Assault

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March 2019

Sex Trafficking Fight – Police Accountability

By |2020-04-19T08:03:06+00:00March 30th, 2019|Signature Cases|

In May 2016, the citizens of the Bay Area were shocked and appalled by revelations of the abuse of power by Bay Area police officers.  The accused officers are in 6 different law enforcement agencies.  The central figure caught in the eye of the storm is a teenage girl.  She says that she has [...]

January 2017

Tonsa B. v. City of Oakland

By |2020-04-28T17:38:28+00:00January 29th, 2017|Signature Cases|

Tonsa B. v. City of Oakland was the second of a pair of shocking high profile sexual assault cases against the City of Oakland.  The case settled for $750,000.  Tonsa B. (a pseudonym), began her first job at age 15 when she was hired by Clayton Collins as his clerical assistant in 1996. Tonsa B. [...]

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