Officer-Involved
Shootings
A police shooting is decided in seconds and litigated for years. The analysis reconstructs those seconds from the record: what the officer knew, the threat as it actually presented, and whether deadly force was consistent with national standards and the agency's own policy and training.
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What this covers.
Within this engagement
- Police shootings and deadly-force analysis
- Wrongful-death cases involving police force
- Shooting at or from moving vehicles
- Immediate-threat assessment and severity-of-crime analysis
- Objective reasonableness under Graham v. Connor
- Use-of-force reporting and administrative review of the shooting
Body-worn and dash-camera video, 911 and CAD records, use-of-force reports, witness statements, the involved officer's training and disciplinary history, and agency deadly-force policy, reconstructed frame by frame on the totality of the circumstances.
Engagement terms and the published fee schedule: For Retaining Counsel →
Related casework.
The Che Taylor Matter · City of Seattle
Retained December 2019
Report identified substandard practices; counsel credits a $1.5 million settlement.
Jury verdictEstate of Alfontish Cockerham v. City of Chicago
Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois
Police practices and use of force expert in a videotaped officer-involved shooting; $1.18 million jury judgment per retaining counsel.
Case accounts as published by retaining counsel. No result is promised for any other matter.
“His insights, analysis, reports, and trial testimony are always persuasive.”James Bible, Attorney at Law · Seattle, WA
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What makes a police-shooting opinion hold up?
What does retention cost?
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