Sherry Lawrence is an associate at McCune & Harber.  Ms. Lawrence has extensive experience representing public entities, including the County of Los Angeles and the City of Los Angeles, in both state and federal court, representing clients through every stage of litigation, up to and including trial.  She has successfully handled mediations and negotiated numerous favorable settlements for clients.  Ms. Lawrence has been responsible for handling cases wherein Los Angeles Police Officers were alleged to have caused serious injuries by deploying less lethal munitions during periods of civil unrest.  Ms. Lawrence also has many years of experience in representing peace officers who are under investigation by their Department’s Internal Affairs Bureau, handling those matters from the initial investigation and client interview through Administrative Hearings and Administrative Writs of Mandate.  Ms. Lawrence has also specialized in quasi-criminal “Qui Tam” actions for an insurance defense firm where long-term disability or other insurance fraud was suspected.  She has also investigated citizen complaints lodged with the California State Bar against attorneys.

 

Illustrative Professional Experience

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• Sole defense counsel for Muren v. County of Los Angeles; defense verdict

• Sole defense counsel for Wilson v. City of West Covina; defense verdict

• Sole defense counsel for Palm v. County of Los Angeles; Partial plaintiff’s verdict, new trial granted, settled

• Sole defense counsel for Diamond v. County of Los Angeles; defense verdict for two deputies against three plaintiffs

• Co-defense counsel for People v. Alfred Skiles; hung jury, new trial denied

• Managed case, and formulated and briefed issues in Hackett v. Superior Court (1993) 13 Cal.App.4th 96

 

Professional Activities

 

Member, State Bar of California

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Education

 

University of Colorado, Boulder, Bachelor of Arts

University of Santa Clara School of Law, Juris Doctor

 

Admissions

 

State Bar of California

U.S. District Court, Central District of California

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

 

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