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Robert Mann
Robert Mann is a partner at Robert Mann & Donald W. Cook, a law firm established in Los Angeles in 1988. The firm was designated Civil Rights Law Firm of the Year in 1995 by the NAACP LDF. In addition, attorney Mann, together with others, was nominated for 2007 Trial Lawyer of the Year for his participation in Doe 1 v. County of San Bernardino, a class action that successfully sought reform of the County’s treatment of, and educational services provided to, juveniles adjudicated wards of the juvenile court.
Robert Mann received his undergraduate education at Stanford and UCLA and is a graduate of UCLA Law School. While attorney Mann spent most of his legal career in private practice, he also worked as staff attorney at the Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice (Model Cities for Law and Justice) in the early 1970’s and was adjunct professor for trial advocacy at UCLA for several years.
Relevant reported decisions include:
Fairley v. Luman, 281 F.3d 913 (9th Cir. 2002) (failure to institute readily available procedures for decreasing the risk of erroneous detention of wrong person on a warrant violates Due Process);
Thomas v. County of Los Angeles, CV 90-5217 TJH (Ex) (reported in part at Thomas v. County of Los Angeles, 978 F.2d 504 (9th Cir. 1992) (injunction against law enforcement agency is appropriate on proper showing) (1995 settlement of $7,500,000 included agreement that the Sheriff’s Department would implement a force tracking system, which the Department’s Special Counsel describes as "a first-rate system by which to monitor trends in personnel performance on an individual-by-individual basis or by groupings of individuals.");
Williams v. County of Los Angeles, CV 97-3826 CW (successful reformation of County’s strip search policy for court-ordered releases; structural reforms to eliminate overdetentions; payment of $27,000,000 in class damages) (The Williams matter was consolidated with a number of similar actions (CV 98-02475-CW; CV 98-03187-CW; CV 98-09573-CW; CV 98-09574-CW; CV 98-09575-CW; CV 98-09683-CW; CV 98-09695-CW; CV-99-00586);
Berg v. City of Los Angeles, CV 01-7046 FMC (damages class action against LAPD for shooting "less lethal" weapons into crowds during demonstration at 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles; settled in 2004 for approximately $1.2 million) (Chief Bratton described the events of the present case as an "exact replica" of the DNC 2000 incident) ;
Diamond v. Los Angeles Police Department, CV 00-11110 ABC (AIJx) (class action against LAPD for injunctive relief on behalf of Los Angeles City hearing-impaired residents).
Lawson v. City of Los Angeles, LA Superior No. BC 031232 ($3.5 million for approximately 60 victims of LAPD police dogs, plus structural reform of canine program).
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