December 6th 2005
In Albuquerque New Mexico

Instructor Eugene Ramirez

Eugene P. Ramirez, a founding member of the firm, graduated from Whittier College School of Law (J.D., 1987), where he was Notes & Comments Editor of the Law Review, a member of the Moot Court Honors Board and President of the Student Bar Association. At Whittier, he received an award as the Best Oral Advocate and the Outstanding Moot Court Graduate Award. He received his undergraduate degree in Political Science from California State University, Long Beach (B.A., 1983), where he minored in Criminal Justice & Public Policy.

Before joining the firm, Gene worked as a deputy district attorney for the L.A. County District Attorney's Office, where he conducted numerous misdemeanor and felony jury trials, including murder trials. Mr. Ramirez also has worked for the Long Beach Naval Legal Services Office and as a reserve police officer for the Whittier Police Department and the Monterey Park Police Department.

Mr. Ramirez is a supervisor of the firm’s rapidly-growing employment law group. Gene represents employers in all aspects of employment law, which includes sexual harassment, wrongful termination, employee discipline, Title VII issues, the Fair Employment and Housing Act, wage and hour issues (FLSA), the Americans with Disability Act issues, employee handbooks, personnel issues and preventive counseling matters.

As a supervising member of the police civil liability team, he combines his civil experience with his former law enforcement background. He serves as an advisor to several public entities on the issues of use of force, policies and procedures and on employment issues. Mr. Ramirez has acquired significant expertise on civil liability arising out of the use of police dogs in law enforcement by winning several cases, and has lectured widely on the subject to police departments nationwide. He is General Counsel for the United States Police Canine Association and has authored several articles for the USPCA's "Canine Courier". He was recently retained as a consultant to the United States Secret Service Canine Unit.

Mr. Ramirez has published an article on the topic of police civil liability: Police Misconduct Suits, the Duty to Defend; the Duty to Indemnify and Whether There is a Duty to Provide Separate Counsel under Calif. Government Code 825.

Mr. Ramirez is also experienced in defending SWAT Teams in civil liability cases. He is an instructor on liability issues for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Basic and Advanced SWAT Schools. He is also an instructor for the California Association of Tactical Officers (CATO) and for the National Tactical Officers’ Association (NTOA). He lectures on SWAT liability to departments across the country. He was a member of the State Attorney General’s Blue Ribbon SWAT Committee and he is currently a member of POST’s Executive Advisory Committee for SWAT Teams.



Mr. Ramirez was profiled in the April 2003, California Lawyer Magazine, for his work in defending law enforcement. He was recently honored with the 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs(ALADS). He also was named as a 2005 Super Lawyer for Southern California. This award only goes to the top 5% of attorneys in the Los Angeles/Orange County Bar. He was also recently named to the distinguished American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), an award only bestowed upon proven trial attorneys.

He was selected as the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department’s 1993 Trial Lawyer of the Year. He is an instructor for POST on the use of force and is an instructor at the California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI) where he lectures police officers from various California Police departments on use of force liability. He is also an adjunct professor of Trial Advocacy at Whittier College School of Law. Mr. Ramirez was a commentator for K-CAL, Channel 9 News during the “O.J. Simpson Trial”. He appears regularly on television as a legal commentator.


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