Jones & Mayer is excited to announce that attorney Ryan Jones of Jones & Mayer is the new City Attorney for the City of Clearlake, California. Christian Bettenhausen, also of Jones & Mayer, will serve as the Assistant City Attorney. Mr. Jones began serving as the Clearlake City Attorney on July 1, 2014, after the Clearlake City Council voted unaminously to approve the contract for Jones & Mayer to provide its city attorney services. Jones & Mayer looks forward to joining the Clearlake team and serving the Clearlake community.
Vol. 41 No. 7 OFFICERS THAT INDUCED FALSE TESTIMONY FROM WITNESS THROUGH ABUSIVE INTERROGATION TACTICS WERE NOT ENTITLED TO QUALIFIED IMMUNITY FROM SUIT ALLEGING THEY HAD VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION BY FABRICATING EVIDENCE TO SECURE CONVICTION
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