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            Mr. Thomas has represented literally hundreds of  Texas Police Officers in arbitration hearings, local Civil Service Commission hearings, formal grievance hearings, and administrative and/or Internal Affairs Division investigations.

            Over the past sixteen years, Mr. Thomas has successfully represented numerous Texas police officers and reversed the police agency’s proposed termination of the respective police officer in an arbitration hearing conducted pursuant to Chapter 143 of the Texas Local Government Code.

            Mr. Thomas has vigorously defended each of his clients and after the conclusion of the arbitration hearing, an Arbitrator reversed the proposed indefinite suspension and/or termination of the police officer. This list, includes but is not limited to:

            City of Galveston v. Henry Porretto
            City of Port Arthur v. Ellie Chiasson
            City of Galveston v. Moses Brown
            City of Orange v. R. J. Wells
            City of Lufkin v. Michael Aldrich
            City of Port Neches v. Ronald Walston
            City of Lufkin v. James Porter
            City of Galveston v. Doug Balli

            Mr. Thomas has also successfully represented numerous other Texas police officers in Chapter 143 arbitration hearings and the proposed discipline was either reversed and/or modified. A sample representative of the opinions and/or the awards published by the American Arbitration Association include but are not limited to:

            City of Pasadena v. John Noel
            City of Kingsville v. Ricardo Salinas
            City of Port Arthur v. Herb Johnson
            City of Beaumont v. Joseph LaRive
            City of Port Arthur v. Wendy Sonnenberg
            City of Beaumont v. Reed Abel
            City of Houston v. Sam Merrill
            City of Houston v. Stephen Franklin
            City of Houston v. M. L. Yates
            City of Houston v. Armando Tello
            City of Houston v. Robert Howe
            City of Houston v. Roy Chandler
            City of Houston v. Edward Borowski
            City of Houston v. Thomas Null
            City of Houston v. Mark Aguirre
            City of Houston v. Kenny Hollins
            City of Houston v. James Jackson
            City of Houston v. Jose Melendez
            City of Houston v. Kevin Smith
            City of Houston v. Bobby Cannon
            City of Houston v. Durrell Dickens
            City of Houston v. Mark Aguirre

 

 

 

 

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