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Taylor & Ring is representing a 15-year-old boy in a sexual abuse case against the Salinas Union High School District; the boy’s former school counselor Gilbert Olivares; and Mr. Olivares’ former employer, Sunrise House, an organization that placed the counselor in the school. The lawsuit alleges that Gilbert Olivares was supposed to be providing counselling…

Taylor & Ring obtained a $5.6 million jury verdict on behalf of a teenage girl against Chino Valley Unified School District and its science teacher John Hirsch after Hirsch engaged in unlawful sex with the student. At trial, the victim’s lawyers, David Ring and Louanne Masry, proved that the School District knew Hirsch had sent…

Taylor & Ring obtained a $1.4 million jury verdict on behalf of a special needs student who was sexually assaulted while enrolled in a Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) after school care program. The girl, who was nine years old at the time of the incidents, was sexually assaulted by a then 10-year-old male…

David Ring of Taylor & Ring discusses the implications of yet another sexual abuse scandal occurring in the nation’s largest public school system, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) . After years of complaints were apparently ignored, Robert Pimentel, a former fourth grade teacher at LAUSD, was arrested on suspicion of molesting 20 students.…

Taylor & Ring obtained a $4.5 million jury verdict on behalf of two female elementary students who were molested by their teacher, Raymond Firth. Firth was a third grade teacher at Pacific Rim Elementary School. He molested one girl for almost the entire school year. When he started to molest the other girl, she told…

Dave Ring and Louanne Masry obtained a $4.5 million verdict against Carlsbad Unified School District on behalf of two girls who were molested by their third grade teacher, Raymond Firth. The jury unanimously found that the school district was liable for negligently supervising the teacher. Several parents complained about the teacher’s interactions with girls, yet…

John C. Taylor of Taylor & Ring obtained a confidential settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit brought on behalf of the family of slain actress Lana Clarkson who was murdered in February 2003 by music producer Phil Spector. Mr. Spector had previously been criminally convicted by a Los Angeles jury for the murder. The civil…

Martin Weiss has been arrested for allegedly molesting one of his child clients for years. Weiss is suspected of sexually abusing a young boy by using his job as a talent agent to lure him in. Attorney David Ring, who has experience with sexual abuse victims, was called on for comment by the L.A. Times…

Lawyer David Ring handles high-profile sex assault and sex abuse cases. David was quoted the THE LOS ANGELES TIMES in a story about the Penn State child sex abuse scandal. See Full Sex Abuse Story David’s comments: “I have represented many children who were sexually abused by a teacher, a coach, a youth instructor, a…

David M. Ring of Taylor & Ring was interviewed by the LOS ANGELES TIMES on November 9th, 2011, about the civil wrongful death lawsuit brought by the estate of Michael Jackson. During the interview David was quoting as saying “Generally in civil court, the range of issues to be decided is far broader than they…