In The Media

The Vanity Fair article “The Prep School And The Predator,” details the horrendous negligence of Marlborough School, a prestigious all-girls school in Los Angeles, regarding sexual abuse accusations of former English teacher Dr. Joseph Koetters. Vanity Fair called upon Dave Ring, California’s go-to attorney for sexual abuse victims, for a detailed account of the events…

NBC Los Angeles spoke with Partner Dave Ring following former Riverside teacher Andrea Cardosa’s guilty plea in the sexual abuse of two female students between 1997 and 2001. On Thursday, January 22, Ms. Cardosa pled guilty to three counts of lewd acts with a child, involving two victims after she was confronted by one of…

In the article, “The Ins and Outs of Bringing an Elder Abuse Lawsuit” published by National Law Journal, partner Louanne Masry discusses the imperative difference between elder abuse and medical malpractice claims and what plaintiffs are entitled to in recovery. On the cusp of Prop 46, she also explains how the passing of this legislation…

In the article, “L.A. Unified says girl, 14, could consent to sex with teacher” published by Los Angeles Times, Partner Dave Ring comments on the Los Angeles Unified School District’s attorneys’ questionable tactics in the Edison Middle School sexual abuse case. The attorneys for the school district are arguing that the 14-year-old student was mature…

A Los Angeles Superior Court Judge dismissed a lawsuit alleging extortion brought by Spanish-language radio personality Eduardo “PiolÍn” Sotelo. The Judge found that Sotelo’s suit was a strategic lawsuit against public participation (“SLAPP”) designed to intimidate the defendants from filing their own lawsuit against Sotelo. The defendants were six former Univision Radio employees who worked…

Taylor & Ring is representing a 24-year-old woman, “Jane Doe,” who was raped by Jose Rigaberto Sanchez, a former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy. Deputy Sanchez used his position of authority as a sheriff’s deputy to pull over female drivers and then attempt to sexually assault them through threats and bribes. One night he pulled…

David Ring of Taylor & Ring represented seven victims which were a part of a $30 million settlement in the infamous LAUSD /Miramonte/Mark Berndt scandal. Each of the 58 victims will receive approximately $470,000 for being victimized by teacher Mark Berndt. Berndt laced cookies with his sperm and then fed those cookies to the kids.…

John C. Taylor of Taylor & Ring represents the family of Sherri Rasmussen, who back in 1986 was murdered by Stephanie Lazarus, who at the time was an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. The crime was not solved back in the 1980s and went “cold.” The district attorney and LAPD opened the cold…