Attorney successfully defended an appeal by three former police officers in an LAD and 1983 civil rights action

Attorney successfully defended an appeal by three former police officers in an LAD and 1983 civil rights action. The police officers appealed orders granting summary judgment to the police chief, and to their former employer, the township. Plaintiffs had pleaded guilty to falsifying documents concerning their police activities, were admitted into a pretrial intervention program, resigned their positions as police officers, and stipulated they would not work again in law enforcement in New Jersey. Following their completion of PTI, they sued the defendants alleging retaliation in violation of their civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983, and unlawful termination based on age in violation of the state Law Against Discrimination. Plaintiffs asserted that the retaliatory action was premised on a prior lawsuit they had filed contesting the police chief's decision to change the promotion procedures. The appellate court affirmed the orders for summary judgment.