Practices
A litigation firm built
for public entities and law enforcement.
A focused defense practice for the public sector.
MRM Law is a California civil defense firm devoted to the public sector — the agencies, officers, and employers whose decisions are examined in public and litigated in detail.
Our practice areas cover the full lifecycle of public-sector litigation, from pre-claim investigation through appeal, with particular depth in public entity defense, civil rights and police defense, employment litigation, and general liability and civil defense.
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Public Entity Defense
Cities, counties, special districts, public agencies, and their officials.
MRM Law defends public entities and their personnel in civil litigation, governmental liability matters, and pre-litigation claims. Our work includes Government Tort Claims Act compliance, statutory and tort immunity defenses, dangerous-condition claims, catastrophic injury and wrongful death matters, premises liability, and complex multi-party litigation.
Explore Public Entity DefenseKey capabilities
- Public entity lawsuits
- Government Tort Claim representation
- Pre-claim investigations and defense
- Tort immunity cases
- Dangerous condition of public property
- General tort liability
- Catastrophic injury and wrongful death
- Premises liability
- Municipal liability
- Civil rights and constitutional claims
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Civil Rights + Constitutional Defense
Public entities, officials, law enforcement, and employers facing constitutional claims.
MRM Law defends public entities, officials, law enforcement agencies, and employers in civil rights and constitutional litigation. We handle Section 1983 claims, First Amendment retaliation, due process and equal protection claims, Fourth Amendment search-and-seizure matters, excessive use of force allegations, Bane Act claims, and qualified immunity disputes.
Explore Civil Rights + Constitutional DefenseKey capabilities
- Civil rights and constitutional defense
- Section 1983 / 1983 defense
- First Amendment retaliation
- Due process claims
- Equal protection
- Fourth Amendment search and seizure
- Excessive use of force defense
- Law enforcement defense
- False arrest and false imprisonment
- Bane Act claims
- Monell liability
- Qualified immunity
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Civil Rights + Police Defense
Law enforcement agencies, officers, and public entities in state and federal court.
MRM Law represents law enforcement agencies, individual officers, and public entities in civil rights, constitutional, and police-practices litigation. We handle Section 1983 claims, excessive use of force defense, officer-involved shootings, false arrest and imprisonment, unlawful search and seizure, First Amendment retaliation, Bane Act claims, Monell liability, and qualified immunity.
Explore Civil Rights + Police DefenseKey capabilities
- Civil rights and constitutional law
- Section 1983 / 1983 defense
- Excessive use of force defense
- Law enforcement defense
- Officer-involved shootings
- False arrest and false imprisonment
- Unlawful search and seizure
- Monell liability
- Qualified immunity
- Bane Act claims
- Wrongful death
- Critical incidents and police policy review
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Employment Litigation
Public agencies, private employers, executives, supervisors, and public-safety employers.
MRM Law advises and defends public and private employers in employment-related litigation, administrative proceedings, and internal investigations. We represent clients in FEHA claims, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, workplace investigations, and related employment lawsuits.
Explore Employment LitigationKey capabilities
- Employment lawsuits
- FEHA defense
- Discrimination, harassment, and retaliation
- Wrongful termination
- Internal and workplace investigations
- Public and private employer defense
- Executive and supervisory defense
- Administrative proceedings
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Appellate + Complex Civil Litigation
Reviewing courts, dispositive motions, and multi-party public-sector matters.
MRM Law handles appellate and complex civil litigation for public entities and law enforcement. We preserve issues at trial, pursue and defend appeals, file writ proceedings, and handle dispositive motions, post-trial motions, and multi-party litigation where the record and legal framework matter most.
Explore Appellate + Complex Civil LitigationKey capabilities
- Appeals in state and federal court
- Writ proceedings
- Qualified immunity appeals
- Monell and municipal liability issues
- Dispositive motion practice
- Post-trial motions
- Record preservation
- Multi-party and coordinated litigation
- Complex discovery disputes
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General Liability + Civil Defense
Public entities, law enforcement, businesses, and private clients facing tort exposure.
MRM Law defends public and private clients in a wide range of general liability and civil defense matters across California. We handle negligence claims, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, premises liability, security-related incidents, and other tort litigation, with the same disciplined approach applied to our public-sector and law enforcement work.
Explore General Liability + Civil DefenseKey capabilities
- General liability defense
- Civil defense litigation
- Tort liability
- Negligence claims
- Catastrophic injury defense
- Wrongful death defense
- Personal injury defense
- Premises liability
- Security-related claims
- Dangerous condition of public property
- Product liability defense
- Motor vehicle liability
- Insurance defense coordination
- Public entity liability
- Private business and commercial defense
- Risk mitigation and pre-claim counseling
- Early case evaluation
- Summary judgment and dispositive motions
- Trial and appellate advocacy
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Civil Litigation
Businesses, professionals, and institutional clients in California state-court disputes.
MRM Law represents business entities and institutional clients in California civil litigation, including contract disputes, business torts, partnership and shareholder conflicts, real estate litigation, and complex civil matters that require high-caliber defense counsel. We bring disciplined motion practice, careful discovery, and trial readiness to private civil disputes.
Explore Civil LitigationKey capabilities
- Business and commercial disputes
- Breach of contract litigation
- Partnership and shareholder disputes
- Trade secret and unfair competition claims
- Real estate and lease disputes
- Creditor and debtor litigation
- Tortious interference claims
- Declaratory judgment actions
- Injunctive relief and TRO proceedings
- Pre-litigation risk assessment
- State court motion practice
- Discovery and depositions
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Trial and appellate advocacy
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Trial + Deposition
Testimony as a discipline, from incident through verdict.
MRM Law prepares officers, command staff, agency witnesses, and experts for deposition and trial. We also develop plaintiff depositions, design witness strategy, and structure case themes so that testimony presented at trial is consistent with the record built in discovery.
Explore Trial + DepositionKey capabilities
- Law enforcement testimony preparation
- Officer testimony
- Command and supervisory testimony
- Agency and person-most-qualified witnesses
- Expert testimony development
- Plaintiff depositions
- Deposition preparation
- Trial testimony strategy
- Case development and jury presentation
Across every practice area
The work that decides
these cases.
Cross-cutting capabilities
Motion practice
Identifying dispositive issues early and developing the record that supports them.
ContinueDeposition & testimony preparation
Preparing officials, executives, officers, and employees to testify accurately and credibly.
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Consequential litigation involving leadership, institutional practices, and public scrutiny.
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The full arc of a matter, from case evaluation through trial and appellate work.
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