Messing Adam Jasmine & Shore LLP (MAJS) is proud to announce the addition of all of the attorneys and staff from Dyer Lawrence LLP to its team. Dyer Lawerence is a highly respected Carson City-based firm with experience statewide, a long-standing reputation for principled advocacy, and excellence in public sector labor and employment law. For... continue reading

Messing Adam Jasmine & Shore LLP is proud to announce that Daniel P. Thompson joined the firm as a partner in February 2026. Dan brings nearly twenty years of experience representing public safety labor organizations and advising employee associations across a broad range of complex workplace and governance issues. Throughout his career, Dan has served... continue reading

Messing Adam Jasmine & Shore LLP is pleased to begin 2026 by welcoming Brett Sherman as a partner in the firm’s Sacramento office, continuing a period of strong growth and positive momentum for MAJS. Brett brings to the firm extensive experience representing public safety employees across a wide range of complex legal matters. Brett has... continue reading

MAJS is pleased to announce for our public safety clients that the PORAC Institute has once-again selected partners Alison Berry Wilkinson and Lina Balcuinas Cockrell to teach the highly-rated two-day (16-hour) Internal Affairs course, which will be held December 2-3, 2025 at the Marin County Sheriff's Office. Evaluations from past classes taught by this team... continue reading

MAJS is proud to announce Gregg Adam’s induction this past weekend into the Fellows of the College of Labor and Employment Law. The ceremony took place in Denver, CO, in conjunction with the American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section’s Continuing Legal Education Conference. This honor reflects the high regard in which Gregg is... continue reading

In a scathing rebuke of the San Jose Police Department, a JAMS arbitrator dismissed all five sustained misconduct allegations against our client—including “Conduct Unbecoming an Officer”—just days before a scheduled week-long evidentiary hearing. The ruling fully reinstates our client without loss of rank or seniority and orders that he be made whole with full back... continue reading

On April 6, 2015, Gary Messing, Gregg Adam, and Jason Jasmine joined forces to launch Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP—a firm built on deep experience, shared values, and an unwavering commitment to labor clients. Ten years later, our mission remains the same, but our momentum has never been greater. We’re proud to share some exciting... continue reading

In what may be a first in the State of California, MAJ’s James Shore and Alexander Bukac persuaded a Santa Clara Superior Court Judge to suspend criminal proceedings and grant a former military and law enforcement criminal defendant admission to the Military Diversion Program for a felony allegation of Penal Code Section 149. Diversion programs,... continue reading

The Alameda Superior Court has dismissed criminal charges against Alameda Police Officer Eric McKinley arising out of the 2021 in-custody death of Mario Gonzales Arenales. The victory follows months of tenacious litigation by MAJ partners James Shore and Alexander Bukac. The coroner determined the primary cause of Mr. Gonzales’ death to be the toxic effects... continue reading

Lina Balciunas Cockrell has been with MAJ since we opened doors in April 2015 and even longer, having come on board when many of us worked together at our prior firm. Lina brings to the table all of the criteria of a true partner – solid client connections, excellent knowledge and judgment in her field,... continue reading