2022 - Medford Fire Fighters Local 1032 vs. City of Medford

In 2022, Attorney Leah Marie Barrault and the team at Barrault and Associates received a favorable decision during arbitration on behalf of a member who was wrongfully terminated due to his off duty conduct for which his related criminal charges had been dismissed.  In her decision, the Arbitrator found that the member, “was not terminated for just cause,” and that the City failed to prove that he engaged in the alleged off-duty conduct at issue.  The Arbitrator ordered the City to reverse the termination and remove all records of it from the member’s file. Additionally, the Arbitrator ordered the City to make the member whole with all wages he would have been entitled to during his time out of work.