Teri McKeever, former head women’s swim coach at the University of California, Berkeley, has been suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport. On December 28, 2023, she was officially placed on SafeSport’s Centralized Disciplinary Database. SafeSport initiated the investigation following publication of allegations of abusive coaching first reported in the Orange County Register in May 2022. As part of...
Continue ReadingCongrats to Abigail Zwicke on Winning our 2023 Scholarship! You can read her essay below on what can be done to raise more awareness of sexual abuse in America: Sexual abuse is one of the most traumatic events that a person can experience. The pain inflicted can reverberate for a lifetime. This is especially true when survivors face a...
Continue Reading“Former California swimmer copes with the lasting trauma of abuse two decades ago…” “Katherine Touhey, a state champion at then-T.C. Williams High, joined 17 other former California swimmers who filed a lawsuit against the school, hoping for “accountability” after what they said was years of abuse from coach Teri McKeever… Allegations contained in the lawsuit include “incessant” verbal abuse,...
Continue ReadingAbove its obligation to provide enrichment and sound instruction, an educational institution must provide a safe atmosphere for children. According to the allegations in a September 2022 Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) sexual assault case filed by a former student of the school, the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) failed to fulfill its fundamental obligation to...
Continue Reading“Every year, more than 300,000 farm workers are poisoned by the food you eat. Welcome to Death Valley.” For more than 35 years, a poster bearing that haunting statistic has hung on Raymond Boucher’s office wall. Boucher was given the poster after one of his first landmark victories as a lawyer – a case he litigated on behalf of the family...
Continue ReadingLawsuit seeks to hold the school and district accountable for allowing the former teacher from abusing his authority VAN NUYS, Calif. – Former Birmingham High School teacher Frank Ezykowski has been accused of sexually assaulting students throughout the 1970s and 1980s. One student survivor came forward about her assault during the 1977-1978 school year to encourage others he harassed...
Continue ReadingAccording to the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC): The recently released Guidepost report revealed a list of alleged abusers compiled by a former employee of the SBC Executive Committee. This list is being made public for the first time as an initial, but important, step towards addressing the scourge of sexual abuse and implementing reform in the Convention. Each entry...
Continue ReadingProcessing the Trauma of Sexual Assault and Abuse Through Creativity Artists, Poets, Musicians, Friends and Family Come Together for an Intimate Event GLENDALE, Calif. – On Friday, April 29, in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness month, Boucher LLP presented The Art of Healing, a one-night-only art exhibit of pieces created by survivors of sexual assault and abuse and their...
Continue ReadingIn Barriga v. 99 Cents Only, Case No. E069288 (June 26, 2020), California’s Fourth Appellate District Court of Appeal reversed a trial court’s decision to deny class certification in a case involving employees of 99 Cents Only, after determining the trial court did not scrutinize employee declarations submitted by the defendant employer in opposition to class certification for coercion...
Continue ReadingLegal media company Lawdragon named Ray Boucher of Boucher LLP among the 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers. The annual Lawdragon 500 guides are among the most elite distinctions in the profession, covering the best of the best in the practice area. Each and every member of the 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in America is...
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