Marcel F. Sincich
Litigation Attorney
Education
J.D., Pepperdine Caruso University of School of Law, 2017
B.A., Philosophy, American Military University, 2013
Admission
United States District Court, Central District of California
United States District Court, Eastern District of California
United States District Court, Northern District of California
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal
State of California
State of Arkansas
Overview
As a passionate advocate of justice, Marcel has helped clients recover millions of dollars in favorable verdicts and settlements. As a civil rights trial attorney at the Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo, Marcel is prepared to bring your case to court and fight for the victims of law enforcement abuse and misconduct. Marcel values being the voice for families, protecting the injured, standing with the widowed, the orphaned and the defenseless.
Dedicated to the defense of our Constitution and human rights. Marcel began with service in the United States Marine Corps, where he was awarded the Combat Action Ribbon, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, and Purple Heart. Upon ending active service, Marcel served as an Emergency Medical Technician and instructed military tactics and use of force while earning a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy with a focus in Ethics.
While earning his Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine, Marcel was the President of Pepperdine’s Moot Court Trial Advocacy Executive Board, member of both the Moot Court Trial Advocacy Team and the Appellate Advocacy Team. In his first year of law school, Marcel won the Cipolla Closing Argument Competition, then went on to participated in five trial competitions and four appellate competitions where his teams earned regional and national recognition. Marcel served as a judicial extern in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and was honored to receive the Barristers Award for Trial Advocacy and the Parris Award for Excellence in Character.
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see that they get justice” -
Proverbs 31:8-9
Marcel joined the Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo in 2016 as a summer associate and is now a litigation attorney with trial and appellate experience. Some notable cases that Marcel contributed to include:
Archibald v. County of San Bernardino, $ 33,500,000 jury verdict, March 2018. There was no offer to settle this wrongful death case where the deputy argued that decedent punching him in the face 10-20 times, near unconsciousness, and attempted to grab his gun as the deputy-involved shooting occurred.
Barragan v. City of Los Angeles, $ 475,000 settlement, October 2018. Officers argued that they were responding to a gang shooting to which decedent was a suspect. Upon arrival decedent ran from the police, withdrew a handgun from his waist and discarded it over a fence. In the process of reaching for the gun, the officer claimed to be in fear for his life and shot decedent in the back.
Schroeder v. City of Rialto, $ 3,000,000 jury verdict, June 2019. The highest offer to settle was $50,000 before trial in a case where the plaintiff was convicted of evading the police and the officers argued that he was resistive to their commands. Plaintiff was punched in the face several times resulting in a torn retina, which degraded into blindness in that eye.
L.D. v. City of Los Angeles, $ 4,500,000 jury verdict, January 2020. No offer of settlement in this wrongful death case where SWAT officers claimed that decedent charged them with knives and scissors before they used both less lethal and deadly force.
Juarez v. City of Azusa, $ 850,000 settlement, April 2020. In this case officers argued that plaintiff violently resisted arrest for public intoxication, then ten days later attempted to stop plaintiff again. On the second encounter, plaintiff ran from the police and assaulted an officer with a shovel before he was shot three times.
Arocha v. County of Riverside, $875,00 settlement, 2020. Deputies attempted a vehicle pullover for a DUI checkpoint that led to a vehicle pursuit. A short time later, Plaintiff pulled into a parking lot and surrendered. Deputies pulled Plaintiff out of the vehicle and repeatedly punched him in the face causing unconsciousness.
Acosta v. City of Hemet, $1,400,00 settlement, 2021. Officers responded to an alarm at a coin laundry shop. One Plaintiff fled on foot and was viciously attacked by a canine. While the other Plaintiff fled in a vehicle, one officer shot at him as he drove away, another officer’s vehicle struck Plaintiff’s vehicle causing him to crash, then as the unarmed Plaintiff fled on foot from the crash, he was shot from behind.
Kollin v. City of Tehachapi, $600,000 settlement, 2021. Officers responded to a hotel regarding a suspicious person. Plaintiff complied with a pat-down search then began to run away. Officers claimed that Plaintiff reached for a weapon as he ran, then shot the unarmed Plaintiff in the back.
Lee v. City of Orange, $2,900,000 settlement, 2021. Officers responded to Plaintiffs’ home in response to the a call for help for their son’s mental health crisis. Decedent began walking down the street towards the officers. Without identifying a weapon in decedent’s hand, officers opened fire. Then officers continued shooting even after decedent stopped walking and was already seriously injured.
Mendoza v. City of Hemet, $250,000 settlement, 2021. Officers pulled over a vehicle and called the occupants out. Plaintiff complied with all officer commands, exited the vehicle, put her hands up, and walked backwards towards the officers as instructed. Nevertheless, officers began shooting less-lethal munitions at Plaintiff.
Orellana v. County of Riverside, $425,000 settlement, 2021. Deputies responded to decedent’s home in response to the families call for help related to a mental health crisis. Deputies claimed that decedent attacked them. Then deputies pepper sprayed decedent, struck him in the face, took him to the ground, struck him with a baton, and attempted a chokehold while holding him down for several minutes until he died.
Ramirez v. City of Anaheim, $2,695,000 settlement, 2021. SWAT assisted with executing a warrant. SWAT cleared the house but heard movement in an attic. SWAT fired several pepper-ball rounds into the attic then called the occupants out. Decedent dropped down as instructed but when he turned away from the officers less-lethal rounds were deployed, then a SWAT officer fired lethal rounds at the unarmed decedent.
Rayo v. City of Fontana, $990,000 settlement, 2021. Officers responded to Plaintiffs’ home regarding a noise complaint. Officers took one Plaintiff to the ground and placed him in handcuffs. The other Plaintiffs were met with tasers, pepper spray and baton strikes. Then an officer struck the handcuffed Plaintiff across the head/face with his baton twice causing him to lose consciousness and fall to the concrete driveway.
Solano v. County of Orange, $850,000 settlement, 2021. During a booking search in jail, deputies instructed decedent to open his mouth. Decedent complied yet Deputies were unhappy with how much he opened his mouth, so they physically escorted him to a cell where several deputies held him chest-down on the ground with weight applied to his back for several minutes until he died.
Baltazar v. City of Long Beach, $395,000 settlement, 2022. During a peaceful protest following the killing of George Floyd, Plaintiff was shot with a less-lethal round causing serious injury to her finger.
Bond v. City of Los Angeles, $300,000 settlement, 2022. During a downtown Los Angeles protest following the killing of George Floyd, Plaintiff was shot with a less-lethal round causing serious injury to his groin.
Chansy v. City of Long Beach, $100,000 settlement, 2022. During a peaceful protest following the killing of George Floyd, Plaintiff was shot with a less-lethal round causing injury to her hand.
Fajardo v. City of Bakersfield, $2,750,000 settlement, 2022. Officers responded to a man sleeping in his vehicle in a church parking lot. An officer pulled the handles off the car doors and struck the windshield with a baton. Plaintiff’s vehicle moved forward without anyone in its path, however another officer opened fire striking Plaintiff several times causing permanent injury.
Yepez v. County of San Bernardino, $750,000 settlement, 2022. The unarmed Plaintiff complied with deputy commands to get on the ground. Deputies restrained Plaintiff face down on the ground, struck him with a baton, tased him, and kicked Plaintiff to the face and head.
Contact Marcel F. Sincich.
(818) 347-3333
21800 Burbank Blvd., Suite 310, Woodland Hills, CA 91367