By Jaime Rebhan | Wareham Week The Town of Wareham will not appeal the state Civil Service Commission’s decision regarding the firing of Lieutenant Donald Bliss, according to Bliss’ lawyer, Andrew Gambaccini. “I have been advised by counsel for the town that there will be no appeal of the Commission’s decision,” Gambaccini wrote in an e-mail. More than two years after he was fired from
By Frank Mulligan | Gatehouse News Service WAREHAM — The Civil Service Commission issued a unanimous decision Thursday to return Donald Bliss to his position as a Wareham Police lieutenant with an award of an estimated $200,000-plus in back pay and benefits lost since he was fired from the post in February 2009. His attorney, Andrew J. Gambaccini, stated in a press release, “At this
By Neal Simpson | The Patriot Ledger HINGHAM — A federal judge has dismissed charges against police officials made by a Hingham blogger who was accused of sending out a bogus campaign email – one that appeared to be from a selectman – in 2006. Russell Reeves, author of the Hingham Blog, has formally indicated that he will appeal the ruling, which was issued by
By J.J. Huggins | Eagle Tribune METHUEN — Police officers being sued for slander by one of their own have the First Amendment on their side, according to their attorney. Sgt. Larry Phillips is suing the city, police Chief Joseph Solomon, Capt. Randy Haggar, Lt. Michael Pappalardo, Capt. Katherine Lavigne, Officer Joseph Aiello, Officer Ronald Valliere and the patrolmen’s union. He alleges Solomon financed a
October 2010 Worcester law firm Reardon, Joyce & Akerson, P.C. announces that Attorney Andrew J. Gambaccini, an associate with the firm, again has been selected as a Massachusetts Rising Star by Law and Politics Media, Inc. The award follows a rigorous, multi-phased process of review and is limited to attorneys under the age of forty who have been members of the bar for less than
By J.J. Huggins | Eagle Tribune METHUEN — Joseph Solomon says he is ready and willing to return to work now that the state’s Civil Service Commission has ruled his firing as police chief was “without just cause.” “I am anxious to return to work, to advance the interests of Methuen and its Police Department and to mend any fences that have been broken throughout
By J.J. Huggins | The Eagle Tribune METHUEN — A Superior Court judge has dismissed police Officer Shaun Cronin’s lawsuit against fired police Chief Joseph Solomon and retired Deputy Chief Joseph Alaimo. Cronin, 45, sued his former bosses, saying they bad-mouthed him to potential employers after he resigned from the Police Department. Judge John Lu dismissed the case Monday in Lawrence Superior Court. “It’s wonderful
October 2008 Reardon, Joyce & Akerson, P.C. announces that Worcester attorney, Andrew J. Gambaccini, an associate with the firm, has been selected as a Massachusetts Rising Star by Law and Politics Media, Inc. The award follows a rigorous, multi-phased process of review and is limited to attorneys under the age of forty who have been members of the bar for less than ten years and
