Reinstatement GRANTED with back pay!

Client - a long time house arrest officer with MDOC - was terminated from her job because someone filed simple assault charges on her - when client was off duty breaking up a fight in a Wal Mart parking lot.

We took the case to court - not only was our client found not guilty of simple assault at trial - but the accuser herself was found guilty of simple assault, sentenced to days in jail, and had a restraining order put on her!

With the not guilty verdict in hand, we went back to the Employee Appeals Board and fought for our client. The Board did right by Mrs. Dawson - she was reinstated to her MDOC job, awarded back pay, all vacation and sick time credited, and the incident was removed from her employee file! See Order below.