Obituaries
Jun. 18, 2009
Lawyer Pioneered Police Abuse Litigation in L.A.
Hugh R. Manes 1924-2009
By Greg Katz
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - Attorney Hugh Manes, a pioneer in police misconduct litigation and civil rights law who started suing police long before it became popular, has died. Manes died Saturday of complications from emphysema. He was 84. "'Giant' is an understatement - he was the Zeus, he was the god of police misconduct," said Garo Mardirossian of Los Angeles' Mardirossian & Associates. "He would do everything in...
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - Attorney Hugh Manes, a pioneer in police misconduct litigation and civil rights law who started suing police long before it became popular, has died. Manes died Saturday of complications from emphysema. He was 84. "'Giant' is an understatement - he was the Zeus, he was the god of police misconduct," said Garo Mardirossian of Los Angeles' Mardirossian & Associates. "He would do everything in...
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