Labor/Employment
May 30, 2025
Attorney who won $8.7M retaliation verdict sues state again over LGBTQ harassment
Lawrance A. Bohm, who last year secured an $8.7 million verdict in a whistleblower case against the state's police training agency, has filed a new lawsuit on behalf of a Department of Water Resources employee who says he was fired after exposing fraud and enduring years of homophobic harassment.




Lawrance A. Bohm, who won an $8.7 million whistleblower retaliation case against the state's police training agency in September, has filed a new case against the Department of Water Resources on behalf of a gay employee fired in 2024 after 10 years on the job. Daniel Swain claims he was retaliated against after reporting misuse of funds and falsified documents and subjected to years of harassment due to his sexual orientation.
"The retaliation escalated over time,"...
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