Robert Bastian

Throughout their practice, which began in 1994, Robert L. Bastian, Jr. and Marina R. Dini, have litigated cases concerning police misconduct, jailhouse abuse and unlawful discrimination. Additionally, Bastian and Dini have litigated matters including employment wrongful termination, negligent hiring and retention of security guards, wrongful termination of franchise relationships based on ethnic background and nursing home abuse. Bastian & Dini have also defended criminal matters wherein persons were accused of assaulting and/or resisting peace officers, and defended against SLAPP suits (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, e.g., civil lawsuits brought by government officials in retaliation against lawful exercise by citizens of First Amendment rights.) Bastian & Dini have litigated these matters in both state and federal courts, including the United States District Courts, Central, Eastern and Southern Districts of California, the Northern District of Georgia and the Eastern District of Louisiana. Appellate Practice: Additionally, Bastian & Dini has practiced before the Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuit United States Court of Appeals as well as the Second, Fourth and Fifth Appellate Districts of the California Courts of Appeal. Both Dini and Bastian have been profiled twice in the Los Angeles Daily Journal: in the Verdicts & Settlements section on January 22, 1999, and in the "Civil Rights and Constitutional Law" feature, August 22, 1999. Go to: www.bastian-dini.com Specialties: Constitution Torts and Civil Rights: • Police abuse (false arrest, excessive force, unreasonable search and seizure, interference with rights to free speech), interference with property rights, condemnation. • Discrimination (based upon race, religion, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, HIV+ status, national origin, disability). • Prisoner rights. Civil, criminal and family law. Go to: www.bastian-dini.com