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John Dahlberg earned his law degree from Yale Law School, but he got a “real world” education by working for eight years as an Oakland reserve police officer.  John has a very wide and diverse practice representing individuals and many local and national clients.

RELATED PRACTICES

  • First Amendment law
  • Business, Contract and Commercial Disputes
  • Labor and Employment
  • Real Estate
  • Construction
  • Use of Force and Civil Rights
  • Catastrophic Personal Injury Defense
  • Embezzlement Recovery
  • Injunctive Relief and Emergency Restraining Orders

RELATED NEWS & PRESS

Protection from Violence

John represents several well-known national retailers and shopping centers, who often face very difficult and recurring problems including theft and organized retail crime, violence, and trespass.  93% of California retail employees report “fear of violence at work” (either from co-workers or third-party trespassers, shoplifters, homeless, etc.) as their primary concern.  This is atrocious.  John uses highly effective “workplace violence” and “anti-trespass” restraining orders to get the job done. State courts issue these orders within one court day of application where the offender has threatened or been violent, stalked an employee or contractor, or has otherwise disrupted business. Once served, almost all restrained persons obey these orders voluntarily, as is explained in this article. https://losspreventionmedia.com/california-retail-restraining-order/  Those who don’t usually get arrested and prosecuted.  John has obtained over 600 emergency restraining orders for these and other clients to protect employees and business premises. 

The goal is to make client workplaces safer immediately. Each case is urgent and we work 24×7 to file at the earliest possible time after an incident. We also work closely with law enforcement agencies to get orders enforced under the contempt of court laws in those unusual cases when the restrained person violates the order.

PUBLICATIONS AND HONORS

  • March 19, 2024 Presenter at BOMA-SF (Building Owners and Managers Association) Life Safety and Security Committee along with representatives of Urban Alchemy and San Francisco’s Union Square Alliance and Other Groups. Topic: Using Restraining Orders to Make Employees and Private Property Safer.
  • December 19, 2023 MCLE Webinar Provider for California Attorneys on Restraining Order Law and Practice Webinar
  • Panelist on “Uninvited Behavior” Problems at the February 2020 National Retail and Restaurant Defense Association National Conference. Discussed the recurring trespass and nuisance problems retailers face on their doorsteps and in their parking lots, what the police can and cannot do, how to regain control of retail premises, and when to seek civil court orders.

EDUCATION

    • J.D., Yale University Law School. Prize Trial Finalist.
    • A.B., University of California, Berkeley. With Highest Honors.
    • Oakland Police Department Academy
    • Lowell High School, San Francisco

BIRTHPLACE

San Francisco, CA

BAR ADMISSIONS

  • State Bar of California
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of California
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
  • United States District Court for the Central District of California
  • Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals