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Mr. Sweeney has appeared on many networks including ABC’s Good Morning America, CNN, MSNBC, and many others. Recently, in the case of Donta Taylor v. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Mr. Sweeney made international news in exposing the existence of violent gangs within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
These secret societies’ members receive matching tattoos after committing violent acts against innocent citizens of Los Angeles County. The fallout from this scandal rocked the County of Los Angeles to its core and caused sweeping changes in law enforcement. In 2022, New York Magazine published a 5,000-word intellectual property Article on Mr. Sweeney’s 20-year odyssey in exposing Sheriff’s gangs. Read Article
John E. Sweeney named Community Impact Advocate of the Year by Los Angeles Business Journal
John Sweeney has been a tireless champion of diversity in the legal profession his entire career. He ranks among the best civil rights lawyers of his generation and in the U.S. today.
BART to Pay $9.15 Million to Settle Case of Man Dragged by Train
KQED – BART has agreed to the costliest legal settlement in its half-century history in a case involving a passenger who was severely injured when he was shut in a train door and dragged along a platform…
The Man Who Cracked the Code of L.A.’s Notorious Sheriff Gangs
New York Magazine – John Sweeney, a 70-year-old civil-rights attorney from Los Angeles, doesn’t have the name recognition of Ben Crump, who has represented the families of…
Hall of Fame inductees for the California Lawyers Association
2022 – John E. Sweeney, 2021 – Arturo González, 2021 – Dennis A. Schoville, 2020 – John Burris, 2019 – Patricia Glaser, 2018 – Jennifer L. Keller and Bob Van Nest, 2017 – Juanita Brooks…