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Eugene P. Ramirez is a Founding Partner in the Los Angeles office of Manning Kass. He is the leader of the Constitutional Policing and Governmental Entity Liability teams, and a member of the Military and Veterans Law team.
Mr. Ramirez graduated from Whittier College School of Law, where he was Notes & Comments Editor of the Law Review, a member of the Moot Court Honors Board and President of the Student Bar Association. At Whittier, he received an award as the Best Oral Advocate and the Outstanding Moot Court Graduate Award. He received his undergraduate degree in Political Science from California State University, Long Beach, where he minored in both Criminal Justice & Public Policy.
Before joining the firm, Mr. Ramirez worked as a Deputy District Attorney for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, where he conducted numerous misdemeanor and felony jury trials, including murder trials. He has also worked as a reserve police officer for the Whittier Police Department and the Monterey Park Police Department.
Mr. Ramirez serves as an advisor to several public entities on the issues of use of force, canine and SWAT issues, supervisor liability, and policies and procedures. He has provided training to thousands of police officers and supervisors, from around the country and Canada, over the past 30 years, and he is an instructor on liability issues for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Basic SWAT School. Mr. Ramirez is the former General Counsel for the California Association of Tactical Officers (CATO), an instructor for the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA), and is currently the General Counsel for the United States Police Canine Association (USPCA). He was a member of the State Attorney General’s Blue Ribbon SWAT Committee, and he was a member of POST’s Executive Advisory Committee for SWAT Teams. He was a member of the LAPD Board of Inquiry, which examined LAPD SWAT operations. He is an approved California POST instructor, and he is currently an Adjunct Instructor at the Rio Hondo Police Academy where he teaches in the FTO School, the New Supervisor School and at the Basic Academy.
Mr. Ramirez has been profiled in the California Lawyer Magazine for his work in defending law enforcement and has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs (ALADS). He has also been named as a 2005-2011 and 2014-2017 Super Lawyer for Southern California. This award only goes to the top 5% of attorneys in the Los Angeles/Orange County Bar. He was named to the distinguished American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), an award only bestowed upon proven trial attorneys. He is also an Associate Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America.
Mr. Ramirez was selected as the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department’s Trial Lawyer of the Year in 1993 and 2006, by two different Sheriffs. He was selected as the 2009 Alumni Attorney of the Year for Whittier School of Law, and he has been selected twice as one of the Top 25 Municipal Attorneys in California by the Daily Journal. He has been awarded Certificates of Appreciation from the United States Army Special Operations Command (Fort Bragg, North Carolina) and from the United States Secret Service.
News
- Join Eugene P. Ramirez for Expert Insights on Sheriff Supervisor Liability at the WSSA Conference
- Eugene P. Ramirez to Give Debrief at CATO Annual Training Conference
- Eugene P. Ramirez to Speak at the 2024 AKC National Detection Dog Conference
- Manning Kass Prevail Again In Ninth Circuit
- Manning Kass Team Earns Unanimous Defense Verdict In Riverside
- Manning Kass Launches Constitutional Policing Team
- Manning Kass Team Has A Motion For Summary Judgment Granted And Featured In The Daily Journal
- Manning Kass Earns Top 10 Finish For Diversity Amongst Equity Partners
- Manning Kass Team Earns Win In Federal Court For County Of San Bernardino
- Nine Manning Kass Attorneys Listed In Lawyers of Color’s Law Firm Leader’s Issue
- Founding Partner Eugene P. Ramirez's Trial Victory Chosen Among Top Verdicts Of 2022
- Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP Rebrands as Manning Kass
- Manning & Kass Earns Reversal of District Court's MSJ Order for Defendant LAPD Officer
- Founding Partner Eugene P. Ramirez Earns Defense Verdict in Wrongful Death Suit
- Manning & Kass Strengthens Government Entity Defense Team with Five Renowned Industry Veterans
- Eugene Ramirez Interviewed in Live Global News Program on Police Reform
- Manning & Kass Launches Initiative to Defend Privacy of Police Personnel Records
- Governmental Entity Liability Team’s Training Highlighted in Police1 Article
- Eugene P. Ramirez to Present at IMLA’s 85th Annual Conference
- Eugene P. Ramirez to Present in the 2020 Virtual University Cities Summit Hosted by IMLA
- Proposed Reforms: Police Service Dogs
- Justice in Policing Act of 2020
- Manning & Kass Responds to COVID-19
- Eugene Ramirez Authors Article for Daily Journal on Body-Worn Camera Videos
- Mannng & Kass Hosts Critical Incident Video Training
- Eugene P. Ramirez to Speak in a Diversity Panel Hosted by the Los Angeles Chapter of ABOTA
- Eugene P. Ramirez To Present at the TacOps East SWAT & Patrol Tactical Training Conference
- Eugene P. Ramirez and Tony M. Sain Named 2019 Top Litigators and Trial Attorneys by the Los Angeles Business Journal
- Eugene P. Ramirez To Teach At The HITS 2019 Seminar
- Manning & Kass Partners with Project ECHO
- Eugene P. Ramirez To Present in the Masters in Trial Program
- Eugene P. Ramirez to Present at the CSAC EIA Board of Directors Workshop
- Eugene Ramirez Appointed to Newly Created Public Safety Commission for the City of San Marino
- Eugene P. Ramirez To Speak at DRI Conference
- Eighteen Manning & Kass Attorneys Named 2017 Super Lawyers and Super Lawyers Rising Stars
- Manning & Kass Jumps 28 Spots on NLJ 500 List
- Clean Sweep for Manning & Kass Governmental Entity Liability Team in March
- Full Defense Victory in SWAT Team Shootout Case Garners Media Attention
- "Energy Weaponry" Case Expediently Dismissed
- Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs Quotes Gene Ramirez on Body Worn Cameras
- Twenty Manning & Kass Attorneys Named 2016 Super Lawyers and Super Lawyers Rising Stars
- Manning & Kass Celebrates 22nd Anniversary
- Manning & Kass Celebrates Los Angeles Business Journal's Corporate Counsel Awards
- Two Manning & Kass Founding Partners Honored as Los Angeles Business Journal Corporate Counsel Awards Finalists
- Former Police Officer and Firm Founding Partner Gene Ramirez Makes the Case for Cameras
- Gene Ramirez Discusses Body Worn Cameras on Al Jazeera Live
- The NTOA Announces Eugene P. Ramirez as New Legal Section Chair
- Manning & Kass Attorneys Named as 2015 Southern California Super Lawyers
- "Big Law, Big Lease" Covers Manning & Kass Lease Resigning, Los Angeles Business Journal
- Gene Ramirez Quoted on BWCs in Risk & Insurance Magazine
- Early Ambitions panning out at full-service Los Angeles Firm, The Daily Journal
- Gene Ramirez and Tony Sain at PARMA’s 40th Annual Conference for Risk Managers
Education
- Whittier College School of Law, Juris Doctor
- Member, Moot Court Honors Board
- Notes & Comments Editor, The Law Review
- President, Student Bar Association
- Recipient, Best Oral Advocate Award
- Recipient, Outstanding Moot Court Graduate Award
- California State University, Long Beach, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, minors in Criminal Justice and Public Policy