About The Law Offices of Marc Grossman
The Law Offices of Marc Grossman is a full-service law firm with attorneys that care about you. Our main lawyer Marc Grossman is well-known in the Inland Empire as an attorney that will fight for you. Marc Grossman has been published in multiple publications from the LA times to the Inland Valley Voice list of most influential people in the region. He has made T.V. appearances on CBS and other local news programs for cases he's currently working on.
Irvin Landrum Matter
As an attorney, Grossman represented Plaintiffs in the Irvin Landrum matter which gathered national attention when Claremont Police Officers were accused of shooting an unarmed African-American 18 year old and of planting a gun on him in 1999. The officers had claimed they had shot Landrum in self defense after he pulled a gun and had shot at them. However, ballistics reports confirmed the gun had never been fired and belonged to a deceased police chief from a neighboring town. In the wake of civil rights demonstrations alleging racial profiling and murder, the City of Claremont awarded the two officers involved in the shooting with Employee of the Year Honors as did the Claremont Police Officers Association. The case was eventually settled for $450,000.00 and the awards were rescinded. In 2000, California Chief Justice Ronald George presided over an award ceremony wherein the California First Amendment Coalition awarded Claremont their Black Hole Award in recognition of having been the public entity acting most improperly regarding open government and first amendment freedoms in connection with their Landrum related activities. Further fallout from the Landrum matter included several subsequent lawsuits regarding racial profiling and police officer rights.
Other High Profile Matters
Grossman has been at the center of other high profile matters including representing San Bernardino County gadflies Jeff Wright and Shirley Goodwin. Wright was alleged to have been targeted for his political activities targeting former San Bernardino County Supervisor Jerry Eaves. Eaves would ultimately face Federal Criminal corruption charges for which he would plead guilty.
In 2001, Grossman formed the briefly lived South Western Poverty Law Center as a coalition of local organizations to fight institutionalized discrimination in the Inland Empire. In 2003, Grossman was recognized by the Los Angeles Times as one of the Inland Valley Times 66 most influential persons.