"Nationally recognized trial attorney Matthew P. Guichard, founder of Bay Area-based Guichard, Teng, Portillo & Garrett, has been retained by Mendocino County to act as hearing officer during the inquest. Guichard has served as a hearing officer in more than 100 coroner's inquests and is a former Contra Costa County deputy district attorney." wrote the Willits Weekly in their paper dated April 4 2019.
