[1] Rains also won acquittal of the Corcoran 8, prison guards accused of staging fights amongst inmates.
[2][3] He formerly represented baseball player Barry Bonds who was ultimately exonerated by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals with respect to a perjury allegation.
[4] Rains is a California State University, Long Beach graduate who served in the Vietnam War with the U.S. Marines.
Working as a former Santa Monica police officer,[2] he won a scholarship to attend Golden West University School of Law,[3] and became a member of the California bar in 1979.
His law firm, Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC, has contracts with over three hundred and fifty public safety labor associations throughout the State of California.