In early 2010, Morgan Roach represented a St. Joseph, Missouri police officer in a suspension case. The officer had been accused of excessive force for punching a suspect after the suspect had used his car to ram to the officer’s patrol vehicle. When the punch was thrown, the officer had approached the suspect’s vehicle on foot and was attempting to remove the suspect from the vehicle after the suspect refused to do so. During this time, the suspect’s vehicle was pressed up against the patrol vehicle and the suspect was revving the engine. Morgan used expert testimony to show that the officer acted reasonably under the circumstances and should not be disciplined. An arbitrator ultimately agreed and determined there was not just cause for the suspension. The officer’s suspension was overturned, his record was cleared, and he was paid back-pay.