Practices

We Specialize In Assisting Police Officers, Firefighters, Paramedics

We Protect The Rights of Those Who Protect Our Communities

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Chrislip & Hervatin has a top-notch testimonial reputation of being California’s preeminent law firm specializing exclusively in the representation of public safety associations and their members in labor & contract negotiations, disciplinary investigations, critical incidents, criminal defense, workers’ compensation, personal injury litigation, employment litigation and disability retirement.

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Contract & Labor Negotiations: Our firm assists firefighter associations & police officer organizations in negotiating labor contracts and enforcing the contract terms through the grievance and arbitration process. For over 40 years, we have been handling negotiation intricacies under the Meyer-Milias-Brown Act and have successfully negotiated hundreds of labor contracts. We have also successfully pursued civil litigation cases.

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Personal Injury Litigation: We have successfully filed civil litigation cases in honor of our members and associations covering discrimination, FLSA, retaliation and privacy rights. Our firm aggressively pursues additional remedies for firefighters & officers in the civil litigation arena. We can also provide further personal injury litigation when the firefighter or officer is involved in a traffic collision while on duty.

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SAFETY MEMBERS:

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• Deputy Sheriffs

• Police Officers

• Special Safety Officers

• Corrections Officers

• District Attorney Investigators

• Paramedics

• Firefighters

• Flight Attendants

• Construction Workers

• General Laborers

• Teachers

• Nurses

• Truck Drivers

• Custodians

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