Legal Services

The Goldstein Law Firm is a full-service labor and employment firm that provides a multitude of legal services to both clients in both the public and private sectors.  These services include, but are not limited to, consulting and training services; outside investigations; development and implementation of employee handbooks, personnel policies, procedures, and guidelines, labor relations negotiations; representation of clients in mediation, arbitration, and litigation proceedings at all levels of the local, state, and federal judiciary and/or administrative agencies or tribunals; OSHA and Workers’ Compensation defense;  business litigation, trade secret violations and unfair business practices, as well as a host of other related areas.

 

The following legal services are representative of The Goldstein Law Firm's private and public sector legal services:



PROVIDE PREVENTIVE LEGAL ADVICE AND COUNSEL

 

·   Provide Preventive Legal Advice to Clients

·   Draft and Implement proper workplace handbooks, policies, guidelines, and procedures

·   Draft proper employment contracts, arbitration agreements, non-disclosure agreement, non-compete agreements, and other legal and/or contractual agreements to protect employers

·   Provide day-to-day legal advice to Retainer Clients

INVESTIGATIONS

·   Sexual Harassment Investigations

·   Discrimination Harassment Investigations

·   Age Discrimination Investigations

·   Race, Sex, National Origin Discrimination Investigations

·   Disability Discrimination Investigations

·   Retaliation and/or Whistleblower Investigations

·   Conflicts of Interest Investigations

·   Board of Director Misconduct Investigations

·   Officer Misconduct Investigations

·   Employee Misconduct Investigations

 

MEDIATION, ARBITRATION, AND LITIGATION SERVICES

·   Represent clients in all aspects of mediation, arbitration, and litigation

·   Appear before local, state, and/or federal judicial bodies, administrative agencies, and/or regulatory tribunals

·   Defend clients against all labor and employment claims filed by disgruntled and troublesome employees, managers, supervisors, officers, directors, and/or shareholders.

·   Litigate business disputes on behalf of clients against former employees, competitors, vendors, suppliers, wholesalers, distributors, and/or various third party business entities and individuals.

 

LABOR RELATIONS AND PERSONNEL

·   Administrative Hearings-Civil Service and Personnel Board Hearings

·   Binding Arbitration of Rights and Interest Disputes

·   Discipline Issues

·   Discipline Issues and Employee Issues Involving Police and Fire Employees

·   Layoffs

·   Drafting Policies and Procedures

·   Memorandum of Understanding Administration

·   Police Bill of Rights

·   Public Employee Relations Board (PERB)

·   Public Transit District Laws

·   Representation Matters (e.g. recognition petition, unit modifications, decertification)

·   Unfair Labor Relations Practices

·   Review and Drafting personnel procedures and policies

·   Wage and hour issues (F.S.L.A.)

NEGOTIATIONS

·   Meet and Confer

·   Mediation

·   Arbitration

·   Interest Advisory and Binding arbitration

·   Fact Findings

OSHA

·   Defense against CALOSHA citations

WORKERS COMPENSATION

·   Defense of workers’ compensation claims

·   Serious and Willful Claims under Labor Code section 4553 et. seq.

·   Discrimination Claims under Labor Code Section 132(a).