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).