Richard Kreisler has devoted much of his
30-year legal career to the representation of California law enforcement
professionals. After having spent the first 14 of those years
representing police and fire associations exclusively, Richard joined
LCW in 1989, confining his practice to the employment relations
representation of police chiefs, sheriffs, fire chiefs and other public
sector managers. Having developed invaluable insights into police and
fire administration and the inner workings of the public safety/labor
management relationship as a result of the first phase of his career,
Richard brings an unprecedented insider’s perspective to the
representation of management, which maximizes the ability of his police
administration clients to anticipate and counter issues developed by
associations and their members.
Richard provides
ongoing counsel to a significant number of police and fire chiefs, to
the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, and to other police and
fire administrators state-wide. He has particular expertise in
conducting internal affairs investigations, prosecuting administrative
disciplinary proceedings and defending law enforcement civil litigation
in both state and federal courts. Richard also represents many other
public sector agencies, specializing in all aspects of the negotiating
process and in grievances and impasse proceedings arising in connection
with the meet and confer process. Richard has participated in interest
based fact-finding and arbitration periodically since 1975.
Richard’s commitment to
representation of management in the bargaining field is exemplified by
his representation and provision of bargaining counsel to municipalities
having from 7 to 7,000 public safety employees. A savvy negotiator,
Richard has participated in the negotiation of several hundred contracts
regarding police, fire and general municipal units.
A
member of the United States Supreme Court Bar, Richard is a frequent
instructor at professional organizations throughout California. He is
the author of Administrative and Legal Challenges to Law Enforcement
Management and The Police Chief and Sheriff’s Bill of Rights Act,
both Liebert Cassidy Whitmore guides to police management. He is also
co-author of a manual on the Public Safety Officer’s Procedural Bill of
Rights Act.
Richard
was chosen as a 2006 Southern California SuperLawyer!
Richard was chosen as a
2007 Southern California SuperLawyer!
Richard was chosen as a
2008 Southern California SuperLawyer!
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