California CalPERS Attorneys

California CalPERS Attorneys
Sworn Employee Disability Retirement

Whether or not the disability is service-related, many city, county or state public safety workers encounter opposition when filing for disability retirement benefits under the California CalPERs law.

Faunce, Singer, Oatman & Woodson is the only law firm in California that focuses exclusively on retirement disability for public employees. We have helped many hundreds of employees in Southern California and statewide who are denied disability retirement benefits or whose employers tried to force them into early retirement rather than accommodate the disability.

We assist both sworn and non-sworn employees of city, county, state and special district agencies covered under the California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS). We also represent those county workers who are covered under the 1937 County Employee Retirement Law (CERL).

Let an Experienced CalPERS Attorney Protect Your Rights

We represent all public safety workers covered by CalPERS, including police officers and other peace officers and sworn law enforcement personnel; firefighters and other sworn rescue workers; prison guards and other sworn corrections officers.

A California CalPERS attorney can protect your rights and preserve one of your largest assets if you have become disabled and cannot return to the same job you had. It is important to involve an attorney early in the process if you are considering retirement on your doctor’s recommendation, or if your employer is forcing you to retire. The success rate for appealing a denied claim is much lower than for initial claims that are properly prepared and carefully presented to CalPERS.

The outcome of your claim also depends on whether you are employed by a state agency or by a city or local agency. A state board determines state employees’ cases, while decisions on retirement disability for city and local employees are made by the local agency, and results vary greatly. Faunce, Singer, Oatman & Woodson is familiar with hundreds of public agencies throughout California.

Your CalPERS retirement disability pension benefits are typically worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, perhaps a million dollars or more, over a lifetime. Contact Faunce, Singer, Oatman & Woodson today to assert your rights and protect your pension. We take disability retirement cases on a contingency fee for most clients, and we offer free consultations to discuss your case.

California’s CalPERS Attorneys
Faunce, Singer, Oatman & Woodson