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Robert M. Wexler

Partner

Primary Office: Southern California
Email: RWexler@RLSlawyers.com
Phone: 310.393.1486
Fax: 310.395.5801

Education
• B.A., Chapman University
• J.D., Southwestern University School of Law

Robert Wexler is the managing partner of the firm’s Southern California practice and heads its Southern California Collective Bargaining Practice Group.  Rob has over 25 years’ experience advising labor associations and their members on all matters relating to contract negotiations, grievances, disciplinary investigations, bargaining unit certifications, wage and hour claims, disability rights, and pension and retirement matters.  In 2011 he was selected for inclusion in the Southern California SuperLawyers list.

During his career Rob has represented an array of labor organizations, including some of the largest municipal police and firefighter associations in California. He has also successfully represented individual employees facing disciplinary and criminal prosecution and represented roughly 400 officers involved in on-duty and off-duty shootings.

Robert is a prolific and popular presenter and he frequently lectures and writes about collective bargaining, the protections afforded safety employees under the Public Safety Officers’ Procedural Bill of Rights Act and the Firefighters’ Procedural Bill of Rights Act, Free Speech, and Privacy Rights.  He has been a featured presenter for many organizations including: the Police Officers’ Research Association of California (PORAC), Labor Relations Information System (LRIS), the Southern California Internal Affairs Investigators’ Association, the California Public Employment Labor Relations Association (CALPELRA), the National Public Employment Labor Relations Association (NPELRA), the International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR) and the California Professional Firefighters (CPF).  In addition, his articles that have appeared in various publications including PORAC News, In Pursuit Of, The Rap Sheet and the Hot Sheet and he has appeared on KCAL, KTLA, FOX, and KNX and KFI news radio.

Robert graduated from Southwestern University School of Law’s prestigious SCALE program, where he received the Wildeman Scholarship for Academic Excellence and was a member of Phi Delta Phi International Honors Society.  He and his wife, Jennifer, are proud parents of two daughters.

Bulletins & Publications:
  • New Legislation Allows Public Employee Unions Reasonable Release Time without Loss of Compensation Benefits
  • The Tale of the Tape: To Record or Not to Record
  • California Supreme Court Subjects Private Electronic Accounts to the Public Records Act
  • Supreme Court Holds Bill of Rights Act Does Not Require Supervisor’s Adverse Comments to be Subject to Review and Comment by Employee
  • The Voter Empowerment Act of 2016: Chuck Reed’s and Carl DeMaio’s Latest Assault on Public Employees
  • Peace Officer Personnel Files and the California Public Records Act
  • RLS Workers’ Compensation Alternative Dispute Resolution Carve-Out Program
  • Rains Lucia Stern Welcomes Robert M. Wexler!
  • Fitness for Duty Evaluations: Everything You Need to Know About Your Rights
  • Domestic Partners May Be Entitled to Benefits
  • RPOA Rebuttal to KNX Radio Criticism
News & Press:
  • Sheriff’s Employees Get 25 Percent Raises
  • PERS Thank You Message
  • LAUSD Officers’ Suspensions Overturned, Reduced
  • Illegally Obtained Drug Tests Results Ordered Sealed
  • Pensions continue eating more of local budgets
  • Councilman’s Son is Suspect in Drug Case
  • Court Vindicates Deputy’s Rights
  • Colton POA Signs Three-Year Contract
  • El Segundo POA Inks Rich MOU; Includes 3% @ 50
  • Police, City Contract Talks at a Standstill
  • Officers’ Drug Tests Barred from Release
  • San Gabriel Contract Talks with Police Are Stalled
  • Riverside Police, Chief at Odds Over Officer’s Drug Test
Upcoming Classes & Speaking Engagements:
  • April 11th, 2019 – LRIS Collective Bargaining Class (Las Vegas, NV)
Past Classes:
  • Feb. 1st, 2019 – RLS Labor Symposium (Moraga, CA)
  • Feb. 6th – Feb. 8th, 2019 – Public Safety Union Leadership (Las Vegas, NV)
  • Nov. 14th – 16th, 2018 – Advanced Course in Police Discipline (Las Vegas, NV)
  • June 21st, 2018 – “Protecting Cops in the 21st Century” Symposium (Costa Mesa, CA)
  • April 18th – April 20th, 2018 – LRIS Collective Bargaining Seminar (Las Vegas, NV)
  • Feb. 7th- Feb. 9th, 2018 – LRIS Public Safety Union Leadership Seminar (Las Vegas, NV)
  • Sept. 6th – 8th, 2017 – 3rd Annual Law Enforcement Association Leadership Symposium (San Diego, CA)
  • Jun. 22, 2017 – Protecting Cops in the 21st Century Symposium (Newport Beach, CA)
  • Feb. 10, 2017 – LRIS Public Safety Union Leadership – Strategies Tips and Insights, (Las Vegas. NV)
  • Feb. 3, 2017 – RLS Labor Symposium 2017 (Moraga, CA)
  • More Past Classes

Disclaimer: Any results set forth herein are based upon the facts of that particular case and do not represent a promise or guarantee.

 
Robert M. Wexler
 

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    • Timothy K. Talbot
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