About Us

Mastagni, Holstedt, Amick, Miller, Johnsen & Uhrhammer is a full service general practice law firm providing representation in labor and employment law, wage and hour litigation, personal injury and other civil litigation, workers' compensation, disability retirement, Social Security disability appeals, and public employment contract negotiations.

Mastagni, Holstedt, Amick, Miller, Johnsen & Uhrhammer is listed in the Martindale Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers and carries the "AV" rating in the Martindale Hubbell Law Directory. The "A" signifies the highest level of legal ability, while the "V" denotes "very high" adherence to the professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability, and diligence.

Labor & Employment Law

Mastagni, Holstedt, Amick, Miller, Johnsen & Uhrhammer has been representing public safety employees and their labor associations throughout all of California since 1976. We represent public employees and labor unions in the areas of labor and employment law, employee discipline, wage and hour litigation, and collective bargaining.

Our experienced staff of attorneys, labor negotiators, paralegals and support personnel work as a team to provide our clients with an unparalleled range of services not available from any other labor law firm in California. Our attorneys represent employees in state wage and hour claims, contract disputes, disability retirement appeals, and other employment disputes, and provide litigation support to our contract negotiators.

Fair Labor Standards Act

The Labor Department has a team of attorneys who represent public and private sector clients in Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) litigation throughout California. Our FLSA team of litigators and support staff has been successful in many recent cases in obtaining back pay, liquidated damages, costs, and other remedies, for police officers, deputy sheriffs, and firefighters throughout all of California.

Contract Negotiations

Mastagni, Holstedt, Amick, Miller, Johnsen & Uhrhammer has a team of experienced law enforcement labor negotiators who provide collective bargaining services, representation at "meet and confer" sessions, and assistance with contract grievances. Our negotiators have over 150 years of combined experience in contract negotiation and enforcement, labor association operations, and police practices.

We approach contract negotiations with the same fresh, professional and problem-solving perspective as with our other areas of practice. Our negotiators use detailed demographics, crime statistics, salary comparables and financial audits and analysis to prepare a comprehensive negotiations strategy for our labor association clients.

Our negotiators are recognized statewide as experts in the 3%@50 enhanced retirement benefit, binding arbitration, and health care benefits. We have one of the highest 3%@50 success rates in the state and have been instrumental in implementing union-sponsored health care savings plans and other mechanisms for reducing health care costs for represented employees.

Workers' Compensation

Mastagni, Holstedt, Amick, Miller, Johnsen & Uhrhammer has been a leader in workers' compensation litigation for 30 years. Our Workers' Compensation Department represents injured workers from all walks of life throughout California, with an emphasis on law enforcement occupations. Our workers' compensation attorneys and staff are essential to the firm's unique ability to provide a coordinated resolution of safety employees' many entitlements in injury cases with the integration of civil settlements, compensation for on the job injury, and retirement benefits arising from the same injury.

With recent significant changes in workers' compensation benefits imposed in California, Mastagni, Holstedt, Amick, Miller, Johnsen & Uhrhammer has continued to be on the leading edge of workers' compensation litigation with new approaches to independent medical evaluations and coordinated case management. Our attorneys and staff work together to provide exemplary and timely assistance to injured workers from the onset of a case through litigation, settlement, and appeal.

Civil Litigation

The Civil Litigation Department at Mastagni, Holstedt, Amick, Miller, Johnsen & Uhrhammer represents parties in a diverse range of litigation involving motor vehicle accidents, products liability, premises liability, uninsured and underinsured motorist claims, professional negligence, medical malpractice, wrongful termination and workplace harassment, gender and sexual discrimination claims, and catastrophic injury. Our civil litigators practice throughout California in federal and state trial and appellate courts to provide effective representation to our clients.

Our staff of experienced litigators approach every client's case with a results-oriented philosophy that demands aggressive representation from filing the complaint through settlement or trial. The Civil Litigation Department attorneys have tried to verdict over 100 jury trials in state and federal courts throughout California. We bring together our in-house investigators, an aggressive approach to discovery, and case-specific expert witness evaluations to provide a coordinated strategy designed to achieve the best outcome for the client in mediation, arbitration or trial.

Social Security Disability

At Mastagni, Holstedt, Amick, Miller, Johnsen & Uhrhammer, we work to protect income for injured public safety employees and other injured workers by providing representation to claimants throughout all of California in Social Security and SSI disability appeals. Our attorneys handle appeals at Social Security district offices and hearings before administrative law judges.

The law firm of Mastagni, Holstedt, Amick, Miller, Johnsen & Uhrhammer is committed to providing you with the best representation possible through effective lawyering that meets the needs and goals of your particular case.

Protecting Your Rights Is Our Commitment