Frederick Engbarth

Frederick John Engbarth
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
37 Old Courthouse Square, Suite 203
Santa Rosa, California 95404
(707) 578-5540

Education:

J.D.                                                  Empire College School of Law                  198
B.A.                                                  University of California, Irvine                    1970

Post Graduate Study in Humanistic Psychology and Education.

Admitted to the Practice of Law:

Supreme Court of California                                                             Since         1980
United States District Court, Northern District of California         Since         1980
United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth District                      Since         1981
Supreme Court of the United States of America                            Since         1984

 Related Teaching Experience:

Instructor                                    Empire College School of Law                         1984-1990

   Legal Research and Writing
   Introduction to Legal Studies
   Legal Practice & Writing        

 Instructor                                    Sonoma State University Paralegal Program       1982
      Legal Research                                                                                   

                                            
Practice of Law (Training and Experience):

 Private Practice (1984-present): I have practiced law, as a “sole practitioner” in Santa Rosa, California, continuously since 1984. During that time I have represented clients in the  areas of practice: labor and employment; defense of professional licenses; and, education.

 My practice in the representation of public and private sector employees with labor and employment disputes includes internal investigations, grievances, discipline, discrimination complaints, disability, layoffs, exit and settlement  agreements, mediations and arbitrations, enforcement of labor agreements, workplace violence, retaliation,  and “wrongful terminations.”

I represent clients before the State Personnel Board; the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; the Department of Fair Employment and Housing; the Sonoma County Employees’ Retirement Association;Labor Commissioner; Unemployment Insurance Appeals;  local grievance and disciplinary boards; and,state and federal court.

 I also represent clients before state licensing boards and the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH).

 From 2003-2007, the Service Employees International Union, Local 707, retained my services to serve as its Staff Counsel. In that capacity, I had the opportunity, in addition to my usual services, to train and mentor that organization’s field staff in the management of employment and labor disputes.

Public Sector Employment  (1971-1984) I was employed, on a full-time basis, at Sonoma State University, in positions ranging from Student Affairs Assistant  through Associate Dean of Students and  Assistant to the President-Judicial Affairs Officer.(Academic Specialist) My early assignments were in the Student Affairs Division, ranging from those of a student affairs assistant (Student Affairs Assistant I-II and Student Affairs Officer III) to Associate Dean of Students (Student Affairs Officer IV) and included responsibility for program development and the management of student, faculty, and staff grievances, discipline and other personnel matters.

Practice limited to residents of the California counties of Marin, Mendocino, and Sonoma. Office hours are by confirmed appointment only. Call (707) 578-5540 to schedule an appointment.