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David E. Mastagni is a partner with the law firm of Mastagni Holstedt, APC, who specializes in labor and employment law, including trial and appellate litigation in California and federal courts. In particular, he handles complex civil, class action and collective action litigation, claims arising out of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the U.S. and California Constitutions, the California Labor Code, the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, and other statutes protecting the rights of employees. He has successfully litigated vested rights cases involving multi-million dollar impairments of pension and contract rights by public entities.

David also devotes his practice to representing public safety employees and their unions in a variety of areas, including officer involved shootings, disciplinary proceedings, unfair labor practices, civil litigation and collective bargaining. David is an experienced panel attorney for the Peace Officers' Research Association of California (PORAC) Legal Defense Fund. He frequently gives lectures on the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act, Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act, critical incident investigations, wage and hour litigation, the California Public Records Act, labor relations, and other employment related issues.

David has attained the highest Peer Review Rating of AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and was named to Super Lawyers Northern California Rising Stars from 2011-2014 and to Super Lawyers Northern California 2015-2018. He was named to the Best of Bar from 2013-2016 by the Sacramento Business Journal, and to Top Attorneys in Sacramento by Sacramento Magazine from 2015-2018.

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