Law Enforcement Officers Disciplinary and Employment Matters - Law enforcement officers - municipal police officers, county sheriffs, county and state corrections, Health and Human Services police, New Jersey State Troopers and county prosecutor's investigators and detectives - can face various disciplinary and other employment actions which must be vigorously defended. One of the Firm's partners, John C. Eastlack, Jr., is widely recognized throughout State of New Jersey for the legal representation of law enforcement officers when adverse employment actions are instituted against them. Mr. Eastlack and the team of attorneys in this practice area vigorously represent their clients in all stages of disciplinary investigations when charges are filed; criminal investigations and charges; and when other adverse employment actions are taken against law enforcement officers. Mr. Eastlack is an approved attorney for the Policemen's Benevolent Association, Fraternal Order of Police, State Trooper Fraternal Association and State Trooper Non-Commission Officers. The representation may be in the local disciplinary hearing, the Office of Administrative Law or in the Superior Court of New Jersey. The Firm also represents law enforcement officers when sued for alleged civil rights violations, allegations of excessive force, wrongful arrest and a wide variety of other lawsuits in both the State and Federal court. The Firm also represents officers in matters before the New Jersey Public Employee Relations Commission (PERC), the New Jersey Division of Civil Rights, and has provided advice and counsel to numerous police departments, chiefs of police, and municipalities concerning the disciplinary process and internal affairs, collective bargaining agreements, employment contracts, and a wide variety of other issues that effect police department operations and procedures.