Ferrone Law Group PLC

What Ferrone Law Group PLC does

Ferrone Law Group PLC is a California-based legal services firm founded in 1991 by John A. Ferrone (with Paul F. Ferrone joining in 1995) that specializes in representation of public safety professionals — police officers, firefighters, and correctional officers — along with the labor organizations that represent them. The firm operates five California offices (Westlake Village, Long Beach, Orange County, San Diego established May 2009, and Oakland) and is staffed by roughly 48 employees, including 18+ attorneys organized across founding partners, partners, senior associates, and associates, with the addition of two labor consultants embedded from fire-service backgrounds.

The firm's practice is organized around six core service areas: Workers' Compensation (with specialization in California first-responder presumptions for cancer, heart/lung, PTSD, and orthopedic injuries), Personal Injury, Employment Litigation (wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower), Labor & Contract Negotiations under the Meyer-Milias-Brown Act, Administrative Investigations (including officer-involved shooting and Skelly hearing defense), and Criminal Defense for on-duty and off-duty incidents. The firm has developed packaged institutional products such as Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) programs for municipal clients, a 24-hour OIS/Critical Incident Response Team, and offers free initial consultations as the primary intake mechanism.

The business model is conventional professional services legal billing — case-by-case representation through hourly and contingency arrangements on a quote basis, supplemented by ongoing institutional engagements with labor unions and municipalities for labor negotiation, grievance processing, and arbitration. Revenue is concentrated in California only, sourced from individual public safety clients, union referrals, and a small individual client segment for personal injury and employment matters. Distribution runs through direct attorney consultation across the five offices plus phone and live chat intake, reinforced by referrals from police unions, firefighter associations, and correctional officer organizations, and supported by an extensive online media library covering California public safety law developments such as SB 487, AB 621, Senate Bill 2, and The Honor Act. No proprietary technology platform is described; the firm has no disclosed funding, no parent company, and operates as a founder-led professional corporation under California law.

Name

Ferrone Law Group PLC

Legal name

Ferrone Law Group PLC

Website

https://ferronelawgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ferrone Law Group PLC is a California-based law firm representing police officers, firefighters, correctional officers, and labor organizations across workers' compensation, employment litigation, labor negotiations, administrative investigations, personal injury, and criminal defense.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services for Public Safety Professionals

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Regulatory & Compliance Law (BPAHAAAC), Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Workers compensation law
• Public safety law
• Employment litigation
• Personal injury law
• Criminal defense

Headquarters

HQ city

Westlake Village

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Professional Services: The firm generates revenue through legal fees for representing public safety professionals, labor organizations, and individuals in workers' compensation, employment litigation, personal injury, labor negotiations, administrative investigations, and criminal defense matters. Revenue is derived from professional legal services including case representation, consultations, and litigation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Ferrone Law Group PLC is a California-based law firm providing specialized legal representation for public safety professionals (police officers, firefighters, correctional officers), labor organizations, and individuals across six practice areas: Workers' Compensation, Personal Injury, Employment Litigation, Labor & Contract Negotiations, Administrative Investigations, and Criminal Defense. The firm operates from five California offices and delivers case representation, consultations, and litigation services focused on first responder-specific legal issues including presumptions for cancer, heart/lung, and PTSD claims, as well as Meyers-Milias-Brown Act labor negotiations and administrative defense.

Product overview

Ferrone Law Group PLC is a California-based law firm operating as a single unified legal practice rather than a platform architecture. The firm provides specialized legal services across six core practice areas: Workers' Compensation (representing first responders in work comp claims including cancer, heart, PTSD, and orthopedic presumptions), Personal Injury (civil litigation for accident victims), Employment Litigation (workplace rights and discrimination cases), Labor & Contract Negotiations (collective bargaining and union representation), Administrative Investigations (defense in internal affairs and officer-involved shootings), and Criminal Defense (for public safety professionals facing criminal charges). The firm serves police officers, firefighters, correctional officers, labor organizations, and general individuals throughout California.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Workers' Compensation

Quantifiable outcome

• High six-figure settlement against Kern High School District after two years of litigation
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Matian Group: California employment law firm representing workers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, and wage cases. Overlaps with Ferrone's Employment Litigation practice for non-public-safety individual clients in California.
• Lackie Greer Greer: California public safety defense firm representing peace officers, firefighters, and correctional officers in administrative investigations, criminal defense, and labor matters. Comparable niche focus, similar client base, and overlapping service lines with Ferrone's administrative investigations and labor practice.
• Aardvark Law Group: California-based law firm that represents public safety officers, firefighters, and correctional officers in workers' compensation, employment, and labor matters statewide. Closest head-to-head competitor to Ferrone in the California first-responder legal niche with similar geographic spread and referral-driven GTM.
• Eric G. Oliver & Associates: California law firm specializing in the defense of peace officers, firefighters, and public safety employees in criminal, administrative, and civil matters. Directly comparable client segment and service mix to Ferrone's public safety defense practice.
• Hodes Milman Liebeck: California-based law firm focused on workers' compensation defense and personal injury matters with significant first-responder case work. Comparable practice mix to Ferrone's workers' comp and personal injury offerings, though with a broader claimant and defense docket.
• Collins Collins & Castro: California-based firm with a strong workers' compensation and employment practice serving injured workers, including first responders. Comparable workers' comp focus and California-only footprint to Ferrone.

Broad incumbents

• Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver: Established California civil and employment law firm with a dedicated public safety practice serving peace officers, firefighters, and correctional officers. Larger and broader than Ferrone but competes head-on in the same employment/labor and workers' comp niches.
• Fisher & Phillips LLP: National labor and employment law firm with a California presence and growing public safety practice group serving municipalities and public safety agencies. Represents employers rather than employees in many matters, but competes for public safety-related mandates and counsel relationships.

Others

• Lexipol LLC: Public safety training, policy, and content platform that serves many of the same law enforcement and fire agencies that are Ferrone clients. Adjacent rather than competitive—prior employer of Ferrone associate Michael Neaderbaomer—but interacts with the same customer ecosystem and referral networks.

Regional players

• Veenstra & Associates: California workers' compensation firm with significant public safety and first responder case experience. Comparable specialty within the workers' comp vertical though narrower overall service line than Ferrone.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ferrone-law-group-plc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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