Government regulations change very often.  Some disappear, new ones are added, and others are modified overnight in the blink of an eye.  It's easy to become lost in this maze of ever changing government regulations, and it's definitely an issue if you are a business owner.  If you ever come into conflict with a government regulation or regulations, a Los Angeles Administrative Lawyer is there to help you.

Some people may confuse an Administrative Lawyer with a Los Angeles EDD Lawyer.  The role of an EDD Lawyer from Los Angeles is to assist you in the event that you are denied a request for unemployment insurance benefits and your challenge has been filed to the Employment Development Department (otherwise known as the EDD).  

1. When Will You Need an Administrative Lawyer?

• It doesn't matter whether the regulation is at the local, state or federal level.  An administrative lawyer can help you.

• You'll specifically need to hire an Administrative Lawyer if passed government regulations negatively impact your business, if you intentionally or unintentionally fail to comply with a government regulation, if your business has suffered a loss of profit simply due to a government regulation, if your employees have been denied benefits due to the regulations without notice or without time to prepare for the loss in income, if a regulation results in you having your business license taken away, or finally (and perhaps most importantly), if a government agency at any level has filed a lawsuit against your company.

• Most lawyers choose to charge their clients based on an hourly rate, and Los Angeles administrative lawyers are no exception.  This rate will be dependent on factors such as how complex the job is or what is required of them.  An alternative payment play is the contingency payment, which means that the lawyer will win a predetermined percentage of your winnings in the event that you win the case.  Administrative lawyers take an obvious risk with a contingency payment plan: if you lose the case, they don't get paid.    

2.  When Should You Hire an EDD Lawyer?

• If you are seeking to hire a Los Angeles EDD lawyer, you have to file your appeal within 20 days after the EDD has made their decision.  If you don't, a lawyer may elect not to help you.

• After this, you will be scheduled a hearing after your case has been transferred to the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.  It's important that you have an EDD lawyer with you in the courtroom defending your case, as your employer is likely to bring up stacks of arguments against you in a strong defense.