Welcome to Donnell, Melgoza & Scates LLP
Our legal team, David W. Donnell and Madeline Kim Scates (Partners), Manuel M. Melgoza
(Of Counsel), Perry P. Poff (Senior Associate Attorney), and Associate Attorneys Mathew S.
McMillan and James J. Shin, have several decades of experience defending employers in
Occupational Safety and Health cases (Cal/OSHA and OSHA), and in defense of Workers’
Compensation “Serious and Willful” claims.
The attorneys at Donnell, Melgoza & Scates LLP are among the country’s leading experts in
OSHA law and “Serious and Willful” defense.
WHEN DO EMPLOYERS REQUEST OUR ASSISTANCE?
- Immediately following a worksite incident/accident.
- When determining whether Cal/OSHA must be notified of an injury/illness.
- When a Cal/OSHA compliance or criminal investigator appears at the accident site.
- When Cal/OSHA serves the employer with a Document Request Sheet.
- When Cal/OSHA serves the employer with notification that a “serious” citation will be issued (Cal/OSHA 1BY form).
- When citations are issued and the employer wishes to discuss whether Appeals should be filed.
- When a “Serious and Willful” claim is filed with the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board on behalf of the injured employee.
- When the employer has any other compliance/legal/interpretive questions.