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Robert "Bob" W. Krause is uniquely qualified to represent the interest of public safety officers due to his extensive background, life experiences, education and dedication to the needs of the rank and file members in public service.
Bob started his early education by completing his certificate of competence and then obtaining an associate of arts degree in Police Science from Mira Costa College, Oceanside, California. Shortly after his 21st birthday, Bob was hired by the Oceanside Police Department where he began an almost 15 year career, after graduating first in his academy class (44th San Diego Sheriffs). Bob has since retired as a Sergeant from the Oceanside Police Department. He also holds a Life-Time Teaching Credential having served as an Adjunct Professor at both Mira Costa and Palomar College in Southern California.
While employed as a police officer, Bob obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in the Administration of Criminal Justice and ultimately went on to complete law school obtaining his Juris Doctorate, graduating near the top of his class. In law school, he was awarded the prestigious American Jurisprudence Award, won the Bingham Scholarship for legal writing, and was invited to write for the Law Review.
As an officer with the Oceanside Police Department, Bob began honing skills that would later become invaluable in representing today’s police officers and other public safety employees. Having been assigned to patrol, traffic and detectives on a number of occasions, Bob honed his skills in accident investigation and general patrol duties. During his tenure, he was assigned to vice and narcotics; and was an investigator and ultimately a sergeant in the violent crimes unit. During such assignments, Bob was tasked to deal with officer involved shootings, internal affairs matters, as well as a number of homicides. He handled very sensitive/complicated investigations while dutied to the vice narcotics division. All of this bodes well for Bob’s clients today because he has a genuine understanding of what the "Beat Cop" goes through along with the intricacies of specialized assignments.
Bob was very active in his police association having served as president, treasurer and chief negotiator over a period of many years of service. In those roles, Bob became a lay advocate of his membership. Bob, along with some strong board members at the time, pioneered political activism from the association level. From the chair of the presidency of his association, he was able to successfully coordinate the first and only successful job action by the Oceanside Police Officers' Association. This valuable experience carries over to his law practice when faced with the possibility of coordinating such efforts on behalf of his clients. In short, Bob has "been there, done that" and has an intimate understanding of the officers’ point of view. It has become necessary to employ those skills for a number of clients over the past 24 years of practicing law on behalf of peace officer clients.
In 1984, Bob was recruited away from the Oceanside Police Department and was hired by the then fledgling PORAC Labor Representation Program. As a staff attorney with the Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC), Bob represented police associations state wide in labor relation matters including labor disputes, contract negotiations, administrative appeals, and other related disciplinary actions. Very early in his legal career, Bob’s talents were recognized by the leadership of PORAC and he was quickly promoted to the position of Supervising Attorney for the Southern California PORAC Labor Offices.
In 1986, Bob joined up with his former attorney and friend, Richard H. Castle Jr., who at that time had been the PORAC Legal Defense Fund Administrator and Chief Counsel to PORAC Labor Programs. Bob and Dick formed the Law Offices of Castle & Krause based in Southern California continuing to represent clients in all venues including the Appellate Courts. In that capacity, Bob has continued to successfully defend many complicated cases winning back numerous lost jobs/careers for police officers and other public safety employees. He has also successfully negotiated scores of contracts (MOU’s) on behalf of several client associations. In August 2003 Castle & Krause merged with the long existing Legal Defense Fund panel firm "The Petersen Law Firm" to form Castle, Petersen & Krause. In the summer of 2007, Castle, Petersen & Krause merged with Jackson DeMarco Tidus Peckenpaugh to bolster its existing practice.
In September 2008, Bob became of counsel at Bobbitt, Pinckard & Fields, A.P.C. where Bob continues his practice of representing the interests of public safety employees with an emphasis on peace officers. Bob’s expertise and experiences pay great dividends for his clients and will continue to do so on into the future.
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