Wylie, McBride Platten & Renner has over 50 years of experience in Labor and Employment Law. Our firm has provided legal counsel and advice to private and public sector unions throughout the state of California and the United States since 1967. Our firm is dedicated to protecting the legal rights of unions and working people. We take great pride in both our success rate and in the high level of our clients' satisfaction. OUR ATTORNEYS: CHRISTOPHER E. PLATTEN Mr. Platten joined Wylie, McBride, Platten & Renner in 1983 and is now the sole Shareholder. His practice focuses on labor law, wrongful termination, wage and hour enforcement and employment discrimination. He anchors the law firm’s public sector labor organization practice. In his career, Mr. Platten has negotiated hundreds of agreements. He has prosecuted hundreds of grievance arbitrations, interest arbitrations, administrative hearings, jury trials and writ actions on behalf of his clients. He has argued a wide range of labor and employment cases, many of which are published. JOHN McBRIDE Mr. McBride was one of the founding partners of Wylie, McBride, Platten & Renner in 1967. Although Mr. McBride retired as founding partner in 2016, he continues his thriving practice in the firm. His practice focuses on civil trials, including personal injury, employment, real estate, public sector labor law and product liability. Mr. McBride has tried dozens of matters before judges and juries in federal, state and administrative forums. ROBERT E. JESINGER Mr. Jesinger was a shareholder with Wylie, McBride, Platten & Renner for 24 years before leaving to pursue a career as in-house counsel for one or our labor union clients where he retired in 2015. We were proud to welcome Robert back in 2017 as an of counsel attorney. Mr. Jesinger has 45 years overall experience working with Labor Unions and their employee benefit Taft-Hartley Trust Funds.