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Street Cop Podcast

Episode 817: When To Lawyer Up with Chris Gray, ESQ

Street Cop Podcast

Street Cop Training

Education

4.9 • 967 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode, Dennis sits down with disability and pension Attorney, Chris Gray, ESQ. Christopher A. Gray was born and raised in the state of South Jersey. He is a graduate of Villanova University, where he earned a B.A. in political science. After Villanova, he received a J.D. from Widener University in 2007. Christopher has been an annual lecturer at the New Jersey State Policeman’s Benevolent Association’s collective bargaining seminar in the subject area of law enforcement officer’s rights and disability pensions through the Police and Firemen’s Retirement System. He practices in labor negotiations, unfair practices, representation petitions, grievances, and discipline through the PBA Legal Protection Plan. He also represents all NJ state workers before the Division of Pensions and Benefits for accidental disability applications, ordinary disability applications, involuntary pensions, and honorable service issues.  He has been known to try a Civil Rights, LAD, CEPA or criminal case too. Today, Dennis and Chris discuss the process of obtaining a disability or pension attorney, dealing with internal affair, finding the right representation, when you have the right to an attorney when being investigated by IA, the importance of being familiar with the guidelines in your state, injuries and workmen's comp and being an advocate for yourself. Find out more about Chris Gray here: https://sciarralaw.com/ If you like what you are hearing and want to stay in the loop with the latest in Street Cop Training, please follow our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/StreetCopTraining Don't forget to subscribe and rate the podcast, it truly helps! Sign up for classes here: https://streetcoptraining.com/course-list/Follow our podcast here: https://streetcoptraining.com/street-cop-podcast/    or    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/street-cop-podcast/id1538474515

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The other thing it confirms is most evaluations are only five to ten minutes for

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orthopedic exams and the doctors are writing, oh I spent a half hour with the

0:09.5

person, how'd you spend a half hour when the whole thing is recorded soup to nuts in 10 minutes?

0:14.3

I, it just, you have to be an advocate for yourself.

0:20.7

And I think that's what all of this goes down to.

0:22.3

If you don't advocate and try to protect yourself, no one else is going to be a street cop.

0:35.0

Hey guys, welcome this episode of the street cop

0:39.4

training podcast.

0:40.4

I'm your host, founder and CEO of street cop training.

0:41.6

My name is Dennis Pinino. I just

0:43.2

listen to an episode where I didn't say that. I actually said half of it. So I got to make sure

0:46.8

and I don't listen to my podcast very often, but I got to make sure that I do not miss my name.

0:51.0

It's an important part of this podcast. but a more important part of this podcast is a friend of mine.

0:56.6

He was actually an attorney that represented me a while back for when I left the job for a good wasn't on bad terms but Chris Gray not only does

1:07.9

disability pensions here in the state in New Jersey but he also does a significant amount of work with law enforcement and making sure

1:15.4

that they're defended appropriately, they're represented appropriately, and they have a

1:20.0

voice and the right representation when they encounter something that almost inevitably

1:25.3

is going to happen in law enforcement.

1:26.6

So I finally convinced his ass to get here after a year.

1:30.0

He invited me to like his fucking opening party.

1:32.0

I'm like I can't make it he like got mad and

1:35.0

I saw him in Atlantic City I might have been a little tipsy

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