O’Connor * Telezinski
was founded in December of
2005 with the goal of providing high-quality legal
representation to public and private employers in
workers’
compensation,
employment law, and business
litigation matters. We offer
personalized,
accessible
service to meet the technical needs of our clients. We
are
also committed to providing exceptional
value to
our clients by addressing each matter in an efficient
and pragmatic
manner, with due consideration to our
client’s objectives.
We take pride in
our ability to achieve the balance of
experience, skill, efficiency, and creativity. Our
philosophy is to provide the
highest quality legal service
in a timely and efficient manner with
careful attention
to the legal, financial, and practical
aspects of each
case.
The firm consists
of three partners and an
experienced
support staff. We focus
on providing counseling and
litigation services to employers, insurance carriers, and
third party
administrators while we have developed a
reputation for professionalism,
innovation, and client
satisfaction. We defend all aspects of workers'
compensation
claims including 132a discrimination
claims and claims for serious and willful
misconduct. The
firm maintains a state-of-the-art computer
system, which will be
able to transition to a
paperless system under EAMS.
The firm makes it a point to learn about their clients’
particular needs. They have developed
expertise
in handling issues arising under the California
Education Code, as
well as workers’ compensation
issues particular to law enforcement and other
safety officers. Ms. O’Connor and Mr.
Telezinski also
hold the Associate in Risk Management for Public
Entities (ARM-P) designation.
Carrie C.
O’Connor graduated from
a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 1992. She
then graduated from
Western State
University College of Law in
obtained her
license to practice law in 1995. Ms. O’Connor began the
practice of law
by representing businesses in general business law matters as
a partner in her
own firm, O’Connor and Wente, which operated for six
years. Ms. O’Connor successfully
represented
numerous private businesses
in contract reviews and negotiation, business
formation, mergers, and
litigation. In 2002, Ms. O’Connor became an
associate with Serembe,
Bakke & Seaman, a San Bernardino law firm devoted
to defending
workers’ compensation claims, where she primarily represented
permissibly
self-insured public and private entities, as
well as insurance carriers. In
2005, Ms. O’Connor resumed ownership of her own
firm, O’Connor * Telezinski,
with Joseph C.
Telezinski, Jr. as
her partner. Ms. O'Connor is a Founding Partner of the firm.
Joseph C. Telezinski, Jr. has
been a resident of
grade school. Mr. Telezinski has more than six years
of business
management experience prior to becoming an attorney and holds a Bachelor
of Business Administration degree. He ranked
third in his class at the time
he
graduated from Western State University College of Law in Fullerton,
California,
in 2000. He obtained his license
to practice law that same year,
and became an associate at Serembe, Bakke &
Seaman, a San Bernardino
law firm devoted to defending workers’ compensation claims, where he
primarily represented permissibly self-insured public and private
entities, as
well as insurance carriers. In 2005, Mr. Telezinski
joined with Carrie C.
O’Connor to form O’Connor *
Telezinski. He is certified as a
specialist in workers’ compensation
law by the State Bar of California Board of
Specialization. He also is the author
and presenter of the
Wickstrom
Insurance & Risk Training Center’s
California Workers’ Compensation Series for claims
professionals. Mr. Telezinski is a Founding
Partner and is Managing Partner of the firm.
Erin R. Richardson holds a Bachelor of Science in
Criminal Justice from
California Lutheran University and graduated magna
cum laude from
Whittier School of
Law in 2002 , earning her license to practice law that
same year. Ms.
Richardson’s years in law school included a three-year
fellowship in the Center
for Children’s Rights, as well as a clerkship with the
Orange County
District
Attorney’s office. She then began her career with
Serembe, Bakke &
Seaman, engaged in the practice of Workers’
Compensation Defense. In
2003, Erin returned home to the Conejo Valley
and joined the firm of Graves,
Roberson & Bourassa, where she exclusively
practiced for five years
in the
field of Workers’ Compensation Defense,
representing
insurance carriers, permissibly
self-insured employers, the
California Insurance Guarantee Association, and
various
public entities. In
2008, Ms. Richardson joined O’Connor * Telezinski as Managing
Partner of the San Fernando
Valley/Ventura County office.
REPRESENTATIVE
CLIENTS
Currently, O’Connor *
Telezinski represents clients including Adelanto School District,
Alta Loma
School District, Apple Valley Unified School
District, Barstow Unified School
District, Chaffey
Community College, Colton Joint Unified School
District,
Needles Unified School District, Oro
Grande Elementary School District, Quality
Printing, Rim of the World School District, Self-Insurers
Security Fund, Silver
Valley Unified School District, Snowline Joint Unified School District,
Travelers
Insurance, Victor Elementary School District, and
Yucaipa-Calimesa
Joint Unified School District.
During their careers, the firm’s partners
also have represented various public entities, including the
City of Ontario, the
City of Oxnard, the City of Redlands, the City of San Bernardino, the
County of
Los Angeles, the County of Riverside, the County of
San Bernardino, and the
County of Ventura.
Members of the firm support and participate in the following
professional and service organizations:
State Bar of California, Riverside
County Bar Association, San Fernando Valley Bar Association,
Ventura County Bar
Association, California Workers’ Compensation Defense Attorneys
Association,
Workers’ Compensation Forum of the Inland
Empire, Public Agency Risk Management
Association,
California Association of Joint Powers Authorities,
Greater Riverside
Chambers of Commerce, and
Kiwanis Club of Riverside.