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The Attorneys Handling The Lawsuits

The lawsuit is being handled by the same team of lawyers who brought the first FLSA lawsuit against the City of Honolulu, Vlad Devens and Will Aitchison.

Vlad Devens, of the Honolulu firm Winer Meheula & Devens LLP received his B.A. in economics with high honors from the University of California at Berkeley, where he graduated magna cum laude and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He received his J.D. from the University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law where he was an Associate Editor of the Industrial Relations Law Journal. Mr. Devens practiced with the law firm Ikazaki, Devens, Lo, Youth & Nakano and worked as a police officer with the Honolulu Police Department before joining Winer Meheula Devens & Bush, LLP in 1995.

Mr. Devens has represented a variety of clients including SHOPO (State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers) and the boxing organization Golden Gloves of Hawaii. Fluent in Japanese, Mr. Devens has represented several corporations from Japan. Currently Mr. Devens continues to work with the Honolulu Police Department in a reserve officer capacity, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii.

Will Aitchison, of the Portland, Oregon law firm of Aitchison & Vick is a 1976 graduate from the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., has been representing police unions for more than 20 years. Aitchison has handled numerous FLSA lawsuits on behalf of police officers around the country, recovering millions of dollars in damages.

In addition to acting as the day-to-day attorney for the police associations in Portland and Anchorage, Aitchison has written seven books on public safety labor relations issues, including The Fair Labor Standards Act — A User's Manual and The Rights of Law Enforcement Officers. Aitchison has taught classes on police officer rights to well over 10,000 police officers nationwide.

Both firms have indicated a willingness to handle the lawsuits on a contingent fee basis, meaning employees joining the lawsuits will owe no attorney fees unless and until a recovery is made on their behalf.