Get Your Legal Questions Answered for Free

Since its launch in July, countless COA members have availed themselves of the COA Legal Services Resource Program. The program offers members exclusively one-half hour (30 minutes) per month* of free legal telephone and research work with an attorney at the COA longtime law firm of Wilke Fleury. The COA Legal Services Resource Program assists members in areas of the law related the practice of optometry, including:

• Business tax issues
• Business owner succession planning
• Cal-OSHA/Prop 65 issues
• Contract issues
• Employment law
• Licensure issues
• Practice ownership and organizational structure
• Regulatory and administrative law
• California State Board of Optometry rules and enforcement issues

To access this resource, simply:

1. Call Wilke Fleury at 916-441-2430
2. Provide your COA member number.
3. Ask for the attorney who best meets your issue:

• For issues pertaining to employment and practice succession, contact Stephen Marmaduke
• For all other legal matters, contact William A. (Bill) Gould, Jr. or Daniel Baxter.

All services are confidential. Any agreement for contracted services, beyond the COA free benefit, is between the individual optometrist and the attorney.