CLEAT lawyers are a world apart from the lawyers in the phone book or the lawyers from the late night television commercials.
CLEAT attorneys specialize in working only for Texas law enforcement personnel.
Who are our CLEAT Attorneys?
CLEAT has 19 attorneys employed as full-time staff and over 60 regional attorneys!
Our staff attorneys are:
- Former police officers
- Several former Assistant District Attorneys
- Former Assistant Attorney General
- Former public safety union president
- Former private practice litigators
These men and women are standing by 24/7 to look after our member’s best interests. Whether you’ve been involved in a shooting, a critical incident involving a custodial death, or just facing a disciplinary hearing, you will find no greater advocate than a CLEAT attorney.
Why CLEAT Attorneys?
CLEAT was the first and only law enforcement organization in Texas to hire attorneys full-time to work exclusively for our members. When our members need help, we don’t want them to go to the back of the line waiting for an attorney to bail out a crack dealer or finish up a divorce case.
We know you need us now or you wouldn’t have called. Our attorneys personally go to the site of shootings, when they occur and represent our members when they need us—not the next day or whenever they can get around to it.
Our attorneys are highly educated, trained, and experienced in every aspect of the law. From representing officers in arbitrations, court proceedings, all the way to the Supreme Court, or just designing a free will for your family—nobody does more for Texas officers than CLEAT.
The founders of CLEAT wanted lawyers working just for Texas officers and that has been the extraordinary model of success for more than 40 years.
As a member, CLEAT Legal provides
- Guaranteed On-Scene Response (2-hour Critical Incident Guarantee or we will pay you $1,000)
- Temporary Income Protection Plan (TIPPs)
- Wills (Member and Member’s Spouse)
- Probate
- 24-hour legal response
- CLEAT Tactical Bag App w/ GPS technology
* CLEAT Members can access benefits like TIPPs and Will Worksheets through the CLEAT Member Portal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, 24/7.
The Will Worksheet can be accessed through the CLEAT Member Portal by clicking on the ‘My Will Information’ tab.
The TIPPs Worksheet can be accessed through the CLEAT Member Portal by clicking on the ‘My TIPP Submissions’ tab.
Yes. You always have a voice in who represents you. (See the CLEAT Membership Benefit Comparison)
Yes.
CLEAT has multiple ways to contact an attorney. You can download the CLEAT Tactical Bag App which has GPS technology or you can call us at 1-800-752-5328
The Garrity Statement and other legal documents can be found on our Legal Resources page.
While the CLEAT Legal Plan is the best legal protection an officer can get to protect themselves and their careers, CLEAT has enhanced the benefits under the CLEAT Legal Plan making it even better.
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