Close to Retirement Legal Support for Police Officers
The last years of a policing career shape far more than the day you leave the job. Decisions about pensions, severance, property, family obligations, and estate planning can affect the next twenty years of your life.
At Marshall Law Group, we help police officers approach retirement with clear legal advice and careful planning. Whether you are evaluating an early exit, reviewing pension options, updating your estate plan, or preparing for life after service, we help protect what you have built.
The runway matters
The final stage of a policing career is not just about retirement dates — it is about protecting your long-term financial and legal position. The wrong decision on pension timing, separation, severance, or a second career can have lasting consequences.
We help officers review these decisions before they commit, so they move forward with a clear understanding of risk, value, and long-term impact.
Plan for the transition, not just the exit
For many officers, retirement is not a full stop. It can lead to consulting, investigations, private security, or other second-career opportunities. It may also bring questions about restrictive covenants, severance, disability issues, or ongoing support obligations.
We provide legal advice around the transition itself, so officers can move into the next chapter with more certainty and less risk.
Refresh your estate and family planning
Late-career planning should include more than pension review. It is the right time to revisit wills, powers of attorney, beneficiary designations, trusts, tax strategy, and broader succession planning.
We help officers and their families update estate plans so they reflect current assets, relationships, responsibilities, and future care needs.
The badge comes off — the legal needs do not
Retirement often brings a different kind of legal work: estate administration, legacy planning, long-term care decisions, capacity planning, late-life WSIB issues, and will or POA disputes. The second half of the story deserves the same care as the first.
We help officers navigate both the transition into retirement and the legal issues that may arise in the years that follow.
How We Can Help
OMERS supplemental planning | PSPP / OPP pension planning where relevant | Early retirement and severance review | Restrictive covenant review | Statement of Family Law Value matters | Estate-plan refresh | Wills and powers of attorney updates | Estate administration | Legacy planning | Elder law, capacity planning, and long-term care | Will, estate, and power of attorney litigation | Late-life WSIB claims
How We Can Help
SIU representation | LECA complaints and proceedings | Discipline and Code of Conduct hearings | WSIB claims, including presumptive PTSD coverage | Family law built around rotating shifts | Custody and parenting arrangements | Real estate transactions | Civil claims from on-duty incidents | Criminal defence for off-duty matters | Human rights and workplace litigation
