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title: Christian Contreras
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# Christian Contreras

Christian Contreras is the principal and managing attorney of Christian Contreras Law, PLC. Christian specializes in civil rights, police shootings, jail deaths and wrongful death cases. Christian is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (“ABOTA”) and a board member of CAALA, LATLC, East Los Angeles College and National Police Accountability Project.

### Articles written by this author:

[![Police shootings: A guide to winning justice](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Contreras-istock-1481901203_0eaa0608c0a1144ac58648fd8427094c.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-june/police-shootings-a-guide-to-winning-justice "Police shootings: A guide to winning justice")

## [Police shootings: A guide to winning justice](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-june/police-shootings-a-guide-to-winning-justice "Police shootings: A guide to winning justice")

A look at the legal process and the proven strategies for winning an excessive-force case

[Christian Contreras](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/christian-contreras "Christian Contreras")

[2024 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-june)

## [Federal trial procedure](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-january/federal-trial-procedure "Federal trial procedure")

A guide to mastering federal trial procedures, especially “local, local rules”

[Christian Contreras](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/christian-contreras "Christian Contreras")

[2025 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-january)

## [Using civil-rights law to protect the LGBTQ+ community](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-june/using-civil-rights-law-to-protect-the-lgbtq-community "Using civil-rights law to protect the LGBTQ+ community")

Despite social progress the LGBTQ+ community continues to be marginalized, the subject of hate crimes and oppression

[Christian Contreras](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/christian-contreras "Christian Contreras")

[2025 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-june)

[![Suing federal agencies such as ICE/DHS utilizing the Federal Tort Claims Act](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/contreras_art_ICE_FTCA_a628f11372ef9879b91e3176f706b993.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-june/suing-federal-agencies-such-as-ice-dhs-utilizing-the-federal-tort-claims-act "Suing federal agencies such as ICE/DHS utilizing the Federal Tort Claims Act")

## [Suing federal agencies such as ICE/DHS utilizing the Federal Tort Claims Act](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-june/suing-federal-agencies-such-as-ice-dhs-utilizing-the-federal-tort-claims-act "Suing federal agencies such as ICE/DHS utilizing the Federal Tort Claims Act")

A LOOK AT FTCA Damages, how to circumvent common exceptions, and how a Bivens claim applies in a case against the federal government

[Christian Contreras](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/christian-contreras "Christian Contreras")

[2026 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-june)