Partner
San Francisco, CA
Robert spent part of his career serving as individual and outside general counsel for over twenty different national and state industry associations across many different fields including: transportation; construction, and energy and hospitality. He also has Human Resources experince where he authored leading California and national treatises.
Most recently, Robert served as a Partner with California based Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud and Romo where he developed the firm’s private sector public works and traditional labor and OSHA emergency response teams. He also serves as corporate level review counsel in managing individual cases handled nationally at the general counsel level.
Traditional Labor (including international labor relations), Wage and Hour Law (including the FLSA), Private Attorneys General Acts, OSHA, Discrimintion and Wrongful Termination, Retaliatory Discharge, Trades Secrets in Employment, Government Relations (including construction, prevailing wage and public works (Davis-Bacon), False Claims Act, and Appellate and Policy Advocacy.
Represented major trade associations before the United State Sate Supreme Count on policy matters as amicus counsel in a variety of cases on pre-emption and constitutional issues (e.g. Chamber of Commerce v. Brown) ; California Supreme Court on wage and hour and pre-emption and public works issues (e.g. Dynamex)
Class action defense counsel in complex wage and hours cases in a variety of industries, from refineries to trucking and brokerage; spas and restaurants; classification; independent contractor and temp agencies co-employer and joint employer and alter ego claims
Robert spent part of his career serving as individual and outside general counsel for over twenty different national and state industry associations across many different fields including: transportation; construction, and energy and hospitality. He also has Human Resources experince where he authored leading California and national treatises.
Most recently, Robert served as a Partner with California based Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud and Romo where he developed the firm’s private sector public works and traditional labor and OSHA emergency response teams. He also serves as corporate level review counsel in managing individual cases handled nationally at the general counsel level.
Traditional Labor (including international labor relations), Wage and Hour Law (including the FLSA), Private Attorneys General Acts, OSHA, Discrimintion and Wrongful Termination, Retaliatory Discharge, Trades Secrets in Employment, Government Relations (including construction, prevailing wage and public works (Davis-Bacon), False Claims Act, and Appellate and Policy Advocacy.
Represented major trade associations before the United State Sate Supreme Count on policy matters as amicus counsel in a variety of cases on pre-emption and constitutional issues (e.g. Chamber of Commerce v. Brown) ; California Supreme Court on wage and hour and pre-emption and public works issues (e.g. Dynamex)
Class action defense counsel in complex wage and hours cases in a variety of industries, from refineries to trucking and brokerage; spas and restaurants; classification; independent contractor and temp agencies co-employer and joint employer and alter ego claims
At Practus, we handle complex and challenging legal matters. I look forward to talking to you about how we can best meet your goals.
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