Robin Samuel

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Robin Samuel is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Employment and Compensation Practice Group, leader of the California Labor & Employment practice group, co-Chair of the Firm’s Workforce Redesign service line, and Steering Committee member for the North American Employment and Compensation practice.

Robin helps clients manage and resolve local and cross-border employment issues, whether through counseling or litigation. He advises clients on virtually all aspects of the employment relationship, including hiring and firing, wage and hour, discrimination, harassment, contract disputes, restrictive covenants, employee raiding, and trade secret matters. Clients trust Robin to handle their most sensitive and complex employment issues.

Robin actively litigates class and collective claims, single plaintiff actions, and other employment disputes in state and federal court, arbitration, and before administrative agencies. He also handles sensitive internal investigations for clients around the world.

Robin helps clients achieve their business goals by guiding them towards practical and cost-efficient solutions to employment-related issues. Robin also provides in-house trainings on legal developments and trends.

Professional Memberships

State Bar of California, Labor and Employment Law Section - Member

Publications

• Co-author, "Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates," Baker McKenzie InsightPlus, December 2021

• Interview, "NLRB Access in Employment Arbitration Agreements", Thomson Reuter's GC Agenda, August/September 2019

Work Highlights

• Successfully defended a Los Angeles-based printing company in a putative wage class action.

• Favorably settled an extensive non-compete case for one of the world’s leading event companies.

• Successfully defended an aerospace and defense company in an employment discrimination case.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

USA

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