Robin Samuel

Practice Areas

Robin Samuel leads Baker McKenzie’s US Labor & Employment team, is co-chair of the Firm’s Workforce Redesign service line, and is a Steering Committee member for the North American Employment and Compensation practice. Robin also serves on the California offices’ leadership team.

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

• Contributor, The Employer Report

• NLRB Scrutiny of Severance and Separation Agreements, Thomson Reuter's GC Agenda, May 2023

• How Can Organizations Prepare For Generative AI?, World Economic Forum, May 2023

• Arbitration Use by Employers Up as High Court Affirms Validity, Forbes, August 2022

• Ask Help Desk: What happens if you refuse to go back to the office?, Washington Post, April 2022

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

• Religious Accommodation for COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates, Thomson Reuter's GC Agenda, November 2021

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

Languages Spoken

English

Expert in these Jurisdictions

USA

Education