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Robin Samuel

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 is a Chambers-ranked attorney for California employment law, a Benchmark Litigation Labor & Employment Star, a 2024 Thompson Reuters Stand Out Lawyer, a 2024 Law360 Editorial Advisory Board member for Employment Authority (Discrimination), and a 2023 L.A. Business Journal Top 100 Lawyers award recipient. In May 2024, he received a Litigator of the Week 'Shout Out' from the American Lawyer Litigation Daily for his defense work in a precedent-setting COVID-19 vaccination case in the US District Court for the Central District of California. Robin is also a frequent author and speaker for organizations such as SHRM, ACC, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. · Baker McKenzie

United StatesLabor and Employment, Employment Litigation

About

Robin Samuel leads Baker McKenzie’s US Labor & Employment team, co-chairs the Firm’s Workforce Redesign service line, serves on the North American Employment and Compensation practice Steering Committee, and is on the California offices’ leadership team. He is a Chambers-ranked attorney for California employment law, a Benchmark Litigation Labor & Employment Star, and a recipient of multiple awards. He advises clients on 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—and litigates class/collective actions as well as single plaintiff cases.

Practice areas

Labor and EmploymentEmployment LitigationWorkforce RedesignCompensation and Benefits

Office

Expertise

Local and cross-border employment issuesHiring and firingWage and hourDiscriminationHarassmentContract disputesRestrictive covenantsEmployee raidingTrade secret mattersClass and collective actionsSingle plaintiff actionsInternal investigationsEmployment counseling and litigation