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•General Liability Defense•Premises Liability Defense•Business Litigation•Employment Litigation•Insurance Liability and Risk Management Reginald Roberts, Jr. is a co-managing partner in Sanders Roberts LLP and his litigation practice focuses on general liability defense, premises liability defense, employment matters, business litigation, and defense of serious personal injury and wrongful death cases.  He also counsels public and private entities and provides risk analysis.  In 1998, Mr. Roberts began his legal career working at a boutique litigation firm, Ivie, McNeill & Wyatt, in downtown Los Angeles where he defended both public and private sector clients in various litigation matters including dangerous condition of public and private property cases, and personal injury cases ranging from trip and fall to wrongful death matters.  There, he gained extensive experience litigating matters from start to finish in both state and federal courts. Mr. Roberts served as lead counsel in employment law cases, general liability defense matters, and in civil rights cases involving high profile police misconduct issues. Mr. Roberts achieved favorable results for his clients including in wrongful death matters and cases with over $1,000,000 at issue.  Some of the results he obtained received favorable coverage in the media including the Los Angeles Times.  In 2006 Mr. Roberts joined a prominent law firm with over three hundred attorneys working in offices across the United States and in several foreign countries.  While there, Mr. Roberts worked as lead counsel in numerous cases where he provided his clients with vigorous legal representation and consistently achieved favorable results.  His litigation experience includes extensive pleadings and motions practice, depositions, case management and budget responsibilities, client contact and presentations to executive boards. Mr. Roberts defended municipal and private clients in various tort liability claims, employment matters, in breach of contract actions, business disputes, and in insurance coverage disputes.  He also represented private financial institutions in real estate litigation, and managed wrongful death and personal injury cases involving serious bodily injury. Mr. Roberts defended the City of South Gate successfully in a business litigation action seeking over $10,000,000 in damages, and he preserved the victory on appeal. Mr. Roberts has also served in an advisory capacity to public entities on issues including insurance coverage claims, legislative impact on municipal practices, and extending municipal powers to address gang violence. He argued successfully insurance coverage issues to an insurance claims board and reduced his client’s coverage costs by $1,500,000. Mr. Roberts has also obtained judgments in favor of his clients in racial discrimination, disability discrimination, sexual harassment and wrongful termination cases.  EXPERIENCE Organize and litigate state and federal cases involving: Premises liability cases involving trip and fall, dangerous condition or property, unsafe design, failure to inspect, and wrongful death; Employment matters involving race discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, disability discrimination and First Amendment issues; Business litigation cases regarding breach of contract claims, interference with business advantage, general business disagreements and representation of financial institutions in real estate disputes.•Extensive pleadings and motions practice•Lead counsel in mediations•Binding & non-binding arbitrations•Numerous depositions•Oral arguments•State trial experience•Federal trial experience•Preservation of trial court victories on appeal EDUCATION •J.D., University of Southern California Law School, 2000•B.A., Morehouse College, 1997 INVOLVEMENT •Admitted to practice in: U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Northern District of California, Eastern District of California and Southern District of California•California Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section•American Bar Association, Litigation Section•John M. Langston Bar Association•Morehouse College Alumni Association•Former Member, USC Law School Alumni Committee COMMUNITY CONNECTION •USC Law School, Volunteer Mentor, Mentor law students interested in general litigation, employment and civil rights practice areas (2000 2011)•Co-Founder and Chair of Langston Youth Outreach Program (2006 2009)oLangston Youth Outreach Program Chair – Audubon Middle School (2006 2009)oLangston Youth Outreach Program Co-Chair – Crenshaw High School (2008 2009)•USC Legacy Through Leadership Committee (2009)•American Mock Trial Association, Volunteer Judge, Judge mock trial competitions (2006 2007)•Domestic Violence Project Volunteer (1998 1999)•Street Law Foundation, Volunteer Mentor Manual Arts High School (1997 1998)•Former Member, Shields for Families Project Institutional Review Board SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS •“The Practice of Law and Motion,” Employment Matters: Navigating the Nuances of Employment Law, John M. Langston Bar Association, Langston Law Institute, December 3, 2010•“Common Pitfalls of the Young Attorney,” Employment Matters: Navigating the Nuances of Employment Law, John M. Langston Bar Association, Langston Law Institute, December 3, 2010

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Litigation

Employment and labor

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English

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