Robert S. Cooper has more than 30 years of experience as a management-side labor and employment trial lawyer and commercial business litigator, including numerous jury and bench trials, binding arbitrations, administrative law matters, and defense of class action lawsuits. Mr. Cooper has conducted numerous jury trials, including employment law, wrongful termination discrimination cases, and a wide variety of commercial litigation disputes including construction, real estate wrongful foreclosure and contractual disputes, toxic torts, unfair competition, transportation, automotive industry disputes, and defense of catastrophic injury-product liability cases on behalf of Fortune 500 companies. He has been on insurance panels for St. Paul Travelers, The Hartford, and New York Marine & General Insurance. He works with clients in a wide range of industries, including construction, automotive, real estate development, property management, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, entertainment, financial, and IT.

Mr. Cooper also handles all aspects of labor and employment law and employee benefits litigation. In addition to litigation and trial of labor and employment matters, he also counsels large and smaller companies regarding the full gamut of employment law issues, including wage and hour disputes, sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation cases, and wrongful termination/public policy claims.

Mr. Cooper has also conducted numerous workplace investigations and litigated benefits disputes. He writes employment manuals and policies. He handles all phases of litigation before state and federal courts and administrative agencies, such as:

• The Department of Fair and Employment and Housing
• The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• The Department of Labor Standards Enforcement
• The Department of Labor
• The Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• The National Labor Relations Board
• The Workers Compensation Appeals Board
• Employment Development Department

Mr. Cooper also has extensive experience handling cases involving commercial litigation, construction law, catastrophic injury-product liability defense, and maritime/transportation law.

Mr. Cooper has been named one of The Best Lawyers in America, for Litigation – Labor and Employment in 2025.

Mr. Cooper was recently appointed Chairman of the Parklands Commissions for the City of Palos Verdes Estates.