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Robert Yap

Senior Attorney
About

Robert Yap is a senior attorney with nearly 15 years of experience in labor and employment law defending employers across various industries against wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage and hour claims under California and federal law. Robert’s practice includes providing advice and counseling to employers regarding compliance with California and federal employment law, employee complaints, investigations, employee discipline, reasonable accommodations, leaves of absence, and DEI matters.

Robert also has extensive experience in genera...

Robert Yap is a senior attorney with nearly 15 years of experience in labor and employment law defending employers across various industries against wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage and hour claims under California and federal law. Robert’s practice includes providing advice and counseling to employers regarding compliance with California and federal employment law, employee complaints, investigations, employee discipline, reasonable accommodations, leaves of absence, and DEI matters.

Robert also has extensive experience in general liability, personal injury, and tort litigation defense including high exposure, catastrophic bodily injury and wrongful death claims. He was selected to Super Lawyers Southern California Rising Stars for Civil Litigation: Defense from 2015 to 2019.

Robert is experienced defending public entities in labor and employment and general liability litigation as well as in civil rights and constitutional matters and petitions for writ of administrative mandamus. He served as general counsel for two public entities.

Robert is an experienced litigator, who handles all stages of litigation from discovery and depositions, law and motion, trial, through appeal in both the California state and federal courts. He successfully argued before the California Court of Appeal and the Ninth Circuit.


Areas of FocusEmployment
Bar admissionsCalifornia
CourtsUnited States District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Southern District of CaliforniaUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Education
  • J.D., Loyola Law School Los Angeles
  • B.A., University of Southern California

Awards

  • Super Lawyers, Southern California Rising Stars, (2015 – 2019)

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Location

Los Angeles
2000 Avenue of the Stars Suite 400 North Tower
Los Angeles
California
90067-4735
United States of America