Lori Aquino
Sandra Rae Benson
Manuel A. Boigues
W. Daniel Boone
Manjari Chawla
Ezekiel D. Carder
Alan Crowley
Patricia Davis
Lisl Duncan
Nina Fendel
Theodore Franklin
Leslie V. Freeman
Ana Gallegos
Patricia M. Gates
Matthew Gauger
Yuri Gottesman
Bruce Harland
Vin Harrington
Kristina L. Hillman
Barry Hinkle
Ashley K. Ikeda
Linda Baldwin Jones
Conchita Lozano-Batista
Jannah V. Manansala
Jordan Mazur
Blythe Mickelson
Roberta Perkins
Nicole Phillips
Gary Provencher
Christian L. Raisner
Emily P. Rich
David A. Rosenfeld
Antonio Ruiz
James M. Rutkowski
Sharon Seidenstein
Caren P. Sencer
William A. Sokol
Kerianne Steele
Stewart Weinberg
James J. Wesser
Jacob J. White
Anne I. Yen
Kristina M. Zinnen

Roberta Perkins
Of Counsel

Email: rperkins@unioncounsel.net
Telephone: 510-337-1001 ext. 187

Education:
John F. Kennedy University School of Law, 1990
St. Mary’s College, 1984
San Francisco State University, 1977

Roberta Perkins joined Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld in 1997. She received her undergraduate degree from San Francisco State University and graduated from John F. Kennedy University School of Law in 1990. Prior to joining our firm, Ms. Perkins worked for Joe R. McCray, ALC, and the Law Offices of Marraccini & Butts, handling product liability and personal injury litigation.

Ms. Perkins, along with Blythe Mickelson, represented the plaintiffs in Carpenters v. G.E. Chen in the United States District Court for the Northern District. The case alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act for wages and overtime. Our firm prevailed in a bench trial. On appeal, the court upheld an award of full compensation to all workers. The firm also recovered approximately $380,000 in attorney fees and costs.

In Operating Engineers Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Mega Life, Ms. Perkins and Linda Baldwin Jones recovered approximately $1 million for a trust fund when an insurance company denied coverage to the Trust Fund under insurance policy in bad faith.

Practice Areas:
Class Actions and Wage and Hour Litigation
Employment Discrimination
Enforcing Labor Standards on Public Works Projects