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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
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