Joshua J. Roberts
Partner
Joshua J. Roberts focuses on defending and counseling clients in workers’ compensation and employment-related matters. Josh draws on several years of experience providing cost-effective defense and proactive resolution of workers’ compensation and other employment-related claims and advising hundreds of employers across various industries on defense strategy, employment policies and practices, legal and regulatory obligations, and risk-management.
Josh is a key counselor to executives in numerous major-league sports organizations and franchises, including members of the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL. Josh regularly defends these major-league sports entities in employment and labor-related matters on trial and appeal, including cases involving the issue of jurisdiction over out-of-state employers facing claims filed in California.
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Experience Highlights
Josh has extensive experience in this area, including at the appellate level. His successes include obtaining a winning decision in Tony Dorsett v. Denver Broncos, which barred a former professional athlete under the doctrine of res judicata after he filed and settled his claim for workers’ compensation benefits in California years prior to attempting to re-litigate his claim for benefits a second time.
Admissions
- California
Education
- California Western School of Law, J.D., 2010
- Gonzaga University, B.A., 2006
Professional Affiliations
- Sports Lawyers Association
- Orange County Bar Association
Publications & Events
- Presenter, “California Labor Code 3600.5(c) and (d): Understanding Workers’ Compensation for Professional Athletes,” GS Webinar Series, January 22, 2020
- Co-Presenter, “The Impact of Immigration in Workers’ Compensation Claims,” GS Webinar Series, November 20, 2019
RECENT INSIGHTS
May 23, 2022
July 12, 2021
October 22, 2020
March 26, 2020
July 24, 2019
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