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Roy A. Clarke is a shareholder in the
Labor and Employment Department at Richards, Watson & Gershon
and Chair of the firm's Labor and Employment Department. Mr. Clarke's
practice covers labor and employment law with an emphasis on advisory
matters and administrative hearings. His experience spans all aspects
of the employment relationship, including hiring employees, managing
the workforce with policies and personnel practices, paying employees
under wage and hour laws, providing employee benefits, preventing
discrimination and harassment, managing leave programs, administering
discipline and termination. He has additional experience with unions
and labor relations, including the administration of labor relations
rules, certification, unit determination, contract administration,
negotiations and grievance handling. Mr. Clarke has worked with
clients to draft or review employment agreements, personnel rules,
employee handbooks, labor relations resolutions, discipline notices
and severance agreements.
Mr. Clarke has conducted administrative investigations of sexual
harassment and other employee misconduct complaints. Mr. Clarke
has conducted discipline hearings before arbitrators and civil service
commissions. He has represented employers in disputed unemployment
and wage claims before state hearing personnel and has represented
local government in hearings and disputes involving the California
Public Employees' Retirement System. He serves as special counsel
to commissions and hearing boards on discipline appeals, unfair
labor practice charges and civil service system administration.
Mr. Clarke is Assistant City Attorney for the City of Fairfield.
He has served as Acting City Attorney for El Cerrito and Interim
General Counsel for the Mid-San Gabriel Valley Consortium (a joint
powers agency). In addition, Roy has provided back-up for City Council
and Agency Board meetings on an ad hoc basis at various clients.
He has served as regular labor and employment counsel at Beverly
Hills, Fairfield, El Cerrito, Agoura Hills, South El Monte and Mill
Valley since approximately 2001.
Prior to RW&G, Mr. Clarke served as Staff Attorney and Risk
Manager for the City of Beverly Hills, working primarily in the
Human Services Office. Mr. Clarke was also Corporate Counsel for
a Fortune 100 Corporation, responsible for personnel and general
business matters.
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B.S., magna cum laude, Pepperdine University, 1989
J.D., Order of the Coif, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, 1994
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