Rob Pohls has been litigating insurance, financial services and employment cases in state and federal courthouses throughout California for more than 30 years. Known best for his work on behalf of life, health and disability insurers, Rob’s courtroom successes earned the law firm he founded in 1999 recognition from the Fortune 500 as a “Go-To Firm” for litigation. Rob also has been recognized as a Northern California "Top-Rated Attorney" in both Labor & Employment and Insurance Law. in addition, Rob is a 9-time Northern California “Super Lawyer” (2014-2022) and, in 2022, was named a "Top 50 Attorney" of San Francisco.
As an advocate, Rob has resolved hundreds of bad faith, ERISA and other complex cases involving the sale, underwriting and administration of life, health and disability insurance policies, annuities, investment products, retirement plans and other sophisticated financial products. He similarly has resolved employment disputes of all kinds, ranging from individual cases of wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment to multi-party "wage and hour" cases involving allegations of worker misclassification. However, Rob also is a formally-trained mediator who has been providing private dispute resolution services since 2002, while actively serving on the ADR panels of 3 federal district courts and several state courts in California.
Both as a lawyer and as a mediator, clients rely on Rob’s subject matter expertise and unique ability to quickly master complex facts and "see through" the pleadings to identify each side's risks, as well as their true objectives. In mediation, he has a tireless determination to find creative ways those objectives can be met, as well as an uncommon ability to help both sides of any case see how a negotiated outcome can be the best solution for some of their most pressing problems.
If you have a tough case (or other tough problem), call Pohls Mediation at 925.378.3727
to talk with Rob (or his staff) about scheduling your next mediation. He will look forward to working with you to find solutions that make sense.
Robert R. Pohls
Litigator - Mediator - Arbitrator
Recent Mediations
ERISA (Long Term Disability Benefits) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- ERISA (Long Term Disability Benefits) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Consumer Lending (Foreclosure) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) Civil Rights (ADA Access / Retaliation) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Consumer Lending (Foreclosure) Consumer Lending (Foreclosure) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- ERISA (Long Term Disability Benefits) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Wrongful Termination / Employment Discrimination -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access / Personal Injury) -- Consumer Lending (Malicious Prosecution / Collections) -- Consumer Lending (Foreclosure) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access)
Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Personal Injury (Motor Vehicle) -- Consumer Lending (Foreclosure) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access)
ERISA (Long Term Disability Benefits) -- ERISA (Long Term Disability Benefits) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- ERISA (Long Term Disability Benefits) -- Insurance Coverage / Bad Faith (Excess Liability) -- Construction Defect (Breach of Warranty) -- ERISA (Mental Health Benefits) -- ERISA (Mental Health Benefits) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Breach of Contract (Post-Retirement Benefits) -- ERISA (Breach of Fiduciary Duty) -- ERISA (Long Term Disability Benefits) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Construction Defect (Breach of Warranty) -- ERISA (Long Term Disability Benefits) -- ERISA (Health Insurance Benefits) -- Consumer Lending (Foreclosure) Employment (Breach of Contract / Wage & Hour) -- Wrongful Termination / Employment Discrimination -- Civil Rights (ADA Access)
Consumer Lending (Foreclosure) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- ERISA (Pension Plan Withdrawal Liability) -- ERISA (Pension Plan Withdrawal Liability) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- ERISA (Long Term Disability Benefits) -- Consumer Lending (Foreclosure) -- Civil RiIghts (ADA Access) -- ERISA (Severance / Transition Benefits) ERISA (Pension Plan Contributions) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Insurance Subrogation (Product Liability) -- Consumer Lending (Foreclosure) -- Consumer Lending (Foreclosure) -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) Consumer Lending (Foreclosure) -- Landlord / Tenant Dispute -- Employment Discrimination -- Civil Rights (ADA Access) -- Insurance Coverage / Bad Faith (General Liability)
Consumer Lending (Foreclosure) -- Wrongful Termination -- ERISA (Pension Plan Contributions) -- Consumer Lending (Foreclosure) Wrongful Termination / Employment Discrimination -- ERISA (Pension Plan Contributions) -- Wrongful Termination / Employment Discrimination