Robert P. "Bob" Brooks

Robert P. "Bob" Brooks


Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Recognized since 2007

Providence, Rhode Island

Practice Areas

Employment Law - Management

Labor Law - Management

Litigation - Labor and Employment

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Litigation - Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2014 - Employment Law - Management Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2012 - Labor Law - Management
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Robert P. Brooks is the firm’s Managing Partner and Chairman of the firm’s Labor and Employment Law Group. He represents management in all facets of labor relations and employment law in the public and private sectors.

Bob’s labor and employment experience includes counseling employers on day-to-day personnel administration as well as on such complex administrative law issues as OSHA compliance and wage and hour issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Bob also regularly and successfully handles collective bargaining negotiations and the defense of union organizing campaigns. He has successfully represented employers in employment discrimination matters, and represents employers in a wide variety of labor arbitration and administrative proceedings. In addition, he lectures frequently to groups and private companies on many of the issues facing human resource professionals on a daily basis.

Bob is Immediate Past President of the Board of Governors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence and he is the recipient of the RI Bar Association’s Dorothy Lohmann Community Service Award, given in recognition for his work with the Boys and Girls Clubs. He serves on the AP&S Executive Committee and is a member of its Diversity Committee.

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Location
  • 100 Westminster Street, 16th Floor
    Providence, RI 02903
Education
  • Suffolk University, J.D., graduated 1987
  • Rhode Island College, BA, graduated 1982
Bar Admissions
  • Rhode Island, Rhode Island Bar Association
  • Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bar Association
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Boys & Girls Club of Providence - Past President
  • East Greenwich Personnel Board - Member
  • Rhode Island Bar Association - Member

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.
Headquarters: Providence, Rhode Island

27 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

12 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Litigation - Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2014 - Employment Law - Management Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2012 - Labor Law - Management
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment, Providence (2019)
  • Employment Law - Management, Providence (2014)
  • Labor Law - Management, Providence (2012)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
Special Focus:
  • Civil Rights
  • COVID-19
  • Management
Awards:
  • Named as one of the “Top 20 Most Powerful Labor Attorneys in the Nation” by Lawdragon Magazine and Human Resource Executive. Bob was the only attorney named in R.I. and one of four in all of New England.
  • AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, highest rating given to attorneys.
  • Best Lawyers' 2013 and 2014 Lawyer of the Year, Labor Law - Management, Providence
  • Recognized int he 2006-2013 Chambers USA America's Leading Business Lawyers as one of the "Leaders in Rhode Island" as as one of the state's best in Labor and Employment Law
  • Selected as a Rhode island Super Lawyer, 2007-2013, an honor that recognizes him as a leader in the legal community.
  • Selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2007-2014 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the field of Labor and Employment Law.

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