Rob Coelho ( He/Him/His )

Rob Coelho oversees the Office’s Labor and Employment team, Equal Opportunity and Employment Investigations team, Equal Opportunity Division, and professional responsibility ethics guidance.  A trusted employment-law advisor and litigator for more than thirty years, Rob also advises the Board of Supervisors, County Executive’s Office, Employee Services Agency, and other County departments regarding legal issues relating to employee hiring, discipline, and terminations; labor contracting; human resources; and labor/employment law compliance. Rob’s professional expertise includes labor contracting and Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (MMBA) compliance, labor/employment laws, including equal opportunity and anti-discrimination laws, personnel investigations, employee discipline and discharge hearings/arbitration/litigation, reasonable accommodation compliance, Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act (POBRA), legal ethics, and California Public Records Act (CPRA).  Rob also oversees the Office’s paralegal staff at the Hedding Street Office. 

Office practice areas

• Equal Opportunity and Employment Investigations Team  
• Labor and Employment Team 

Education

• University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 1992 
• University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 1989 

Professional associations

• Santa Clara County Bar Association  
  • Labor & Employment Law Section (2008-Present) 
  • Civil Practice Committee (2013-Present) 
  • Law-Related Education Committee (1998-Present) 
  • Professionalism Committee (2013-2022) 
  • Judiciary Committee (2005-2012; Co-Chair 2011-2012) 

Prior experience

• Shareholder at Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel, Inc. (1998-2008) 
  • Chair of the Employment Law Practice Group 
  • Chair of the Associate-Review Committee 
• Associate Attorney at Law Offices of J. Michael Bewley (2003-2008)